OTTAWA- Grammy-winning Canadian singer Nelly Furtado said Monday she would give away $1 million dollars she received from Moamer Kadhafi for a performance four years ago in Italy. "In 2007, I...

PARIS- French actress Annie Girardot, who performed in more than 100 films from the 1950s on, died in Paris on Monday after a long battle with Alzheimer's, her family said. She was 79. "She left...

RABAT- Moroccan authorities said they cut short a music festival in the Western Sahara town of Dakhla Sunday after disturbances "exploited by separatists" left 15 people injured. "We have...

LOS ANGELES- Film legend Elizabeth Taylor was rooting for British royal drama "The King's Speech" at Sunday's Oscars show, watching from hospital where she is recovering -- and celebrating her 79th...

LONDON- Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones and Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk were on Thursday awarded top British honours by Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Oscar-winner Zeta...

LONDON- Espionage author John le Carre said Thursday he is to give his literary archive to the famous Bodleian Library at Oxford University, his "spiritual home". The collection contains family...

ROME, Ella Ide- A US art detective says he has proof a garish terracotta statue found discarded in a mouldy cardboard box in an Italian antiques shop is an original model by Michelangelo for his...

LOS ANGELES- A judge warned troubled US starlet Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday that she faces jail, as she appeared in court again over the theft of a $2,500 necklace from a Los Angeles jewellery store....

NEW DELHI, Beatrice Le Bohec- Bant Singh, a scarred survivor of class violence in rural India, has an indisputable claim to be a voice for India's impoverished and muted millions. The folk singer...