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Jun 27, 2010

Kindergarten children pay a silent tribute for soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War

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Editor's choice Kindergarten children pay a silent tribute for soldiers who died during the 1950-53 Korean War during a visit to the National Cemetery in Seoul to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the war June 25, 2010. North Korea has issued a no-sail More...

Toronto arrest total tops 500 after night of riots | Reuters

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TORONTO (Reuters) - The arrest tally from rioting in downtown Toronto climbed above 500 on Sunday, including four who climbed through the sewer system and emerged near the lock-down area where world leaders were attending the G20 summit.

Ellen Pompeo: Starbucks Sexy

Tending to her weekend schedule, Ellen Pompeo was spotted leaving Starbucks after getting a coffee in Hollywood, California on Saturday (June 26).
The Meredith Grey darling looked oh-so-cute in her tight workout gear as she strolled along past the always-present paparazzi.

Former VP Al Gore copes with polluted image as divorce and alleged scandal makes headlines

BY Larry Mcshane
Al Gore (3rd from r.) and his wife, Tipper (2nd from r.), in 2000 family photo, far removed from the current scandal allegations screaming across covers of tabloids (b.).
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Al Gore (3rd from r.) and his wife, Tipper (2nd from r.), in 2000 family photo, far removed from the current scandal alle
To many, including one licensed massage therapist in Oregon, Nobel Prize winner Al Gore was "Mr. Smiley Global Warming Concern" - a pure-of-heart environmental hero.
Now the globe-trotting, do-gooding Gore is catching a lot of heat - with none of it related to global warming.
Gore is dealing with some inconvenient truths - and a few ugly rumors - since the end of his marriage was followed by suggestions of sexual scandal.
The high-profile activist typically profiled in magazines like The New Yorker was suddenly splashed across the front page of The National Enquirer.
"AL GORE SEX ATTACK!" howled the Enquirer's front page, referring to a purported 2006 incident with the masseuse in an Oregon hotel suite.
But first came the end of his personal "Love Story," a 40-year union with high school sweetheart Tipper.
The demise of their marriage sent shock waves through the couple's friends and supporters early this month - and provided fodder for late-night comedians.
"Everybody is talking about it; everyone's blogging about this," joked NBC's Jimmy Fallon. "I bet this is the one week where Al Gore wishes he didn't invent the Internet."
The bombshell was followed by word that daughter Karenna's 13-year marriage was on the rocks. Her sister, Kristin, had filed for divorce 13 months earlier, ending her four-year marriage.
Adding to the connubial carnage, word leaked last week of a Portland, Ore., masseuse's rambling complaint accusing Gore of "unwanted sexual contact" nearly four years ago.
The red-headed masseuse - who said she voted for Gore in the 2000 presidential race - detailed his alleged transformation from statesman to "crazed sex poodle" during a late-night massage in his hotel suite.
"He had a dramatic display of violent temper as well as extreme dictatorial commanding attitude besides his Mr. Smiley Global Warming Concern persona," the woman says in a 67-page transcript of her interview with police.
Gore recalls getting the massage, a pal told The Washington Post, but he doesn't remember any incident. In fact, the ex-veep believes he left on good terms with the masseuse.
Cops found a lack of evidence to back up her account. But the timing of the complaint's release, coming on the heels of the Gores' marital meltdown, was brutal.
The couple's "mutual and mutually supportive" split had already prompted a spate of reports linking the ex-vice president to Laurie David, the former wife of "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David.
Laurie David, who co-produced the Oscar-winning Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," quickly denied the rumors. "It's a total fabrication," she told The Huffington Post. "I adore both Al and Tipper."
Gore, as he has through much of the messy stretch, declined to comment and kept a low public profile.
The massage episode indirectly illustrated the twists in Gore's personal life.
When the Portland Tribune considered running a story in 2007 about the allegation, Gore's lawyers fired off a letter declaring the one-time Tennessee senator's marital credentials were impeccable. "You ... are aware that everyone who knows Al and Tipper Gore well can and does attest to the integrity of their 37-year marriage and to his honorable character," the letter said.

Tiger Woods To Pay Elin Nordegren $750 million in Divorce settlements




According to Reports, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have all but finalized their divorce negotiations.  “They’ve agreed on all the major points,” an insider source is quoted as saying. “It’s all been worked out privately. Both Tiger and Elin are very close to finishing the negotiations and filing and signing the paperwork."

According to the insider, Tiger Woods will fork over approximately $750 million in settlements to Elin. This is worth crying over.

