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U2's Bono needs surgery after cycling accident U2 frontman Bono will be getting surgery after injuring his arm in a fall from his bicycle in New York's Central Park.

17 November 2014

Historic photos of dead Che Guevara resurface in Spain Historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara taken by an AFP photographer shortly after his execution have come to light in a small Spanish town.

15 November 2014

World's oldest people share no genetic secrets: study US scientists said they've found no genetic secrets shared between a group of 17 supercentenarians, or those who have lived beyond 110.

13 November 2014

Kazakhstan's young people should strive for ethnic concord: Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged the people of Kazakhstan to protect interethnic accord and solidarity.

11 November 2014

US comic Seinfeld says on autism spectrum Veteran US comedian Jerry Seinfeld says he thinks he is on the autism spectrum, describing it as an "alternate mindset."

08 November 2014

Robin Williams paranoid before suicide: coroner Robin Williams had recently become increasingly paranoid when he committed suicide by hanging himself.

08 November 2014

Downey Jr welcomes baby daughter with Facebook joke Forty-nine year-old "Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr has welcomed a second child with his wife Susan, a baby girl named Avri.

06 November 2014

Mourners bid final farewell to US editor Ben Bradlee Movers and shakers in the US capital rubbed shoulders with big-name journalists to bid a final farewell to former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.

30 October 2014

Hugh Jackman treated for skin cancer, again Oscar-nominated Australian actor Hugh Jackman has been treated for skin cancer for a third time in a year.

29 October 2014

Parts of UK 'under siege' from immigration: defence minister Parts of Britain are "under siege" from immigration, prompting the government to look at ways to stem the number of EU workers arriving.

27 October 2014

Athletics: Ex-world 800m champion Mulaudzi dies in car crash - Zuma Former world 800-metre champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi died Friday aged 34 in a car crash on his way to a Johannesburg athletics meeting.

25 October 2014

Washington Post 'Watergate' editor dead at 93 Legendary former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee died Tuesday. He was 93.

22 October 2014

Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam dead at 98 Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam died Tuesday aged 98.

21 October 2014

American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at 82 Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Rent died Monday. He was 82.

21 October 2014

Che photographer Burri dies aged 81 Swiss photographer Rene Burri, celebrated for his portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso, died Monday in Zurich aged 81.

21 October 2014

Microsoft chief Nadella earned $84 million in 2014 Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, whose gaffe advising women to trust "karma" for pay raises sparked a firestorm, earned $84.3 million this year.

21 October 2014

Twenty minutes with French icon, Catherine Deneuve After a glittering half-century career as a French cinema icon, Catherine Deneuve is well used to strangers' attention.

16 October 2014

More than 82 million in poverty in China: official More than 82 million people in China still live on less than about $1 a day, despite a decades-long boom that made it the world's second-largest economy.

15 October 2014

Mandela's ex-wife files suit disputing his will Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela Mandela Tuesday filed court papers challenging the late statesman's will.

15 October 2014

MH17 victim found with oxygen mask: Dutch FM One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask.

10 October 2014

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