WASHINGTON- A publisher has agreed to remove US intelligence details from a memoir by a former army officer in Afghanistan after the Pentagon raised last-minute objections, officials said Friday....
OLINDA, Aldo Gamboa- Brazil's unique tropical blend of samba-rock-guitar known as MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) has exerted an irrepressible influence on modern jazz, masters of the genre say....
WASHINGTON- Global star Lady Gaga morphed from pop provocateur to political lobbyist on Friday, releasing a somber plea to US senators to repeal a law barring gays from serving openly in the...
PARIS- A stomach problem forced Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes to abandon plans to give a lecture in Geneva on Thursday, Mexico's embassy here said, saying he was otherwise "in perfect health"....
LOS ANGELES- Late pop icon Michael Jackson's mother has filed suit against promotors of a concert series he was supposed to give in London in 2009, claiming they shared the blame for his death during...
SAO PAULO, Marc Burleigh- Graffiti’s long struggle to be seen as valid urban expression, not vandalism, is being crowned this month with an exhibition in Brazil by international artists who not only...
BERLIN- Chinese dissident author Liao Yiwu arrived in Germany on Wednesday after authorities prevented 14 previous attempts to leave his home country, organisers of a literary festival who invited...
WASHINGTON, Olivia Hampton- No child should have to choose between putting food on the table and getting a proper education, actress Eva Longoria said Wednesday calling for more rights for the...
TOKYO- Italian actress Sophia Loren was on Tuesday awarded the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale, one of the most lucrative prizes in the arts world.
Two more Italians also won the prize...
LONDON- Nelson Mandela was so upset over Britain invading Iraq in 2003 that he called a government minister and "virtually breathed fire" about why it was a mistake, the ex-minister revealed Monday....
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