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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Pop icon Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported.

The website reported that Jackson, 50, suffered a heart attack just after 12:00 pm (1900 GMT) local time and paramedics were unable to revive him.
Jackson’s manager Tohme E. Tohme was not immediately available for comment [...]

Iran’s ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Soltan Vowed to Protest Against Injustice

Relatives and friends of Neda Soltan, the 26-year-old protester who’s become an international symbol of Iranian resistance, wanted her to be remembered for her love of music and passion for travel.
“She was a person full of joy,” the Los Angeles Times quotes her music [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - President Barack Obama hinted at the lethal force he will bring to bear on intruders who float past his security detail when he squashed a fly during an interview at the White House.

Midway through answering a question during an interview filmed Tuesday with financial news network CNBC, the commander-in-chief found himself [...]

LOS ANGELES - U.S. gay activists are worried that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, “Bruno,” could reinforce negative stereotypes about homosexuals just as they are making gains in the fight for rights such as same-sex marriage.

Cohen, who scored a surprise hit in 2006 with “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The harmful effects of global warming are being felt “here and now and in your backyard,” a groundbreaking US government report on climate change has warned.

“Climate change is happening now, it is not something that will happen decades or centuries in the future,” Jerry Melillo of the Marine Biological Laboratory in [...]

YALA, Thailand (AFP) - - A Buddhist female teacher has been shot dead and two policemen have been killed by a bomb in Thailand’s south as suspected Muslim separatists step up an anti-government insurgency, police have said.

Gunmen opened fire on the 56-year-old elementary school teacher in troubled Yala province as she rode to work on [...]

LOS ANGELES - The party kept rocking for “The Hangover,” the first big surprise hit at the North American box office this summer, while Eddie Murphy suffered a headache with his second consecutive flop.

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, “The Hangover” led the field for a second weekend with ticket sales of $33.4 million [...]

DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) - - A summit seeking a new economic agenda for America kicks off Monday, with debate among a broad array of leaders aiming to find ways to maintain US leadership and competitiveness.

The three-day summit “is a bold new initiative to help re-imagine, rebuild and revitalize our economy in an increasingly difficult global [...]

BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday urged the country not to panic about swine flu, after the number of cases grew ninefold in four days and a cluster emerged in a key tourist hub.

Health authorities reported that confirmed cases of the A(H1N1) virus soared to 150 on Sunday, compared with [...]