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 The second annual Forbes.com list of "Hollywood’s 10 Hottest Tots" placed Suri Cruise on the first place. Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Suri leaves everyone with their mouths opened when she crosses the street hand-in-hand with mammy and daddy. The 2-year-old styled girl was chosen for first place according to media...
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 CBS Corp.’s pay-TV holding, Showtime Networks Inc.,
announced on Monday that it has accepted to exclusively broadcast movies
produced by The Weinstein Co. for seven years,
starting with 2009.
The deal comprises 95 movies, including titles such as
Quentin Tarantino’s freshly revealed World War Two production “Inglorious
Bastards”...
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 After he created himself a pretty rich career, while being
chairman and chief executive of the BMG Label Group, the 74-year-old Clive
Davis has decided that it’s time for a younger man to take his place. As a
result, the new chairman and CEO of BMG will be the 49-year-old Barry Weiss,
the chief of the company’s Zomba Label Group....
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 Music lovers will be able to indulge themselves at the annual
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this year, as the list of more 100 acts
includes great names such as Metallica, Pearl Jam or Kanye West.
The seventh edition of the festival will take place from June
12 to 15 at the famous 700-acre farm Manchester,
Tennessee. The...
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NATO and Pakistan agree that winning over the hearts and minds of tribesmen living in Pakistan's lawless border with Afghanistan is crucial to defeating the Taliban, the transatlantic alliance's top military commander said Friday.
"Only a comprehensive approach - which means engaging the people living there, and having their...
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A Spanish discotheque Wednesday came under criticism for organizing a prize draw with a breast augmentation operation as the jackpot.
The draw was to be held between all the visitors who paid 20 euros (25 dollars) to enter the discotheque in the eastern city of Valencia.
The discotheque justified the draw by saying there was a lot...
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Both teams are hoping that the weekend Davis Cup final between host Argentina and a Spain missing Rafael Nadal will not erupt in violence or bad behavior from the partisan South American crowd.
Sparks have already flown at the indoor hard court venue when a short circuit caused a minor electrical fire as Juan Del Potro and Argentine...
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Amnesty International has called on the government of Afghanistan to repeal the death sentences against 111 people who are on death row.
In a statement released in London Thursday, to coincide with a visit to London of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Amnesty said it feared that the reported executions of nine people since last week...
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A poll released on Monday showed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's forceful handling of the financial crisis and his calls to reform capitalism have given his popularity a substantial boost.
According to the survey, which was conducted by the Viavoice institute for the daily Liberation, 48 per cent of respondents said they had...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a radical reform to the global financial order Wednesday, saying the United States has become the affliction and could no longer provide for world markets.
Medvedev said he bring these demands before world leaders at a summit on the financial crisis in Washington on November 15 and seek...
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Slovenians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday with centre-right Prime Minister Janez Jansa seeking a new four-year term after facing down corruption allegations.
Polls showed the race between Jansa's Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) and the opposition Social Democrats (SD) too close to call. Both sides were polling 25-30 per cent...
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Allegations that an arms maker bribed Slovenia's prime minister have inflamed the election campaign in a nation that likes to see itself as a sunny post-Balkan success.
Less than two weeks before Slovenes choose a new parliament, the EU nation of 2 million is abuzz with one word: Patria, the state-controlled Finnish firm that won...
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Werner Faymann, expected to be chosen as Austrian Social Democratic leader later Friday, said he is focussing on social issues to win voters and alienated party members.
At his party's convention in Linz, Transport Minister Faymann sought to sharpen his social policy profile by announcing tax cuts in 2009 and by seeking support from...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hoping to shore up his flagging political fortunes by offering videos of his speeches and media appearances on his office's own TV channel, to be called Number10TV.
The new online channel, accessible via the website of 10, Downing Street, the seat of the British government, will offer...
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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in London
on Wednesday on a two-day state visit that he hopes will denote a new
“brotherhood” between France
and Britain.
Sarkozy expects to develop cooperation with Britain on defense, economy and
illegal immigration.
“I want a new Franco-British brotherhood,”...
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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy
does not hesitate to fight back in public when someone is stepping on his
shoes. The recent public outburst when Sarkozy told someone to “get lost” at
the agricultural fair in Paris
was recorded by a freelance cameraman and it has become an Internet hit.
