PARIS- World culture body UNESCO unveiled plans Wednesday to preserve the site of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, an Afghan archaeological treasure destroyed by the Taliban 10 years ago. The UN...

PARIS- French rock star Johnny Halliday is suing for compensation from a doctor who operated on him before he fell ill in late 2009, his representative told AFP on Wednesday. The 67-year-old rock...

LONDON- Precious ivory artefacts which crime author Agatha Christie cleaned using her face cream after her husband had excavated them have been bought by the British Museum, it was reported Tuesday....

OUAGADOUGOU, Romaric Ollo Hien- Popular uprisings that toppled veteran leaders in the Arab world have raised hopes among north African filmmakers that the winds of change will also blow across the...

LONDON- Grammy-winning British pop star Phil Collins called it a day Tuesday, but denied reports he was quitting because he no longer "fitted in" to the modern music scene. Collins, 60, said he...

WASHINGTON- A US publisher plans to come out with a book next month featuring a collection of Twitter messages sent during the protests in Egypt that led to the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak....

OUAGADOUGOU, Romaric Ollo Hien- A Moroccan film about rape and incest of a young woman by her father who believes she is demon-possessed scooped the top honours at Africa's biggest film festival....

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- Artist Jason Polan won't be running out of live models any time soon -- in trying to draw every person in New York, he's got at least eight million more to go. The plan...

LONDON- Pop star George Michael said he deserved to be jailed for a month for crashing his car while high on cannabis, describing his time inside as karma, in a BBC radio interview. The former...