Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country’s long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Meles Zenawi’s flag-draped coffin was carried in a procession from his palace to the city’s Meskel Square, where a solemn religious ceremony began. Dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries, including at least 20 African presidents, w…
…ulation about his health mounted when he missed an African Union summit in Addis Ababa last month. Meles Zenawi took power as the leader of rebels that ousted communist leader Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. He had dominated Ethiopian public life since the 1990s, as president and then prime minister. He was austere and hardworking, with a discipline forged from years spent in the guerrilla movement…
…Zenawi’s life and achievements. Thousands of people, including dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries, attended Sunday’s funeral. The ex-prime minister died last month in Brussels after 21 years in power. The cause of the 57-year-old’s death has not been announced. Meles Zenawi was praised for bringing development to Ethiopia, which has long been associated with hunger and fam…
Angie Varona has spoken at ABC News about the horror of inadvertently becoming an internet sex symbol after her online photo account was hacked. Angie Varona, 18, changed schools twice because of constant bullying after lingerie and bikini photos of her spread online in 2007 – when she was just 14-years-old. The teenager had uploaded provocative photos of herself to image-sharing website Ph…
…he pictures represented a crucial test of Britain’s free press. St James’s Palace had contacted the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) on Wednesday because it said it had concerns about the 27-year-old prince’s privacy being intruded upon, in breach of the editors’ code of practice. The palace said it had heard a number of UK newspapers were considering using the pictures, a…
…wi’s last public appearance was at the G20 talks in Mexico last month. Meles Zenawi took power as the leader of a rebel movement which ousted the communist government of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. He has won several elections since then, but his political opponents have accused him of using repression to retain power. …
The Houston Family Chronicles, a reality show about the late Whitney Houston’s family, has just been picked up by the Lifetime Network. The show will follow several members of Whitney Houston’s family and will debut sometime later this year. The Washington Post reports that Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law, Pat, will be the main focus of the show. Whitney Houston’s niece, Rayah, her brother, Gary,…
Ireland Baldwin shared family photos after she enjoyed a day out with father Alec and his wife Hilaria Thomas Baldwin in New York on Friday. Hilaria Baldwin, who at 28, is closer to 17-year-old Ireland Baldwin’s age than her husband, who turned 55 on Wednesday. Alec Baldwin’s teenage daughter spent the day doting on her father’s now pregnant wife. Posting family snapshots, Irela…
How Michael Jackson’s family preyed on his wealth and took it by the vanload after his death. In the late summer of 2001, Michael Jackson’s family were after him again. It was two days before his scheduled departure for New York, where his 30th Anniversary concerts were to be staged at Madison Square Garden. Performers would include Destiny’s Child, Ray Charles and Whitney Houston, and frie…
Ray J, Whitney Houston’s boyfriend, has refuted the Star magazine report that he and the late singer took “a ton” of explicit videos and photos. The Star magazine claimed Whitney Houston would have done anything for her toy boy, including making a sex tape. Ray J, 31, infamously videoed himself having sex with Kim Kardashian, which ended up in the hands of porn publisher Vivid Entertainment. So i…
…o. She had also finished making a film, Sparkle, a showbiz saga about a trio of singers, which Sony has announced will still be released in August. Whitney Houston’s most recent romantic partner was a 31-year-old rapper, Ray J, who is chiefly famous for being the man in a homemade sex tape shot in 2003, which made reality star Kim Kardashian famous. Ray-J is also the cousin of rapper and drug advo…
…ed claims of misconduct on May 8 when he said that John Travolta touched him inappropriately at the Beverly Hills Hotel on January 16. For his part, flight records and photos have placed John Travolta 3,000 miles away from the alleged incident in California. John Trousdale claims he got the dates wrong. …
Ziona Chana, a man from India, has the largest family in the world. Ziona Chana, 67, has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren living under the same roof, in a house of 100 rooms. Their home is a four-storey house set in the village of Baktwang, state Mizoram, India. Even then, some of his wives sleep top-to-tail in communal dormitories. Ziona Chana doesn’t appear phased…
2Day FM, the Australian radio station whose DJs made a hoax call to nurse Jacintha Saldanha who was later found dead, is to give at least 500,000 AUD to a fund for her family. Sydney broadcaster 2Day FM said it would donate the money from its advertising profits. Jacintha Saldanha transferred the call to a colleague who gave information about Kate Middleton, who was a patient at the London hospi…