The incident occurred Saturday at
the...
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 In an
interview given on Tuesday for “L’Express” magazine, Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy, as she
was named in the newspaper, confesses her feelings for the president of France. The
couple was married on Feb. 2, in a secret ceremony, that took place at the
presidential Elysée
Palace.
It was the
first marriage for...
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 French president Nicolas Sarkozy has married his girlfriend,
supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni, on Saturday at the Elysee
Palace, announced Francois Lebel,
mayor of Paris'
eighth arrondissement, who performed the civil ceremony.
Francois Lebel told French Europe-1 radio that the bride
wore white and looked "ravishing, as...
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 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was Monday due to meet the
European Union's foreign-policy chief, Javier Solana, during a European
tour designed to improve his international profile and restore
foreigners' confidence in his democratic credentials.
The visit comes as Musharraf's domestic popularity rating is at its
lowest...
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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, pop singer and
former supermodel Carla Bruni, will get married soon, the weekly Le
Journal du Dimanche reported on Sunday.
According to the paper, which cites anonymous sources, the wedding
is to take place February 8 or 9, just two weeks after Sarkozy
celebrates his 53rd...
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 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he would become prime
minister if his hand-picked successor Dmitry Medvedev was elected in
his stead - setting a blueprint for power when his term ends in 2008.
"If citizens give a vote of confidence to Medvedev and elect him
Russia's president, I will be ready to lead the...
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 Dissident and former chess champion Garry Kasparov has been prevented
from standing as a candidate in Russia's presidential vote, his
spokeswoman said Thursday.
Kasparov's beleaguered opposition coalition the Other Russia was
repeatedly blocked by authorities from finding a venue in which to hold
a congress to nominate him, Maria...
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 Dmitry Medvedev, the most likely successor to the Kremlin presidency,
called on President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to become prime minister,
resolving months of uncertainty over Russia's future power
constellation.
"I declare my readiness to stand as candidate for the presidential
elections, and I consider it crucial for our...
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 President Vladimir Putin upheld the candidature of First Deputy Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday to succeed him in office when his
presidency ends in March.
Putin meeting with party leaders Monday, including United Russia
which won by a landslide in the recent parliamentary election, said he
"fully and completely...
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 Russian voters went to the polls Sunday in parliamentary elections
expected to deliver a sweeping victory to President Vladimir Putin's
party.
Accusations that Putin's party United Russia enjoyed an unfair
advantage were echoed by all 11 parties participating in the vote,
which is seen as a referendum on Putin's political...
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 Russia's impending presidential polls once again took centre stage in
the run-up to December 2 parliamentary elections when the government
newspaper Rossiikaya Gazeta on Wednesday published the official date
for the vote.
The declaration immediately launched the application process for
the presidential election, to be held on...
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 Russian President Vladimir Putin told an audience of ardent supporters
Wednesday that the main challenge faced by the nation going into the
December 2 parliamentary elections was "to ensure the continuity" of
the current policy course.
"We should do everything possible to resolve this problem ... that
it is...
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 It seems that Nicolas Sarkozy’s holiday has reached its end literally
as he is soon to face problems like the slow-paced
economy, a court decision to remove a tax break as he promised and the shocking
scandal over a pedophile taking Viagra on prescription from a prison doctor.
Ever since his election in May, Sarkozy gains more and...
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 Early elections start to take shape on Poland’s horizon after conservative Premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski dismissed his deputy prime minister and another leader of the coalition, Andrzej Lepper on Monday after a corruption scandal.This measures practically pushes the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona ) out of the coalition...
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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy added a new victory to his record, as his Union for a Popular Movement and other allies won a majority in the parliamentary elections held Sunday, media reported.The UMP was holding 357 seats in the outgoing National Assembly and Sunday’s polls represent aside from the obvious victory, a small defeat for...
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 According to studio estimates from Sunday, High School Musical 3: Senior Year had its second first place in the box office weekend. The Disney sequel gained $15 million and kept its raising popularity. With Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in the main roles, the sequel raised in the 10 days since it hit theatres no more or less than $61.8...
