Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
First lady Michelle Obama called her appearance Tuesday on "Sesame Street" probably the best thing she's done since arriving in the White House.
To help this along, the world's second-richest person Warren Buffett has given ukuleles and a lesson on the instrument to girls at the North Omaha branch of Girls Inc.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said even a public apology from his wife would not be enough to salvage his 19-year marriage after she disparaged him in the media.
His father and stepmother had fought before, and 13-year-old Nathan Bellar had no reason to believe their latest exchange would turn violent.
Thieves tried to rob Queen Elizabeth II's 19-year-old granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, and her friends while they were travelling in Cambodia, a British newspaper reported on Monday.
Hernandez, the first patient who was infected by the A/H1N1 flu influenza in Mexico.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's wife wants a divorce, Italian media reported on Sunday, just days after she publicly criticised his party's selection of pretty young women to run in European elections.
Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73.
That's what a Japanese TV star asked police who arrested him for public indecency when he was found drunk, naked and screaming in a Tokyo park in the early hours of the morning last week. His words struck a chord with the public and have now become the slogan on a new range of T-shirts sold by online retailer ClubT.
An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday.
Indian billionaire Ambani's high-flying life could have ended last week, a complaint filed with police said pebbles and gravel were found in the chopper's engine, debris that could have caused the craft to crash.
Queen of pop Madonna is seen in this video grab taken from her failed audition footage for hit 80s TV show Fame.
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