Sylvester Stallone Wants To Lay Acting Career To Rest In Favor Of Directing



Action hero, Sylvester Stallone has been acting since Rambo was young. At 63, Sylvester Stallone knows he isn't getting any younger and thinks it's finally time to hang up Rocky Balboa's gloves and exchange them for a nice cushy beret. In Stallone's mind, directing is the next step in his career, citing Clint Eastwood as the inspiration for the move:

Sofia Coppola And Thomas Mars Drop Another Baby Bomb



Oscar award-winning director, Sofia Coppola and her hubby Thomas Mars - the frontman for the rock group Phoenix, just had baby number 2, according to People magazine. Their daughter, Cosima, was born "within the last month," the mag says and is joining  their first daughter, Romy, who is now 3 years old. The couple began dating in 2005 and revealed that Sofia Coppola, who won a best writing Oscar for "Lost in Translation," was pregnant in December.

Michael Jackson's father filed agains Dr Conrad Murray


Infamous father, Joe Jackson, is ready to live up to his name - as the abusive father who is responsible for Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five's career. The love/hate relationship that many fans around the world have for Joe Jackson is surely about to be exacerbated by the civil suit he just filed against Dr. Conrad Murray. According to sources, the L.A. coroner found high traces of propofol - a prescribed medication signed by Dr. Murray - was found in Michael Jackson's blood levels. Murray is already involved in a criminal trial over the accusation while maintaining his absolute innocence in any wrongdoing concerning medicating the King of pop.

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Thai rescue workers lift an unidentified injured Western tourist yesterday on arrival in Surat Thani, Thailand, following a speedboat accident near the island of Pha-ngan.



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2010-06-27

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Constitution referendum starts in Kyrgyzstan

Aussie soccer fans robbed at gunpoint in South African hotel | News.com.au

Aussie soccer fans robbed at gunpoint

GUNMEN tied up tourists in South African hotel after Roos match, sexually assaulting one victim.

Kris Aquino says marriage to James is over | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

Shakira Rocks Out at Glastonbury | Celebrity-gossip.net

Kim Kardashian: Boot Camp Beauty | Celebrity-gossip.net

Keeping up with her healthy ways, Kim Kardashian was spotted out at Barry's Bootcamp gym in Hollywood on Saturday (June 26).

Spears and Trawick Pic - The Hollywood Gossip

Spears and Trawick Pic

Britney Spears' Body - The Hollywood Gossip

Britney Spears' Body

Bulgaria: Director of Bulgarian Branch of Trans-Balkan Pipeline Plamen Rusev: Bulgaria Has No Good Reasons to Give Up Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline Project - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria: Director of Bulgarian Branch of Trans-Balkan Pipeline Plamen Rusev: Bulgaria Has No Good Reasons to Give Up Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline Project

Strikes threaten Greece's tourism industry || OnlineAthens.com

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Tourists take photos of the ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis earlier this month from an open-topped bus in Athens, Greece.

Uto ni Yalo arrives back home - Fiji Times Online

G20 protests turn ugly - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A police car set on fire by anarchist demonstrators at the G20 summit

Masked protesters smashed windows of a bank branch and other buildings, including a Starbucks coffee shop, and set a police car ablaze. (Reuters: Saul Porto)

G-8 leaders unite in slamming North Korea, Iran › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Japan, Russia agree to tackle territorial row via high-level talks › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Terrorists attack Greece ministry building: 1 dead

Terrorists attack Greece ministry building: 1 dead

Red shirts ready for talks with govt to end impasse

Red shirts ready for talks with govt to end impasse

Anti-government 'red shirt' protesters amass in front of their barricade, built with bamboo poles and tires, as riot police approach them in Bangkok's Silom business district on Friday. Vivek Prakash / Reuters

Cast members at premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" during Los Angeles Film Festival


World leaders gather in Toronto for G8 Summit

World leaders gather in Toronto for G8 Summit
(L-R) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron leave following a 2010 G8 Summit photo with the "My Summit 2010 Youth" at the Deerhurst Resort at Muskoka in Huntsville, Canada, June 25, 2010.[Agencies]

Macao improves cultural co-op with neighboring regions

HK football fans enjoy 3D world cup

Chinese president meets foreign leaders on G20 summit

COSCO Star Passenger Ro-Ro Ship makes maiden voyage to Keelung of Taiwan

Canadian PM welcomes President Hu for working dinner of G20 leaders in Toronto

Chinese president visits Canadian aircraft manufacturer

Chinese president meets foreign leaders on sidelines of G20 summit



Chinese president meets foreign leaders on G20 summit

Chinese President Hu Jintao met leaders of Russia, the United States, Britain and Indonesia respectively on Saturday on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit, and discussed important world and regional issues of common concern.