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 “Mad Men” reached the end of its second season, but producers say they will take a break for the moment. The men of Sterling Cooper, who are in between the threat of nuclear annihilation and social insurrection, will slow down a bit with their happenings. It seems that “Meditations in an Emergency” by Frank O’Hara has been a real source...
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 Will Smith proved once again his unbeatable popularity,
scoring with “Hancock” an outstanding $66 million on Fourth of July weekend
debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
In spite of the negative reviews the new movie received from
critics, the film triumphed over all detractors and occupied the top spot at
the U.S....
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 After his grand success earned with his role as Michael
Clayton in the eponymous movie, George Clooney’s next movie, “Leatherheads”
features him as leading actor and as the director.
“Michael Clayton” brought Clooney an Oscar nod for his
acting performance; his previous directorial approaches, 2002’s “Confessions of
a Dangerous...
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 After earning huge success with the “Spider-Man” trilogy,
Sam Raimi was determined to return to his roots and focus on a new horror
movie.
Given the fact that the present cinematographic craze
definitely doesn’t include the genre, a strategic resource might have been
someone in the cast to draw attention on the new production....
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 The sequel of 2004’s National Treasure, which stars Nicolas Cage as a treasure hunter, remained the leader in the North American box- office chart for the third consecutive week, earning 20.2 million dollars in only three days beginning on January 4, the preliminary studio estimates have shown on Sunday.The National Treasure: Book of...
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 Orson Welles' first feature film, Citizen Kane, is still holding on strong to the lead spot of the American Film Institute's top 100 movies, 10 years after the list was first compiled. The list is made upon the evaluations by a special jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians.The jury evaluates the movies based on their...
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 Jurors for Britney Spears’ driving-without-a-license trial ended on Tuesday morning after three days of deliberations. On Monday the jurors couldn’t make up their minds whether the 26-year-old singer was guilty for what she had done or not. Still, the judge asked them to reconsider the case and find a solution. In the end, they couldn’t...
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 “Piece of me” is in the run for Best Female Music Video. Will she win? Or should we better ask: Has she gained her popularity back as to win a trophy? We will see her show live on September 7 when other pop-stars will compete in the annual Video Music Awards in Hollywood. The show will be placed at Paramount Studios in the famous and...
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 The list of celebrities supporting Obama keeps extending,
with Donatella Versace as the latest to enter the Democratic presidential
candidate’s fan club.
The famous designer dedicated her entire “Spring-Summer
2009” collection to Barack Obama, considering his style suited the Versace
image.
Although Versace’s move aimed at...
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 The co-star of MTV’s “Jackass” pleaded guilty Tuesday to cocaine possession. Hip-hop artist Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, will avoid a jail sentence as long as he completes a two-year drug rehab program, his attorney Barry Gerald Sands said. “If he’s clean and doesn’t mess up during 18 month, the case is completely...
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 Their relationship had been hush-hush for years, and mum has
been the word regarding their wedding for some time. But time has come for
Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z to come clean. Or at least, a New York town clerk came clean and confirmed
that the couple’s wedding was made official.
Donna Conkling, town clerk of Scarsdale
Village in...
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 Oops she did it again! No, we’re not talking about Britney
Spears, but of a young celebrity as promising as Brit-Brit in both popularity
and … behavior, yes, it’s the queen of preteen girls, Miley Cyrus.
There has been buzz that another round of
inadequate-for-her-age pics has surfaced on the internet. Not long ago, photos
of...
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 Tom Cruise is far from being over the moon after hearing
that his name and image has been associated with a new strain of medical
marijuana. The actor is even preparing a lawsuit against the manufacturers, as
the New York Daily News reported.
The new strain of marijuana is marketed under the name of
“Tom Cruise Purple,” also...
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 Singer Jessica Simpson spent the week-end in hospital, as a
rep confirmed to the media.
The 27-year old songbird entered the Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center on Friday, as she
was down with fever. Medical investigations lead to her diagnosis: a minor
kidney infection. Simpson remained in hospital for observations and was
released on...
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 It appears that the popularity of the French President
Nicolas Sarkozy is recovering on the back of his recent visit to Britain. According
to LH2 poll in Liberation newspaper, Sarkozy’s ratings climbed to 40 percent in
March against 37 percent in February. The survey was carried out just after
Sarkozy and his model – turned – singer...
