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Ewan McGregor sports a retro look in Hollywood

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:09:18 GMT

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is almost unrecognisable after a few hours spent in a hairdressing salon in Los Angeles yesterday.

Brad Pitt reveals drug use and ‘wasted life’

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:54 GMT

Hollywood star Brad Pitt has revealed how he felt drug use was causing his to waste his life, during his marriage with Jennifer Anniston.

Oklahoma tornado killed 24 and ruined 13,000 homes

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:09:21 GMT

THE cost of the massive Oklahoma tornado destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and could cost $2 billion (£1.3bn), according to early estimates.

Mugabe signs new constitution, clearing way for poll

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:03:21 GMT

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has signed a new constitution into law, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year.

Kim courts China amid pressure over tests

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:02:57 GMT

Angela Merkel named world’s most powerful woman

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:12:51 GMT

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world for the third year running by business magazine Forbes.

Japan: Parent hope as global custody treaty signed

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:54:17 GMT

Japan’S parliament yesterday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse.

Hunger strike for Pussy Rioter in parole row

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:43 GMT

A MEMBER of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against president Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said yesterday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing.

Ahmadinejad’s favourite is barred from Iran ballot

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:09 GMT

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to fight a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from the forthcoming presidential race.

Ai Weiwei releases heavy metal single Dumbass

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:33 GMT

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei moved into the musical world yesterday with the release of the first single from his debut album, a song called Dumbass that takes inspiration from his detention in 2011.

‘Hezbollah and Iran are supporting Syrian leader’

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:01 GMT

Foreign Secretary William Hague said yesterday that Iran and its militant Shiite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were “propping up” Syrian president Bashar  al-Assad.

Stockholm riots: Race and joblessness at heart

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:41:34 GMT

Hundreds of young people have torched cars and attacked police in three nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden’s capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the global financial crisis but failed to defuse anger over youth unemployment levels and resentment of asylum seekers.

Man shot by FBI during Boston bombing questioning

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:31:38 GMT

THE FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.

Costa Concordia captain faces manslaughter trial

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:22:12 GMT

AN ITALIAN judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel’s shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.

Oklahoma Tornado: Edinburgh student tells of storm

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:09:24 GMT

A TERRIFIED student is lucky to be alive after being forced to shelter just yards from the path of the Oklahoma tornado.

19 foot python caught after wrestling Florida man

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:05:32 GMT

A record-breaking Burmese python nearly 19 feet long and weighing 9st 2lb has been captured in Florida, after being discovered by a man biking in Florida.

Ray Manzarek death: Band members pay tribute

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:27 GMT

RAY Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died aged 74.

Massacre play set for Edinburgh

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:25:20 GMT

A CONTROVERSIAL play, partly inspired by the Anders Breivik massacre, will be shown in Norway after its premiere in Edinburgh.

Liberace biopic wins praise at Cannes Film Festival

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:09 GMT

THE story of the relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover yesterday dazzled reviewers at the annual Cannes Film Festival.

Pope ‘didn’t intend to perform exorcism’ - Vatican

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:16 GMT

POPE Francis’ obsession with the devil has taken on remarkable new twists, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man from four different demons, despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place.