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Alexandra Burke beats Robbie Williams in charts
LONDON (Reuters) - "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke has beaten Robbie Williams to claim her second British No. 1 single with "Bad Boys," the Official Charts Company said.
October 20, 2009, 5:04 am -
Madrid exhibition explores depictions of eroticism in art
MADRID (AFP) - An exhibition which opens Tuesday in Madrid explores how eroticism has inspired works of art throughout centuries, from paintings and sculptures to, more recently, photographs and videos.
October 20, 2009, 4:54 am -
Vietnam Buddhist case shows suppression: watchdog
HANOI (AFP) - The forced expulsion of more than 300 followers of one of the world's most influential Buddhists highlights Vietnam's suppression of religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
October 20, 2009, 3:38 am -
Iraqi bank opens women-only branch: chief
NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - An Iraqi bank has opened a branch entirely dedicated to and operated by women in the holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf, its chief, who admitted even he could not enter, told AFP Monday.
October 20, 2009, 3:38 am -
Parents, care groups venture into children's digital limbo
GENEVA (AFP) - Twenty years after the international community expanded the frontiers of protection for children, child carers and officialdom are slowly venturing into uncharted territory: cyberspace.
October 20, 2009, 3:24 am -
Israel pulls textbook over reference to 'ethnic cleansing'
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Education Ministry has recalled all copies of a history textbook because of a passage alleging "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians during the 1948 war, a newspaper reported on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 3:24 am -
Ageing French hunters target young blood
JOUY-SOUS-THELLE, France (AFP) - Thirty-year-old Simon Mueller stands with a shotgun slung over his shoulder and a brace of dead partridges at his feet. France desperately needs more youngsters like him to keep the multi-billion-euro hunting sector alive, say bloodsport authorities.
October 20, 2009, 3:24 am -
Gannett profit sinks but beats estimates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit and a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising revenue on Monday, but the results were better than expected and shares rose more than 8 percent.
October 20, 2009, 2:55 am -
Nobel winner slams Bible as 'handbook of bad morals'
LISBON (AFP) - A row broke out in Portugal on Monday after a Nobel Prize-winning author denounced the Bible as a "handbook of bad morals".
October 20, 2009, 2:14 am -
Beyonce postpones Malaysia gig amid Islamist ire
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Beyonce has postponed a planned concert in Malaysia after the nation's opposition Islamist party raised concerns about her performance, citing moral issues, concert organizers said.
October 20, 2009, 1:37 am -
Slight drop in attendance at Frankfurt Book Fair
FRANKFURT (AFP) - The Frankfurt Book Fair, at which China was guest of honour, suffered a "slight drop" in numbers this year but remained the world's leading trade show for publishers, agents and authors, an official told AFP on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 12:49 am -
Gannett quarterly profit and ad revenue sink
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit that beat market forecasts on Monday because of cost cuts, while revenue fell because of a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising sales.
October 20, 2009, 12:16 am -
Carmen chooses singing over politics
Carmen Fraser, the granddaughter of former prime minister Malcolm Fraser, is forging her own career away from politics as a country music singer.
October 20, 2009, 12:07 am -
Kwanten takes on new role as superhero
Hot Aussie star Ryan Kwanten has taken a break from the vampires on True Blood to play a superhero in the new Aussie movie Griff The Invisible.
October 20, 2009, 12:06 am -
Polanski undergoing medical treatment - lawyer
GENEVA (Reuters) - Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland three weeks ago to face extradition in a U.S. sex case, has been moved from jail for medical treatment, his French lawyer said on Saturday.
October 19, 2009, 11:51 pm -
Gannett quarterly profit, ad revenue sink
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit on Monday and revenue fell because of a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising sales.
October 19, 2009, 11:40 pm -
Overseas box office still looking "Up"
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For the fourth time this year, the 3D animated feature "Up" claimed the No. 1 spot on the overseas circuit, bagging $27.9 million from 4,500 screens in 24 territories during the weekend.
October 19, 2009, 7:22 pm -
Overseas box office still looking "Up"
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For the fourth time this year, the 3D animated feature "Up" claimed the No. 1 spot on the overseas circuit, bagging $27.9 million from 4,500 screens in 24 territories during the weekend.
October 19, 2009, 7:22 pm -
$A impacts plans to film Green Lantern
Superhero movie The Green Lantern will no longer be shot in Australia due to the strength of the Aussie dollar.
October 19, 2009, 7:20 pm -
Elvis' hair leaves the building
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 (11,200 pounds) on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.
October 19, 2009, 7:07 pm
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