| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Deep beauty? | For thousands of years, women around the world have plucked, stretched, and peeled themselves silly in the name of beauty. From foot binding in China to the torturous 17th century corsets, there is no treatment too painful or pair of Spanx too tight to satisfy the nee... | Sweet Simon: I miss Paula | MANILA, Philippines—Simon Cowell may be notorius and controversial for his acerbic, brutally frank nature as a judge on 'American Idol,' but it's his pronouncements that audiences around the world await. | Cowell, who runs his own music label and produces other realit... | Anatomy of a show biz apology | MANILA, Philippines—Kris Aquino apologized on Monday to Ruffa Gutierrez, on the behest of Ruffa's mother/manager Annabelle Rama, about... come to think of it, what was that about? | As viewers of 'The Buzz'—which the two girls co-host with Boy Abunda—all know, Kris ha... | Jihad Jane: An unsavory wartime tradition continues | Jihad Jane may spend the rest of her days behind prison walls. Photo credit: NewsCorp If you like this ... Breaking: Terrorism threat level raised in U.K. Terrorism plot uncovered in New York City; Four suspects arrested Two Chicago Men Charged in Terror Plot Terroris... | Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability | Washington, March 10: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to hold legislative elections "as soon as appropriate," saying new polls were key to the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian government. | Clinton, speaking to reporters... | Airport scanners violate rights: UN official | London, March 10: A senior official in the United Nations has warned that the growing use of full body scanners at airports breaches individual rights. | Martin Scheinin, the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur, said the scanners are more of a political respo... | Vietnam officially allows some couples to have third child | Hanoi - Vietnam has officially allowed exceptions to its longstanding two-child policy under certain circumstances, a government official confirmed Wednesday. | A new decree details seven scenarios in which couples are to have the right to a third child, Nguyen Thi Th... | Law bars Suu Kyi from Myanmar election | Myanmar, March 10: A new election law issued by Myanmar’s ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections. | The Political Parties Registration Law, published in official newspape... | | |
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