Rihanna has seemingly hit out at Chris Brown, saying love isn’t “for kids”. The singer confirmed over the weekend that the on/off couple have called time on their relationship
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Here Comes the Show Boat! Broadway musical? Or opera in disguise?
Q: When is an opera not an opera?
UNITED NATIONS: The Bogey of Colonialism
A group of Arab nationalists has confronted the U.N.
Skinbook: The Facebook-Style Social Network for Nudists
The rules for Skinbook are clear: No pornographic images or headless torso shots.
Royal Wedding: London Security Forces Brace for Threats
By the time Kate Middleton begins her journey to Westminster Abbey on the morning of April 29, snipers from London’s Metropolitan Police will have taken their positions on rooftops throughout the city. If a bomb explodes along the parade route, police will siphon crowds into areas that have been blocked to traffic, and ambulances will follow predetermined routes to get victims to various hospitals.
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Submerged Manila faces disease threat
Water is a lifeline for the farmers and fishermen who live along Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines. The rich ecosystem also serves as a reservoir to catch floodwaters to save Manila, on its western shore, from drowning
Storm-ravaged Philippines braced for ‘super typhoon’ Parma
Days after one storm left hundreds dead and most of Manila under water, the Philippines was bracing itself Thursday for the impact of a super typhoon gathering pace in the western Pacific.
Britain denies deal with Libya over slain London cop
The British government has not dropped the case of a British police officer who was shot dead outside the Libyan embassy in London 25 years ago, the Foreign Office insisted Sunday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised the killing of Yvonne Fletcher with Libya’s leader, Moammar Gadhafi, as recently as July, when he visited Tripoli, a Foreign Office spokesman said.
Madoff won’t appeal 150-year sentence, attorney says
Bernard Madoff has decided not to appeal the 150-year prison sentence he received for operating the biggest investment fraud in history. “We are not going to appeal,” Madoff attorney Ira Lee Sorkin told CNN on Thursday. Sorkin said he met with Madoff this week at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan.