MARSEILLE - STAR FRENCH couturier Pierre Cardin was released on Thursday from hospital in the Mediterranean city of Marseille after a 48-hour stay caused by high blood pressure, his press service said.
LONDON - ASIANS and Africans see religion as most important in their daily lives, with Europeans least of the view that faith matters, according to a study published on Thursday.
The study also found that Muslims in key European states identify with their country of residence more than the general population, contrary to the widespread view that they are not loyal to their homeland.
BERLIN - A NEW exhibition featuring preserved dead bodies having sex opened in Berlin on Thursday with critics saying a maverick German anatomist dubbed 'Doctor Death' has gone too far this time.
The couple, part of Gunther von Hagens's exhibition 'The Cycle of Life", is the 'low point in his tastelessness", Michael Braun, culture expert from the conservative CDU party, told AFP.
