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Rod and Elton? Just call them Phyllis and Sharon

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Rock star Rod Stewart may be famous for his bevy of ex-wives and girlfriends, but it is fellow pop star Elton John who

Aaron Paul trades drugs for alcohol addiction in “Smashed”

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Aaron Paul, who won his second Emmy last month for playing drug dealer Jesse Pinkman in the dark television drama, “Breaking Bad,” trades

Malala Yousafzai: Shot Pakistan girl moves hospitals

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

A 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen has been transferred to a new military hospital with better facilities. Malala Yousafzai, in

Pussy Riot case: One defendant freed in Russia

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

A Moscow court has freed one of the convicted women from the punk band Pussy Riot but upheld two-year jail terms for the other two.

Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

brunoOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

Chinese author Mo Yan has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature. A prolific author, Mo has published dozens of short stories, with his

Four factors pushing Turkey and Syria to war

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

Neither Turkey nor Syria want a war, but both sides don’t want to appear to back down and there are four factors pushing them towards a

Turkey intercepts Syrian plane; it leaves after arms inspection

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried from Russia to

Ex-head of military team calls Libya security weak

kiemtarOct 11, 2012October 11, 20120

A former U.S. security official in Libya testified Wednesday that the State Department withdrew security officers from the country as violence from armed militia groups

Bali police warn of terror threat on bomb anniversary

kiemtarOct 10, 2012October 10, 20120

Indonesian police have warned of possible attacks targeting Friday’s ceremony marking 10 years since the Bali bombings. A top Bali police official said security was

Ex-US college coach jailed over child sexual abuse

kiemtarOct 10, 2012October 10, 20120

A former assistant American football coach has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison – effectively a life sentence – in the child