Uruguay beat S. Korea 2-1, through to World Cup quarterfinals

Jun 26, 2010

World Cup 2010: United States dramatic run ends in extra time as Ghana advances with 2-1 victory

Saturday, June 26th 2010, 5:59 PM
Ghana's Asamoah Gyan scores the eventual game-winning goal past Tim Howard in the third minute of extra time as the Africans beat the United States and advance to the quarterfinals.
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Ghana's Asamoah Gyan scores the eventual game-winning goal past Tim Howard in the third minute of extra time as the Africans beat the United States and advance to the quarterfinals.

Japan win triggers fan frenzy | The Japan Times Online

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Getting their kicks: Soccer fans cheer Japan while watching TV coverage of the World Cup game between the Blue Samurai and Denmark early Friday morning in Chuo Ward, Osaka. Japan won 3-1 and advanced to the knockout stages for only the second time in its history. KYODO PHOTOS

G8 summit ends after issuing declaration

Gyan sends Ghana to World Cup quarters

CTV Montreal - A year after death, Jackson's dad sues doctor - CTV News

Cards and flowers are left in front of Michael Jackson's boyhood home in Gary, Ind. on Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP / John Smierciak)

Cards and flowers are left in front of Michael Jackson's boyhood home in Gary, Ind. on Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP / John Smierciak)

China executes drug traffickers in south China - People's Daily Online

French dancer Alizee Sery does strip show on top of Uluru | News.com.au

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A French dancer strips off atop Australia's most sacred rock, saying she put on the impromptu performance as a tribute to Aborigines and their culture and to fulfill a lifelong dream

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Kylie Minogue sells halter dress for AIDS charity - Yahoo! News

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AP – Australian singer Kylie Minogue attends to the Amfar dinner, in Paris, Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault …

Obama sends delegation to Aquino-Binay inauguration | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, June 2010

NKorea to elect leaders amid 'succession drive'
US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ride together on their way to lunch in Arlington, Virginia on Thursday (Friday in Manila). AP-White Hou

Neil Patrick Harris Lands Gig In The Next Installment Of Harold & Kumar


Actor Neil Patrick Harris is again lining up with the funny guys who went to the White Castle for the first time, almost a decade ago. Now on movie three, the Harold & Kumar 'go to' series is quickly becoming a cult classic. Apparently, the movie entitled 'A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas' is slated to be hilarious, centered around Harold and Kumar’s attempts to find a replacement Christmas tree after Kumar burns Harold’s tree down — presumably in a drug-related accident. We're not yet sure where Neil Patrick Harris' character comes in, but we're willing to bet it has something to do with drugs and acohol and over-the-top antics. We've even got a sneak peek pic of Neil Patrick Harris on set:


Bernadette Peters Takes Catherine Zeta-Jones Place In Broadway Musical


Actress, Bernadette Peters has got some big shoes to fill if she plans on replacing Tony award-winnng Catherine Zeta-Jones in her role as Desiree on the Broadway musical 'A Little Night Music'. Recently, Bernadette Peters got some practice as a fill in on Regis & Kelly, where she took Kelly Ripa's role as host for a day. Of course, that job is a little easier than the role that Stephen Sondheim wants her to play. Bernadette Peters said of Mr. Sondheim: "We talk every once in a while. Actually we were talking about something else actually and he said, 'By the way' and I said, 'Well yes, that would be lovely.'" Bernadette was last seen on Television on the set of Ugly Betty. Let's hope she gets her bearings straight pretty quickly. Coming up behind a Tony award winner is no comedy!

SWIFT Progress?: Europe Backs New EU-US Data Sharing Deal - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

The European Parliament is on the brink of a controversial deal on sharing bank transfer information across the Atlantic, pushed for by the US to track terrorist finances. The data sharing compromise will put an end to months of disagreement between the EU and the US.

Where Are They Now?: British Artist Documents Fate of East German Marxism-Leninism Instructors - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

By Nora Reinhardt

In a video that is one of the main draws at this year's Berlin Biennale exhibition in the German capital, British artist Phil Collins has documented the upheavals of the past 20 years in Germany. His work is a collaboration with former Marxism-Leninism teachers from East Germany -- a profession that died with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Leaders play down austerity split on eve of G20 | Reuters

A protestor runs through the streets during a demonstration in downtown Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2010 ahead of the G20 summit. REUTERS/Mike Segar

A protestor runs through the streets during a demonstration in downtown Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2010 ahead of the G20 summit.

Credit: Reuters/Mike Segar

HUNTSVILLE Ontario (Reuters) - The world's richest economies, saddled with huge debts after spending their way out of the credit crisis, papered over differences on Friday on how to clean up their finances with minimal damage to growth.

Millions of Tons of Water Ice Found at Moon’s North Pole | Wired Science | Wired.com

Jupiter's Moon Europa, It's Ice Crust, and The Question of Alien Life | astronomycentral.co.uk