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Pamela Anderson showed off her new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on July 15 in Montreal.

Iranian officials have said Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will be spared stoning, which in Iran involves being buried from the chest down and pelted with rocks.

An Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was lifted earlier this month says she's grateful for the international support she's received, but remains heartbroken at the separation from her children and tormented by the fear she could still be executed, a rights activist said Friday.

At 84 years-old, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner embodies the lifestyle of sexual freedom that his men's magazine has espoused since it was founded in 1953, featuring a nude centerfold of Marilyn Monroe.

Alan Shadrake gives the victory sign as he arrives at court in Singapore. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters Singapore's long-serving administration has won some time to ponder how it will deal with yet another self-inflicted blow to its global branding.

"It was totally obvious that it was simply a backroom deal," says Yevgenia Chirikova, shown here outside the Khimki police station after being detained on July 23.

In this Tuesday, April 22, 2008 file photo, a Christian Greek Orthodox priest bathes in the Jordan River after it was blessed during a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River at Qasr-el Yahud near Jericho, in the West Bank, during Holy Week.

An animal rights group wants to help pay for a dog park that the Girl Scouts of Troop 74 hope to create in Borough Park.

Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas returned home from the hospital Thursday three weeks after ending a 134-day hunger strike that left him sluggish, with neck pain and difficulty walking.

After obtaining the investigation file of the Orange County Sheriff's Office on the Feb.