Actress Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall
* Richardson suffered brain injury in ski accident * Husband Liam Neeson, sons shocked and devastated
Award-winning actress Natasha Richardson, a member of Britain’s Redgrave acting dynasty, died on Wednesday at age 45 after a suffering a severe brain injury in a skiing accident in...

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Miss Israel beauty pageant Haifa: Adi Rodnitzky (C), a 19-year-old soldier, poses for photographers after winning the Miss Israel beauty pageant. reuters

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Britney gets restraining order for ex-friend
Britney Spears gets restraining ordeA former paparazzi friend of pop superstar Britney Spears - inseparable from the singer in the last few years - has received a three-year restraining order from her, a Los Angeles court said. Adnan Ghalib, a photographer who appeared alongside Spears in a series of...

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Salma Hayek to appear in Adam Sandler comedy
Mexican actress Salma Hayek will return to movie screens in a comedy alongside Adam Sandler, after a break in which she was producing and acting for television, Hollywood media reported.
Hayek joins Sandler and his fellow former Saturday Night Live stars Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade...

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premiere of Broken Embraces Madrid: Spanish actress Penelope Cruz poses before the premiere of her new movie ‘Los Abrazos Rotos’ (Broken Embraces). reuters

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Jessica Lange breaks collarbone
Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange fell and broke her collarbone, her spokeswoman said. “Jessica Lange was on vacation at her home in Minnesota when yesterday she took a short fall from her steps,” spokeswoman Leslee Dart said in a statement. “She bruised her ribs, broke her collarbone and received...

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Kanye West faces 30 months in jail
Superstar US rapper Kanye West has been charged with assault, theft and vandalism related to a September 2008 incident involving a paparazzi at Los Angeles LAX airport, prosecutors said.
The 31-year-old Grammy-award-winning musician could face up to 30 months in prison.
West was arrested...

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Sri Lankan postmaster insists on English
A Sri Lankan-born man who came to Britain 17 years ago is refusing to serve customers in his post office unless they speak English, media have reported.
Deva Sumarasiri, 40, whose shop is in a racially mixed inner-city area, believes he has to stand up for the English language because otherwise...

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Traditional ritual TIWANAKU: Natives from Cuzco, Peru, perform a traditional ritual during the opening ceremony of the VII Meeting of the Eagle and the Condor of the Native Peoples of the Americas. afp

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Pharaonic bed unveiled
Egyptian antiquities authorities on Thursday revealed an ancient pharaonic embalming bed unearthed from a mysterious tomb near Luxor used to prepare bodies for mummification more than 3,000 years ago. The wooden bed was painstakingly restored after being discovered in pieces in the KV-63 tomb in southern...

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Hot Air Balloon Fiesta PUTRAJAYA: Hot air balloons lift off during the Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. afp

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