LONDON - Madonna will perform a special tribute to Michael Jackson during her London show on Saturday, at the venue where he was due to stage his farewell shows, she said in a newspaper interview. Madonna -- known as the Queen of Pop, while Jackson
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Saturday 04 July 2009
SEOUL, July 4 – North Korea test-fired two Scud-type missiles on Saturday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said citing a government official, further stoking regional tensions after the North’s nuclear tests and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal
SEOUL - North Korea has test-fired two more missiles following similar launches earlier this week, according to the defence ministry. North Korea test-fired two missiles this morning, a spokesman for the defence ministry told AFP. He said the missi
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - OAS chief says Honduras' interim government not willing to restore ousted president.
NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led
BAGHDAD - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq. He stressed t
LONDON - Madonna will perform a special tribute to Michael Jackson during her London show on Saturday, at the venue where he was due to stage his farewell shows, she said in a newspaper interview. Madonna -- known as the Queen of Pop, while Jackson
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. Jose Miguel Insulza, who heads the Organi
LONDON - Newspapers are mourning the failure of Andy Murray to become Britain's first Wimbledon champion for 73 years, but hailed Andy Roddick's masterful semi-final performance and the Scot's future chances. Roddick beat Murray in a nail-biting fo
SEOUL, South Korea - A news report says North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast. Yonhap news agency's report says the launches Saturday appeared to be of Scud missiles. The agency quotes a South Korean government official i
NAYPYIDAW - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to hold an unexpected second meeting with Myanmar's junta leader as he presses the regime to free the pro-democracy leader and allow him to see her. Ban pushed iron-fisted military ruler Than Shwe to
MONACO - Cadel Evans has been building steadily towards what would be an historic Tour de France victory for the past five years. But this month another Australian, in the shape of his Silence teammate Matthew Lloyd, could offer that tiny, extra ad
CARACAS, Venezuela - The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations with the government. A total of 86 AM radio stations and
As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its
Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of English football team Manchester United, is to join forces with the television star Sir David Frost in a £1bn ($1.6bn) property venture backed by Middle Eastern investors that aims to snap up real estate at bargain pric
The value of trade credit insurance claims more than doubled in the first quarter of 2009, according to the Association of British Insurers, in a period that saw withdrawals or the reduction of insurance for companies as diverse as Topps Tiles, Coru
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