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 Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland finished a 28-day rehab
stint and exited an undisclosed rehabilitation facility on Tuesday.
The former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots is famous for his
drug addiction that had caused him a series of legal problems. The most recent
one dates back on November 21, 2007 when he got arrested on a...
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 The drummer of legendary Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys,
Buddy Miles passed away at the age of 60 years old.
The artist, who was known to have been struggling with
severe health problems, had congestive heart failure. He passed away at his
home in Austin, Texas, with his beloved ones holding his
hand. An official cause of his...
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 According to Los
Angeles coroner's office, actor Brad Renfro died of
heroin overdose.
Renfro’s drug addiction has been public, and when the
25-year old was found dead on January 15 in his Los Angeles home, drug abuse has been the
first suspicion.
The Los
Angeles County
coroner's spokesman, Craig Harvey confirmed the...
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 It’s been a year since model Anna Nicole Smith passed away
and controversy seems to have remained unaltered.
Even in the aftermath of her death the soap opera
similarities of her life didn’t stop. Her sudden, astonishing death was
followed by a long paternity and custody battle over her toddler daughter,
Dannielynn. Only in April...
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 Amy Winehouse wasn’t able to obtain a US visa in
order to attend the Grammy Awards on February 10.
The American Embassy in London
declined to grant her the necessary visa which would have enabled her to take
part at the Los Angeles
ceremony. The artist’s disappointment is easily comprehensible, as she received
six nominations...
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 The death of rapper Pimp C, who was found dead in December
in his hotel room, was accidental, as the Los
Angeles coroner office announced.
Captain Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner's
office revealed on Monday that Promethazine/Codeine syrup and
sleep apnea were the main factors that generated the rapper’s death....
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 Hollywood actress Eva
Mendes has reportedly entered a rehab facility, as the site of the celebrity
magazine “People” announced on Friday.
The 33-year old Mendes is reportedly trying to deal with a
substance-abuse problem and she is going to do that in the professional way. No
more details on the issue were disclosed.
“Eva has...
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 Former Beatles’ member Paul McCartney will be honored with a
special Brit Award, as a sign of recognition of his remarkable artistic career.
McCartney is due to receive the special prize for
Outstanding Contribution To Music in the February 20 ceremony that will take
place at London’s Earls Court. The music legend is said to have...
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 The actor that has become at a certain time the third most
recognized American because of his ad character Mr. Whipple, Dick Wilson passed
away at the age of 91.
Wilson,
whose career included TV and radio shows and movies, was best known for the
Charmin commercials, in which he was the central figure for more than two
decades. He...
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 Although it’s been five years since the charges were brought against the R&B star, R. Kelly’s child pornography trial was postponed once more. A Chicago judge decided on Tuesday that the child pornography criminal case against Kelly which has been pending for five years will not be going to trial on September 17 after all. Since the...
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 AC/DC is an Australian rock band which was formed in 1973 in Sydney by Angus Young and Malcolm Young, two brothers. Their music was always considered as heavy metal but they’ve said they use to call it just “rock’n’roll.” Their first album was released in 1975 and was called “High Voltage.” In 1977, bassist Cliff Williams replaced Mark...
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 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival means
more than just a music festival. It mixes music with culture, promoting healthy
living and sharing information on recycling, green living and social awareness.
At this year’s festival, the outside world and its problems were brought closer
to the stage.
Eddie Vedder asked the crowd...
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 Alicia Keys may have been a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter,
but she wants us to know there is another side to her: conspiracy theorist. Keys
told Blender magazine “Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill
each other…Gangsta rap' didn't exist,” the Associated Press reports. She also
claimed that the mass media and...
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 Popular Irish band U2 decided to make its relationship with
Live Nation more official, so the band and the concert giant inked a 12-year
contract.
Live Nation will be working on U2’s touring, merchandising and
web site, in an attempt to enlarge the number of its fans, which is already
huge. Given the present background of...
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 After 17 years, George Michael is going to tour again in the
U.S. and Canada. This
event follows the Wham! star’s hit European tour from last year. His last U.S. tour,
“Cover to Cover,” took place in 1991.
Although in the last ten years his popularity has diminished
in the United States,
his album “Patience” placed at No. 12 in...
