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Frank Langella launched his memoir “Dropped Names: Famous Men And Women As I Knew Them”
Actor Frank Langella has lifted the curtain on life among the biggest stars of stage and screen in a searingly frank and supremely bitchy...
Romania sets the world record for the longest wedding dress train
The world’s longest bridal train was unveiled in Bucharest, Romania, this week. To show off the two-mile gown, 17-year-old Romanian model Emma Dumitrescu took a ride...
Tiny Elvis dancer William Stokkebroe became an internet sensation dancing the jive to Jailhouse Rock
A video of toddler William Stokkebroe dancing the jive to Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock has attracted more than 3.8 million hits, 15,000 likes, and...
Charla Nash’s progress two years after her face transplant following chimp attack
Charla Nash, the woman who lost her eyesight, lips, nose and hands in a vicious chimp attack, says she feels at home in her...
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Mexico in his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Mexico, being greeted by thousands in central city of Guanajuato, and welcomed by President Felipe Calderon. The Pope is...
Mozart composition uncovered in a notebook in Austria
A previously unknown Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano composition, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, has been uncovered in...
Sugar the cat survived 19-storey fall without a scratch in Boston
Sugar, a very lucky cat from Boston, may have used up more than one of her nine lives after she fell out of the...
Borat spoof anthem played during a medal ceremony at 10th Arab Shooting Competition in Kuwait
Kazakhstan's shooting team has been left stunned after Borat spoof anthem was played during a medal ceremony at the 10th Arab Shooting Competition in Kuwait instead...
Birdman Jarno Smeets admits YouTube video is a hoax and he is in fact film-maker Floris Kaayk
Jarno Smeets, the man who posted on YouTube a video of himself apparently conducting a successful test flight of a "wing-suit" he'd invented ,...
EU aproves attacks on Somali pirates land bases by extending Atalanta Operation mandate
The EU has agreed to expand its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at...
EU set to impose travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad
EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on Syria First Lady Asma al-Assad, diplomats say. The UK-born wife of...
Japan prepares anti-missile defense for North Korea rocket
Japan prepares its anti-missile defense systems in response to the planned launch of a North Korean long-range rocket next month, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka...
Sgt. Robert Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder over Afghan massacre
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, according to US officials. Robert Bales, 38,...
Whitney Houston toxicology results: cocaine, marijuana and other medication were found in her body
Whitney Houston died in accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, Los Angeles coroner has ruled today. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey...
Costa Concordia: five more bodies found on the capsized cruise ship
Five more bodies have been found after more than two months since the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized off the Italian coast. Italian authorities say...
Mohamed Merah has been killed by French police after 32 hours of siege
The French police siege in Toulouse has ended with the death of Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people, the French interior...
Toulouse siege ended with Mohamed Merah’s death
French police siege in Toulouse has ended with the death of Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people, the AFP news agency...
French police inside Mohamed Merah’s flat
The siege of Mohamed Merah suspected of seven killings in Toulouse, southern France, is nearing its end, police sources say. Three loud explosions were heard...
Mohammed Merah, Toulouse shooting suspect, has not been arrested yet
Mohammed Merah, the Frenchman suspected of a spate of shootings in the Toulouse area, has not been arrested yet, but police have surrounded his...
Judith Tebbutt released six months after she was kidnapped in Kenya
Judith Tebbutt, the British woman kidnapped in Kenya, has been freed in Somalia six months after she was seized and her husband David killed. Judith...
Toulouse shooting suspect’s house surrounded by police
French police hunting an Algerian-origin gunman suspected of killing seven people in southern France in two separate attacks, including Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, have...
There is no evidence in Afghan massacre suspect Sgt. Robert Bales case, says lawyer John Henry Browne
John Henry Browne, the lawyer representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in their homes has said there is little...
Mexico: 7.4 earthquake hits Oaxaca and Mexico City damaging 800 houses
A large earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sending terrified workers and residents running into...
Two-year-old Makena became YouTube sensation with Adele’s hit rendition
Makena, a two-year-old girl from Canada, puts her heart and soul into a beautiful rendition of the Adele's first number one hit Someone Like You...
Huug Bosse, the Dutch man who can’t stop laughing after hip surgery
Huug Bosse is a Dutch man who had hip surgery two years ago and he hasn’t stopped laughing since. Huug Bosse’s wife finds it annoying, his...
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