The extraordinary story of Appalachia’s “Blue Family” began back to the early 1800’s, when an isolated family from eastern Kentucky – who can trace their roots back to a French orphan – started producing children who were blue. As a result of a coincidental meeting of recessive genes, intermarriage and inbreeding, members of the Fugate family were born with a rare condition that…
…bout the hoax call. They hadn’t watched the news or seen anything about it. They didn’t know they were involved until after Jacintha’s death.” Bosses at the Australian radio station, 2Day FM, have also been under pressure to explain why they gave the go-ahead for the prank. The company which owns the station, Southern Cross Austereo, yesterday cancelled its staff Christmas party…
Kim Kardashian decided to tweet past sexy photos of herself when she was a blonde. Kim Kardashian, 31, wrote on her Twitter page: “I’m bored. Oh hiiiiii!” along with a recent photograph of herself. “Oh hiiiii” was a frequent catchphrase as Kim Kardashian posted photo after photo after photo. The reality star tweeted two photographs of herself as a blonde back in 2009. Kim Kardashian resembl…
Rihanna and Chris Brown are believed to have gone their separate ways, but he still has an emotional connection to the singer and her family. Chris Brown, 23, tweeted a heartfelt message early Sunday morning after his ex girlfriend’s grandmother passed away. He wrote: “Praying for family and the lost loved one. She was like my grandmother. Love you GRAN GRAN! RIP.” Chris Brown and Rihanna s…
t want any photos or videos painting her in a bad light to come out,” a source reveals to Star magazine. “They explained to Ray that now is the time to honor Whitney, not drag her legacy down.” Ray J, 31, catapulted to fame after a sex tape mysteriously leaked online of him and Kim Kardashian. He recently released a book, Death of a Cheating Man, in which he confessed his obsessions with having se…
The man explained that he looked like his ancestors in Troublesome Creek and his great-grandmother Luna, who died aged 84, was once called “the bluest woman I ever saw”, reported ABC News. Ben Stacy, 37, works as a water plant supervisor for the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He gained a wildlife management degree from Eastern Kentucky University. The Fugate family tree shows Martin and Eliza…
Kim Kardashian has long put the scandal involving herself, a former boyfriend and a sex tape behind her. Kim Kardashian, 31, moved quickly yesterday to deny she is the woman featured in a nude photograph which has hit a number of websites. A spokesman for the reality star also denied, saying: “It’s not her. You can totally tell. It looks nothing like her.” The photograph, which shows a nake…
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body was claimed by his family on Thursday after his widow, Katherine Russell, declined to take his remains. Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s family picked up the 26-year-old’s remains. He said he had no more information about plans for the remains. The medical examiner determined Tamerlan Tsarn…
Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another. Think about how you will communicate in different situations. Complete a contact card for each adult family member. Have them keep these cards handy in a wallet, purse or briefcase, etc. Additionally, complete contact cards for each child in your family. Put the cards in their backpacks or book bags….
…right to prevent them from being further published. FBI agents from “Operation Hackerazzi” spoke to Scarlett Johansson along with as many as 50 other celebrity victims. Christopher Chaney, 35, was later identified as the man who hacked Scarlett Johansson’s phone, along with those of Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens and Mila Kunis. He admitted offering the stolen photos to cele…
The Michael Jackson’s death trial opened with an extraordinary moment this afternoon as the prosecutor started his opening remarks by displaying a photo of the singer’s dead body. As Dr. Conrad Murray appeared before the jury charged with involuntary manslaughter over Michael Jackson’s death in 2009, deputy district attorney David Walgren displayed the picture that appeared to show tape or…
Iraq: At least 54 people killed in series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Basra and SamarraAt least 54 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in Iraqi cities Baghdad, Basra and Samarra, officials say. Baghdad was worst hit,…
Oklahoma tornado kills one person and injures dozensAt least one person is reported dead and at least 21 others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through Oklahoma and Kansas. The worst damage was caused by a…
Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in QusairFighting has raged in Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanon border after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coastNorth Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the…
Connecticut head-on train crash injures at least 60 people near New York CityAt least 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say. Some 250 people…
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China urges North Korea to release Yu Xuejun’s fishing boat captured for $100,000 ransom
Oklahoma tornado kills one person and injures dozens
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