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Sometimes a product grows so successful, its brand name becomes the noun for its whole category. This is called ...

Lebanese families with children diagnosed with cancer are now grappling with the hardships of both illness and war.

Jamal Mustafa Sultan, Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law and former deputy secretary, recalled how the late Iraqi president viewed ...