XALAPA- Mexican officials have transferred 214 detainees from a prison in the eastern state of Veracruz to make way for a Mel Gibson film, despite the protests of relatives.
Ignacio Allende prison...
WASHINGTON - The heirs of a late German-Jewish banker have relinquished all rights to a painting by Pablo Picasso, allowing a foundation set up by British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to keep the...
KHARTOUM - Drummers from Pink Floyd, Radiohead and The Police are joining other musicians to drum for peace in Sudan as part of an international campaign to press world leaders to prevent more...
MADRID - Getting hitched and having kids are among Hugh Grant's New Year's resolutions for 2010, the British film star said Thursday in an interview with Spanish television.
"I have some...
BUENOS AIRES - The singer Sandro, nicknamed Argentina's Elvis for his seductive balladeering and sensual hip gyrations, has died at age 64 from an infection following heart and lung surgery, doctors...
MADRID - Author and newspaper columnist Clara Sanchez, 54, has been awarded the Nadal Prize, Spain's oldest literature award, media reported Wednesday.
Sanchez won the prize for her novel "Lo que...
BERLIN - A German MP set Berlin an ultimatum Tuesday in a row over a museum commemorating millions of ethnic Germans expelled after 1945 from Nazi-occupied areas which has soured relations with...
DUBAI, Wissam Keyrouz - The financially troubled Gulf emirate of Dubai on Monday opened the world's tallest building, a glistening concrete, glass and steel pinnacle rising 828 metres (2,717 feet)...
LONDON - Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said.
The...
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" surged to a box office haul of more than one billion dollars globally on Sunday, faster than any other movie in history, an industry tracker reported....
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