Source: Bethenny Frankel’s Engagement Fake, Could Be Sued? Bethenny Frankel’s professional life couldn’t be better with reports she has just landed her own spin-off reality show “The Skinny & the City” to apparently debut this fall (Bravo declined to comment), and personally things are looking pretty positive too with news …
Read More »Jacko House Hunting in Miami
Jacko|’Knots Landing’ and Maroon 5|’Collateral’ Jacko: Cash Poor, House Hunting in Miami Michael Jackson is returning to Miami’s South Beach this week with his huge entourage and a running meter on skyrocketing expenses. He’s told friends that he wants to buy a house in Miami and will be starting tohunt …
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There’s nothing like a brush with mortality to force you to think about more than the everyday worries of life. I guess what got me thinking was the news that British Prime MinisterTony Blair (search)was checking himself into a hospital to deal with an irregular heartbeat. The news comes only …
Read More »Emails suggest 'Jihadi John' had suicidal thoughts while living in Britain before Syrian trip
LONDON – Newly published emails suggest the man who became known as “Jihadi John” had suicidal thoughts before leaving Britain for Syria. In an email exchange with the Mail on Sunday five years ago, he talked of taking too many sleeping pills and sleeping forever as a way to get …
Read More »South Sudan rebels urge president to make more concessions as deadline for peace deal nears
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A spokesman for South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar says peace talks are deadlocked over how to share power and that the only way forward is for the president to make concessions. Puoch Riek Deng, who is attending the South Sudan peace talks as a member …
Read More »France quietly buries gunman who killed 5 people in Paris after debate about terrorist burials
PARIS – Paris officials say Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages at a kosher market and policewoman earlier this month, has been buried in a suburban cemetery. The burial Friday came after a debate over how to handle the bodies of Coulibaly and two other gunmen behind France’s worst terrorist …
Read More »Vietnam-era helicopter crashes on outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, killing 4 soldiers
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam’s military says a helicopter has crashed on a training mission, killing all four soldiers aboard. Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, army deputy chief of staff, said the UH-1 chopper crashed on a farm on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. Tuan says the …
Read More »UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asks African leaders not cling to power
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The U.N. secretary-general has urged African leaders not to cling to power. Ban Ki-moon said that undemocratic constitutional changes and legal loopholes should never be used by leaders to stay in office. Speaking at the summit of the 54-nation African Union, Ban urged African leaders to …
Read More »Masked police raid Moscow offices of oil tycoon's group
MOSCOW – Masked police on Thursday raided the Moscow offices of a civil society organization funded by former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Police said they suspected the group, Open Russia, was preparing banners, leaflets and posters that contained calls for “extremist activity” and planned to distribute them at an opposition …
Read More »Greek authorities pick up a further 126 migrants, a day after sinking that killed 3
ATHENS, Greece – Greek authorities have picked up more than 120 migrants who illegally entered the country by sea on three separate vessels, a day after a yacht with 90 people on board foundered just off the island of Rhodes, drowning three. The Merchant Marine Ministry says 42 people, including …
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