Miss Sixty goes retro at New York Fashion Week with shoulder pads, tight
dresses and acid-wash jeans.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES MISS SIXTY HANDOUT-
Looking at the Miss Sixty collection at New York ...   more »

The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including the best selling record of 2008, MIA's new baby and Salma Hayek's wedding.

Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" was the best-selling album of 2008
globally. The band's fourth studio ...   more »

While many American fashion designers are scaling back, Carolina Herrera
ups the glam at her fall 2009 show, showing skin and sultry looks.

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Controversial billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov tops Russia's rich list, having
cashed out of assets just before the market turned.

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Russia's most eligible bachelor, outspoken and controversial
billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, is ...   more »

Brazil presents the first lot of the locally produced generic version of
Efavirenz, one of 17 drugs in the cocktail used by HIV patients.

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Brazil presented ...   more »

Heath Ledger is everyone's bet to be honored with a best supporting actor
Oscar at this coming Sunday's Academy Awards; the race for best supporting
actress is less clear cut.

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From schoolgirl to womanizer, pop star Britney Spears is back with a vengeance.
Oops, she's done it again.

Pop star Britney Spears is back -- as an all-new wax figure at London's
Madame Tussaud's.

The ...   more »

A virtual reality body double which moves in real time the same way the real human does gives doctors a fascinating insight into the way the muscles
move. Dutch researchers say this will go a ...   more »

Eighteen African migrants, some of them children, die as they try to reach the Canary Islands in a wooden boat.


LANZAROTE, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 16, 2009) FORTA -
Spanish coastguards found the corpses of 18 immigrants, ...   more »

Electronic Health Records and President Obama - 7 reasons why his initiative is right
Author: Peter Yellowlees

President Obama has been widely quoted as saying that he
wants the federal government to invest in electronic ...   more »

BMW is axing 850 jobs at its Oxford factory as demand falls after a slump
in sales of the famous Mini car.

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German car manufacturer BMW AG is cutting around ...   more »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Tokyo, where she is
expected to meet the families of Japanese abductees in North Korea.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary ...   more »

Algeria's Salim Haini, dubbed as the "man who eats everything", puts on a display of eating nails, glass and light bulbs in a bid for
recognition.   more »

Desperate jobless in hardest hit Russian regions look to the army for
salvation.

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Rising unemployment in Russian regions hit hard by the economic
crisis has sparked an unexpected interest in ...   more »

The founders of a website which carries links to unauthorised copies of music, films and TV programmes go on trial in Sweden on charges of copyright
theft.


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Governments refuse to comment on press reports which say two nuclear submarines - one British and one French - collided in the Atlantic. No one is
injured in the accident and there is no damage ...   more »

Australian police put the latest death toll from bushfires at 189 saying the figure is expected to rise as schools reopen in the region.


MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (FEBRUARY 16, 2009) SBS -
The death toll from ...   more »

As designers put the finishing touches to their collections ahead of New
York fashion week, the recession is on everyone's minds.

The bleak economic outlook is forcing some of the city's stalwart designers
to re-think ...   more »

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wins referendum vote that lets him stay in power for as long as he keeps beating rivals in elections.

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez won ...   more »

Photographer and Model Helena Christensen Touts Memoir’s Exceptional Imaging Capabilities

Mobile World Congress 2009
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) and T-Mobile USA, along with photographer and model Helena Christensen today officially unveiled the ...   more »

Nearly 600 delegates from 20 countries attend the fourth international conference on sexology held in India's southern city of Chennai.


CHENNAI (FEBRUARY 15, 2009) ANI-
Nearly 600 delegates from 20 countries attended the fourth
international ...   more »

Japanese Finance minister denies being drunk at G7 new conference, but faces mounting pressure to leave.


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Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (pronounced Sho-ee-chee
Nah-kah-gah-wah) denied on Monday ...   more »

On Moral And Charismatic Politicians
Author: Stuart Nachbar

The media has passed enough judgment on former New York
governor Elliott Spitzer and I agree with the pundits on all
sides; there's no possible defense for ...   more »

Spin Master Receives “Toy of the Year” Honors for Bakugan Battle Brawlers Battle Pack Series 1 Spheres

Toy Fair 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Toy Industry Association (TIA) honored leaders of the industry tonight at the ...   more »

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by a spokesman on behalf of Chris Brown:

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am ...   more »