Online call for religions to embrace compassion
AFP - Friday November 13, 09:24 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Religious leaders from around the world joined a former nun on Thursday to unveil a Charter for Compassion that urges people to embrace understanding and shun violence.

New mega wine cultural centre for Bordeaux
AFP - Friday November 13, 07:31 AM
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - Bordeaux on Thursday unveiled plans for a 55-million euro wine cultural centre that Mayor Alain Juppe says will act as a platform for developing wine tourism in southwest France.

Mumbai art show draws on 2008 attacks
AFP - Friday November 13, 06:05 AM
MUMBAI (AFP) - Like many people who found themselves in south Mumbai nearly a year ago, Jasmine Shah Varma took refuge wherever she could as Islamist militants began a murderous rampage through India's financial capital.

Warhol's '200 One Dollar Bills' go for $43.8 mln
AFP - Friday November 13, 06:05 AM
NEW YORK (AFP) - An Andy Warhol silkscreen of dollar bills was sold at Sotheby's in New York for 43.

George Hamilton to take part in British reality show
AFP - Friday November 13, 05:03 AM
LONDON (AFP) - Permatanned Hollywood actor George Hamilton will be joining ten other famous faces for a stint in the jungle as British broadcaster ITV kicks off the new series of "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!".

Bikinis, hugs and hairy heroics on world records day
AFP - Friday November 13, 03:46 AM
LONDON (AFP) - Stripping down to bikinis, cuddling strangers in railway stations and dragging buses with their hair, thousands of people across the globe attempted to break curious world records Thursday.

Warhol's Jackson sells for 812,500 dollars
AFP - Thursday November 12, 01:02 PM
NEW YORK (AFP) - A 1984 Michael Jackson portrait by pop-art icon Andy Warhol surpassed estimates to fetch 812,500 dollars at auction on Tuesday, but two headline pieces at the Christie's sale in New York flopped.

3D spices up battle for Oscars animation glory
AFP - Thursday November 12, 12:47 PM
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A record 20 animated films will vie for Oscars glory in a 2010 race stuffed with wildly popular 3D offerings such as "Up," "Astro Boy," "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Disney's A Christmas Carol."

US judge bans 'I Believe' license plates
AFP - Thursday November 12, 09:45 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US federal judge has ordered South Carolina not to issue cross-adorned "I Believe" license plates, ruling it violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Asia's urban poor worst-hit by food price volatility
AFP - Thursday November 12, 06:06 AM
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Asia's urban poor are worst-hit by spiking food prices, according to a report released Tuesday by a regional think tank which tipped rising volatility in commodity prices.