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Pele thanks well-wishers in video, says recovering
Brazilian soccer legend Pele said he was recovering from the kidney ailment which has forced him to spend the past 11 days in hospital, thanking well-wishers for their support.
06 December 2014 12:57
Football: Pele in 'special care' as condition worsens - hospital
Brazil great Pele, 74, was taken into a "special care" unit in a Sao Paulo hospital after his health worsened, three days after being admitted with a urinary infection.
28 November 2014 15:40
New York honors Jessye Norman, soprano who 'heals soul'
New York's opera community paid tribute to the legendary soprano Jessye Norman, with Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.
22 November 2014 15:05
Beauty, social media power Kardashian sister to fashion fame
Her sister Kim Kardashian may have tried to "break the Internet" with a provocative nude photo shoot, but Kendall Jenner is taking a more conventional route to fame.
21 November 2014 12:56
Matthew McConaughey gets Hollywood star
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey capped off a blockbuster year Monday as he received a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.
18 November 2014 12:50
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 21:55
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 13:55
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 11:10
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 23:56
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 13:17
Robin Williams paranoid before suicide: coroner
Robin Williams had recently become increasingly paranoid when he committed suicide by hanging himself.
08 November 2014 10:45
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 11:03
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 09:57
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 14:04
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 10:34
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 11:57
Washington Post 'Watergate' editor dead at 93
Legendary former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee died Tuesday. He was 93.
22 October 2014 15:14
Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam dead at 98
Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam died Tuesday aged 98.
21 October 2014 15:34
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 15:28
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 14:37