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British jazz star Dankworth dead at 82: BBC

LONDON- British jazz star John Dankworth, who worked with legends like Ella Fitzgerald and was married to singer Cleo Laine, has died at the age of 82, the BBC reported Sunday, quoting his agent. Dankworth, a saxophonist and clarinettist, and Laine were one of the best known couples in jazz and had been married for over 50 years. Earlier in his career, Dankworth had worked as musical director for the likes of Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson. Laine announced Dankworth's death at a concert marking...

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Mexico to host World Environment Day in June 2009

Mexico City - Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN...

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'Italy's Fritzl' raped daughter for 25 years

ROME (AFP) - Italian police said Friday they have arrested a man for forcing his daughter to have...

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British kidnap couple poorly treated, need urgent help

AMARA, Mohamed Dahir- A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in October said they were not being well treated and needed urgent help,...

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Iraq leaders seek ruling on barred poll candidates

BAGHDAD- Iraqi leaders on Saturday urged a panel of seven judges to issue a final ruling on 500 candidates barred from running in next...

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Yemen aid programmes running short of funds: UN

GENEVA - UN aid agencies on Friday warned that programmes in Yemen were running short of funds amid concerns that aid efforts in Haiti...

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Controversial film acclaimed abroad but unseen by Syrians

DAMASCUS, Rached Issa - Overseas, "The Long Night" has garnered critical acclaim and awards, but at home in Syria censors remain nervous about permitting the screening of a film on the topic of political prisoners. Director Hatem Ali's debut feature-length film is a humane and engaging drama that begins with three aging political prisoners suddenly told they are going home after having spent...

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Toibin favourite to win Britain's Costa book award

LONDON - Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said. The winner of the Costa Award is drawn from the winner of five individual categories -- novel, first novel, poetry, biography and children's book -- which were announced Monday. Toibin beat Man Booker Prize...

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Egypt's veil wearers see it as barrier to harassment

CAIRO, Mona Salem - Female students at Cairo University are defying religious and state efforts to ban the controversial niqab from schools and colleges,...

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Miami schools open doors to Haitian children

MIAMI - Schools in southern Florida are opening their doors to children arriving from quake-stricken Haiti and setting up special programs to help them adapt,...

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Poet Reid surprise winner of Britain's Costa book of year

LONDON - Poet Christopher Reid was Tuesday announced as the surprise winner of a major British literary prize for a collection in memory of his late wife,...

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Telling a story in 140 characters or less

NEW YORK, Chris Lefkow - Arjun Basu writes short stories. Very short stories. "I'm doing 140-character stories on Twitter," said Basu, one of scores of...

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Americans average eight hours a day in front of screens

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Adult Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens -- televisions, computer monitors,...

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China's hit TV show on housing sparks controversy

SHANGHAI, Joan Feng - Mistresses, rocketing home prices and corrupt officials colluding with property developers are the potent mix...

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US plans more talks with China on Google row: diplomat

WASHINGTON - The US and Chinese governments have had "multiple meetings" about a row between Google and China over Internet freedom, and...

Injured Leonard Cohen delays tour by six months

LOS ANGELES- Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen will delay his European tour by six months after the 75-year-old injured his back while exercising, his promoters said Saturday. The musical and literary giant known for songs such as "So Long,...

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Claw of death is 'hand of God' at giant Paris art show

PARIS, Claire Rosemberg - A giant claw of death is at work and shades of the Holocaust on view at Paris' Grand Palais hall this week in the city's first big art show of the year, a "hand of God" installation by France's Christian Boltanski. The show opening Wednesday inside the vast dome-topped...

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Obama: one good term better than two bad ones

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama said in an interview Monday that he would rather be a good one-term president...

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Obama ends frenetic vacation

OAK BLUFFS, Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama headed back to Washington Sunday after a week-long vacation...

Science All clear day before Endeavour shuttle launch CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA said Saturday all looked clear a day ahead of the scheduled launch of the shuttle Endeavour,...	Medicine Patient presumed vegetative communicates via brain scan: study BRUSSELS- A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his...
Media Tunisia confirms jail sentence on dissenting journalist TUNIS, Hamida Ben Salah - The Tunis appeals court confirmed Saturday a six-month prison sentence on a Tunisian...	Festivals Revellers don masks for Venice Carnival VENICE- Masked revellers swarmed the streets and waterways of Venice on Saturday as the historic Italian city launched...