THE HAGUE- A war crimes court Monday delayed by a week to August 5 supermodel Naomi Campbell's testimony about a "blood diamond" she allegedly received from former Liberian president Charles Taylor...

VIENNA- Sweden's Per Olov Enquist, a prolific writer of historical novels and one of his country's most famous authors, has been awarded Austria's State Prize for European Literature. The...

SYDNEY, Talek Harris- It's raining, and Emperor George II is not impressed. He frowns at the elements, curses, and retreats up the stairs of his Sydney apartment block. It's hardly regal language....

MANILA- Teenage Philippine singing sensation Charice Pempengco has caused an Internet uproar after having cosmetic surgery to improve her looks ahead of her debut on top US television show "Glee"....

GRENOBLE- Veteran US singer Al Jarreau was in a stable but "worrying" condition in a French hospital on Friday after falling ill just before he was due to go on stage, health officials said....

JOHANNESBURG, Sibongile Khumalo - Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced Thursday he was retiring from public life after decades at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid and injustice around the...

PARIS, Benoit Fauchet- The curtain rises this weekend on Germany's legendary Bayreuth Festival, which is set to open with a brand new production of Richard Wagner's romantic opera "Lohengrin". The...

LOS ANGELES- Actor George Clooney, who led a galaxy of stars in a January telethon fundraiser for Haiti's earthquake victims, will receive a special Emmy Award for his humanitarian efforts on August...

LONDON - A coffee-stained piano used by the Beatles at London's Abbey Road studios is expected to sell for more than 100,000 pounds, an auction house said Wednesday. The battered Challen upright...