New Michael Jackson single hits the airwaves
Michael Jackson’s new single ‘This Is It’ began streaming online and playing across the radio airwaves yesterday, nearly four months after the King of Pop died of a prescription drug overdose aged 50. The track, which features backing vocals by Jackson’s brothers, opens with a soft, soulful introduction... 
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Lots of love for ‘Couples Retreat’ at box office
Relationship comedy ‘Couples Retreat’ shot to the top of the North American box office in its first week of release. The movie, starring comic favourites Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman, follows four couples at a retreat where their relationships come under a little more scrutiny than they would like....
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Event for the ‘Make-a-Wish’ Foundation
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor (R) carries a child with a life-threatening illness as Bollywood actor Salman Khan (L) looks on during an event for the ‘Make-a-Wish’ Foundation. afp
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Chipmunk beats Saturdays to No 1 singles slot
British rapper Chipmunk beat female pop fivesome The Saturdays to the number one spot in the singles chart on Sunday after their new entries went head to head. Chipmunk scored his first number one after ‘Oopsy Daisy’ went in ahead of The Saturdays’ ‘Forever is Over’, pushing last week’s number two single...
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Matter in hand
Neuroscientists have discovered that learning to juggle causes changes in white matter, the nerve strands which help different parts of the brain communicate with each other. University of Oxford researchers recruited 48 healthy young adults who were unable to juggle and put them in a functional magnetic...
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TV ‘ban’ for Australian toddlers
Children should not watch television until they turn two because it can hurt their language development and ability to concentrate, according to new guidelines for Australians. The government recommendations, expected to be released next week, also say that children aged two to five should watch no...
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China festival
Katmandu: A Chinese acrobat performs during the China festival in the Nepalese Capital. ap
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Malaysian state offers free honeymoons to warring couples
A Malaysian state is offering free second honeymoons for couples on the brink of divorce, hoping that romantic getaways will help rekindle their marriages, an official said. Under the ambitious plan, feuding couples will spend three days and two nights on one of the tropical islands off Terengganu state,...
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Discreet sex education breaks Indian taboo
In a Delhi classroom, 40 sheepish girls and boys stare silently at a sketch of a couple making love. The sex education lesson for 15-year-olds is not part of India’s national syllabus, and the exclusive private school teaching the subject is taking a risk by passing on the facts of life to its pupils....
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ModaLisboa Fashion Week
Cascais: A model wears an outfit by Portuguese designer Dino Alves at the ModaLisboa Fashion Week. ap
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London’s Darwin Centre is nature in a cocoon
Beetles, butterflies, plants and other insects from the top of the world to its tip star alongside the scientists who study them in the new Darwin Centre at London’s Natural History Museum.
Opened by Britain’s Prince William last month, the eight-story white cocoon built on the back of the Victorian...
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