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BBC rapped over promoting U2, Coldplay - 01/15/2010

LONDON - A BBC editorial watchdog body criticised the British broadcaster Thursday for breaching its own guidelines by appearing to promote the bands U2 and Coldplay in its coverage of them. The...

Foreign actresses move centre-stage in Bollywood - 01/15/2010

MUMBAI, Shail Kumar Singh - For years they performed as backstage dancers or had minor roles, but foreign actresses are moving centre-stage in India's Hindi-language film industry -- and becoming big...

Bill Clinton, Bush answer Obama call to help Haiti - 01/15/2010

WASHINGTON - Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Thursday accepted a request from President Barack Obama to raise funds for earthquake victims and relief efforts in Haiti, they...

Special envoy Mitchell off to Middle East next week - 01/15/2010

WASHINGTON- The US envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week, a government official said Thursday. "He will be in the region next...

100,000 feared dead in horrific Haiti quake - 01/14/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Clarens Renois - More than 100,000 people were feared dead Wednesday after a cataclysmic earthquake struck Haiti, filling the streets with corpses and burying thousands under razed...

In a first, astronomers snatch distant planet's 'fingerprint' - 01/14/2010

PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had made the first direct capture of a spectrum of light from a planet outside the Solar System, in what was a landmark in the search for extra-terrestrial...

Syria's Assad starts Saudi visit - 01/14/2010

RIYADH- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah expected to cover Middle East peace efforts, Iran's role in the region and Iraq. The king...

Clinton cancels Asia tour to deal with Haiti crisis - 01/14/2010

HONOLULU - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said she was canceling the remainder of a trip to Asia to deal with the crisis afflicting Haiti. "I have decided to cancel the...

Fears of major catastrophe as 7.0 quake rocks Haiti - 01/13/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Clarens Renois - A huge quake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP...

Frankfurt set for opening of Obama musical - 01/13/2010

FRANKFURT - Barack Obama has been serenaded by stars like Aretha Franklin and Beyonce, now he'll sing himself in a new musical set to open Sunday in Germany -- where many consider the US president a...
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