Can’t remember Rihanna assault, still love her: Brown
R&B singer Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna, said he cannot remember hitting her and still loves her. Brown, who rose to fame as a teenager with hits like ‘Kiss, Kiss,’ was sentenced last week to five years probation and some community service for assaulting Rihanna in...

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What’s your Raashee? Mumbai: Bollywood actors Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra promote the film ‘What’s your Raashee?’ on the set of ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs’ at Famous Studios. afp

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Rolling Stones guitarist’s death to be re-examined
British police are to re-examine the death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones after receiving new information. Jones, a founding member of the rock band, was 27 when he was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool at his home in southern England 40 years ago. An inquest recorded a verdict...

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WW2 singer Lynn returns to British album charts
Dame Vera Lynn, the “sweetheart” of the armed forces during World War II, has become the oldest living artist to reach the top 20 of Britain’s album charts, her record company said. Lynn, who kept up the spirits of millions with her songs and personality during the darkest days of the war, entered the...

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Beauty in Venezuela is matter of pride — and scalpels
Venezuela's afterglow from winning yet another Miss Universe crown has not only illuminated national pride in its Latin beauties - but also its women's widespread recourse to cosmetic surgery. Surgical enhancement of the body has become such a norm in the South American nation that it has emerged as...

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Anime Festival Asia 09 Singapore: Moe Moe Kyun maids pose for photos during a press briefing ahead of an ‘Anime Festival Asia 09’ conference. afp

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Third time lucky for ‘spiderman’
A French climber known as ‘Spiderman’ has climbed one of the world’s tallest buildings at the third attempt. Alain Robert, 47, took just over two hours to scale the 88-storey Tower Two of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. He has scaled many of the tallest buildings, using no safety equipment. Mr...

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London lets its hair down at Europe’s largest street party
Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on Monday, a celebration of Caribbean culture that has become Europe’s biggest street party. Revellers gathered to dance, drink and eat jerk chicken as samba and reggae beats blasted out over the suburb, turning...

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