VIENNA- The ballet company of the Vienna Opera on Wednesday reinstated a Russian dancer fired last week after the publication of risque photographs in an Austrian magazine, its management said....

WASHINGTON- Actor and activist George Clooney said after meeting President Barack Obama Tuesday that the world can prevent violence around south Sudan's independence vote, without any cost in money...

LONDON- British author Howard Jacobson was Tuesday picked as the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel "The Finkler Question". Jacobson beat...

LONDON- Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II. Rowling, who has won...

JOHANNESBURG, Griffin Shea- A new collection of Nelson Mandela's private papers reveals his years of heartache at missing his family while in prison and his wariness at becoming idolised, in excerpts...

BERLIN- One of Israel's best known authors, David Grossman, said Sunday his country would be without a "home and a future" until it finds peace, as he accepted the prestigious German Book Trade Peace...

OTTAWA, Michel Comte- A photographer's image shows a boy with olive skin pretending to crash a toy plane into twin towers of blocks while another plays fireman in a rendering that has fueled debate...

BEIRUT- Lebanese censors have asked a film festival not to screen a film on Iranian opposition protests during a visit by the Islamic republic's president next week, the festival's director said on...

LIVERPOOL- A new monument was unveiled in John Lennon's home town of Liverpool Saturday on what would have been his 70th birthday, as the city and his family marked his musical legacy and his...