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 She may have wandered in London on a freezing evening wearing just
jeans and a bra, but that just couldn’t constitute a hindrance to her album
sales.
As Apple announced on Tuesday, Amy Winehouse is the top
leading artist when it comes to album sales. The report regarding the iTunes
online music store sales revealed that Amy’s...
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 No, it’s not another consequence
of Britney Spears’ impulsivity that her new album, “Blackout” is to be launched
two weeks earlier then initially scheduled. It is a strategic move that Jive
Records had to do to prevent further tracks from being downloaded.
It is uncertain how tracks from
the forthcoming album, uncompleted songs...
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 English four-piece rock band Arctic Monkeys are making an attempt at conquering America (too). "We're not bothered about not breaking America. We want to come here and enjoy it, not see it as a job," said drummer Matt Helders to Reuters.Their last American gig this year will be Sunday, May 20th, at the Hard Rock Live in...
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U.S. federal health officials warned teenagers about the dangers of car surfing, which involves a person performing stunts on the roof, trunk or on the hood of a vehicle while another one is driving. Studies conducted in the past disclosed that videos showing car surfing and posted on the Internet led to an increased popularity of urban...
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 Google began providing personal health records to the public
on Monday, after more than a year of work on the project.
By means of the site google.com/health, patients can upload
medical records from organizations, enter their own data and search for
information on their health condition.
Google's partners include Walgreen...
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 Having a tattoo is no longer the symbol of rebellion it once was. Many football and pop celebrities have them but one thing has not changed: the difficult decision-making process that goes with choosing the design.
A tattoo can make a statement about the wearer's personality and their outlook on life. But what happens when the...
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The north Estonian town of Rakvere is an unlikely venue for a world championship of any sort, let alone the exotic rituals of Japanese Sumo wrestling.
Yet thanks to the feats of a local boy made good, Rakvere (population 17,000) will host the 16th Sumo world championships on Saturday and Sunday.
Around 400 competitors from 32...
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Israelis were going to the polls Tuesday to elect new city councils and mayors for their hometowns.
Some 4.7 million Israelis are eligible to vote in the nationwide municipal elections.
Polls opened from 7 am (0500 GMT) in 159 villages, towns and cities, including Jerusalem, where voters will chose a replacement for current Mayor...
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NATO defence ministers reached a compromise Friday over controversial plans to help Afghanistan fight its thriving drugs industry, whose profits the Taliban rely on to fund their insurgency.
"Yes, there is an agreement," a NATO diplomat told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa during talks in Budapest.
Ministers overcame...
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Israeli fraud squad detectives questioned outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the eight time in recent weeks on Thursday, regarding corruption affairs in which the premier is suspected of being involved.
It was the Israeli leader's first interrogation since he resigned the premiership on September 21.
Israel Army Radio reported...
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Israeli Fraud Squad detectives Friday questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the seventh time in recent weeks over corruption affairs the premier is suspected of being involved in.
Olmert's artist wife Aliza was also quizzed during the lengthy session which, as with previous interrogations of the prime minister, went on for longer...
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The Japanese government Friday unveiled a economic stimulus package totalling 11.7 trillion yen (107.03 billion dollars) to lift the financial burden caused by rising oil prices and shore up the economy.
The government was to install the package to help small- and medium-size firms raise funds, financially support business sectors...
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China's Olympic gold medalists were given a heroes welcome Friday when they arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day programme of sell-out events and celebrations.
The 100-strong delegation of athletes and medalists were met by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and more than 100 cheering schoolchildren.
The delegation includes...
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday resigned from his post in what he called "the best interest of the country" to avoid facing an impeachment planned by the ruling coalition in parliament.
"No charge sheet can stand against me," a defiant Musharraf said. "My actions were in accordance with my...
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 Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) picked a new
chairman on Monday following the party's parliamentary election defeat,
which has hurt the DPP's chance of winning the upcoming presidential
polls.
The independence-leaning DPP named its presidential candidate Frank
Hsieh as acting chairman, replacing President Chen...
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 A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of policemen at an
anti-government rally Thursday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore,
killing at least 21 officers and three civilians in the latest violence
to rock a nation teetering on the brink.
The death toll could rise, however, because at least 65 people were
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