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Jacob Zuma begins second term as S Africa president

Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.

Hannah named 'most beautiful bulldog'

2006-04-25 08:16

To those who know her best, Hannah is the ultimate girly girl. She enjoys socializing in the neighborhood, wearing fancy outfits and pursuing a shoe fetish that would rival any Hollywood starlet.

Holmes likely to follow scientology birth

2006-04-13 10:15

Tom Cruise has been practically shouting from the rooftops about his love for his pregnant fiancee, Katie Holmes. But when their much-anticipated baby is born, the superstar dad probably won't say a word.

Britney's son suffers skull fracture?

2006-04-12 13:54

Britney Spears's six-month-old son, Sean Preston, fell and hit his head on Saturday, April 1, at the Malibu home the pop star shares with husband Kevin Federline, a source close to Spears tells PEOPLE.

Madonna's marriage on the mend?

2006-04-12 10:23

Forget that "Papa Don't Preach" stuff--what papa really shouldn't be doing is spilling family secrets to the tabloids.

Bush heads to Midwest to defend Iraq strategy

2006-03-20 19:57

US President George W. Bush planned to head to Cleveland, Ohio, as part of his public relations campaign to defend his Iraq strategy as opinion polls showed approval of the three-year-old war at a new low.

Aging Japan builds robot to look after elderly

2006-03-20 07:04

A Japanese-led research team said it had made a seeing, hearing and smelling robot that can carry human beings and is aimed at helping care for the country's growing number of elderly.

"Milosevic might commit suicide"

2006-03-13 10:40

The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor said on Sunday it was possible the former Yugoslav president may have taken drugs that worsened his health.

Milosevic dies at The Hague prison

2006-03-11 21:09

Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has died at the UN war crimes tribunal's detention center in The Hague, the UN tribunal confirmed on Saturday

Bush's approval rating hits new low

2006-03-10 19:53

More and more people, particularly Republicans, disapprove of President Bush's performance, question his character and no longer consider him a strong leader against terrorism.

Disgraced Hwang seeks pardon

2006-01-12 14:55

A disgraced South Korean researcher asked his nation's pardon for fraudulent claims of stem cell breakthroughs, but said junior scientists deceived him and should share blame for the scandal.

Ehud Olmert close to succeed PM Sharon

2006-01-12 08:29

Israeli politician Ehud Olmert is the closest thing to the successor Ariel Sharon never groomed.

Hwang 'faked' human cloning research

2006-01-11 05:56

A team led by a once-heralded and now disgraced South Korean scientist faked two landmark papers on embryonic stem cells but did produce the world's first cloned dog, an investigation panel said yesterday.

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