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Monaco's playboy prince sets wedding date - 07/23/2010

MONACO- The countdown began Thursday to the society event of the decade when Monaco's playboy Prince Albert II set a date next year for his long-awaited marriage to a South African swimming champ....

Vampires get their teeth into US public - 07/22/2010

NEW YORK, Paola Messana- She loves the taste of blood, hates the sun, and, if you ask, will tell you she died in a train accident back in 1892: meet Seregon O'Dalley, a would-be vampire living in New...

Turkish FM met Hamas supremo in Damascus - 07/21/2010

ANKARA- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has met Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal in Damascus, the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday, a move that threatens to fan fresh tensions with...

'Flying donkey' shocks Russian holidaymakers - 07/20/2010

MOSCOW, Anna Smolchenko- A braying donkey attached to a parasail and sent soaring in the blue skies above the beaches of southern Russia has stunned holidaymakers and prompted a police enquiry,...

The Internet can make or break a brand in China: report - 07/19/2010

HONG KONG- With 420 million people now online, the Internet can make or break a brand in China, a new report released Monday said, as far more people use the web to help decide what to buy than in...

Harry Potter star lands gothic thriller role - 07/19/2010

LONDON- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to star in gothic thriller "The Woman in Black", cult British horror film maker Hammer said on Monday. Radcliffe will begin filming in October for his...

World pays tribute to Mandela at 92 - 07/18/2010

JOHANNESBURG, Sibongile Khumalo- Nelson Mandela turned 92 on Sunday with US President Barack Obama and other world leaders hailing the anti-apartheid icon's contribution to global politics and human...

Sean Connery probed in Spanish tax fraud case: reports - 07/15/2010

MADRID- Oscar-winning film star Sean Connery and his wife Micheline have been placed under investigation in Spain over allegations of tax fraud, the first step to formal charges, local media reported...

Human lineage split from monkeys later than thought: study - 07/14/2010

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have...

Syria's Assad: 10 years in power marked by US pressure - 07/14/2010

DAMASCUS, Roueida Mabardi- After years of enduring intense international pressure, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has engaged in a process of rapprochement with the West whose results remain...
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