Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner
President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. People:[Hillary Clinton][Salman Rushdie][Stephen Colbert][Barack Obama][Ashlee Simpson][John McCain] Activities:[US Election 2008][Bush Admin.] 2008-04-27 Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world
Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Megan Fox][Elisha Cuthbert][Victoria Beckham][Blake Lively][Lauren Conrad][Jessica Alba] 2008-04-24 China firms sink roots across the globe
Amid the torrent of clothes, electronics and toys surging out of China comes a little-noticed export: international companies. Nations:[Sweden][U.S.][China][Brazil][South Africa][Italy] 2008-03-16 Protesters across the world condemn Iraq war
Thousands of protestors marched against the Iraq war in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global day of action that drew huge crowds in London and smaller protests elsewhere in Europe and Canada. Nations:[Canada][U.K.][Sweden][Norway][Denmark][Vietnam] People:[Gordon Brown][Tony Blair][George W. Bush][Tom Cruise] Activities:[Anti-war Movement][Vietnam War] 2008-03-16 Anderson seeks to annul 2-month marriage
Court documents show that Pamela Anderson is seeking an annulment, rather than a divorce, from husband Rick Salomon. The actress is seeking to annul the two-month marriage based on fraud. No other details were available, and Anderson's publicist did not immediately return an e-mail request for comment Tuesday. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Pamela Anderson][Kid Rock][Paris Hilton][Shannen Doherty] 2008-02-27 Athletes resist pressure to play politics in Beijing
Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues. Nations:[China][U.K.][U.S.][Canada][Italy][Germany] People:[Justine Henin][Steven Spielberg] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics][Darfur Genocide Crisis] 2008-02-15 Winehouse rules Grammys, but Hancock shocks
British pop singer Amy Winehouse, whose rapid descent from promising newcomer to emaciated junkie played out in the full glare of the public eye last year, took home five Grammy Awards on Sunday. People:[Joni Mitchell][Amy Winehouse][Kanye West] 2008-02-11 Pamela Anderson to perform at Paris nude revue
Former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model Pamela Anderson takes to the stage in one of France's most famous nude revues this month, when she performs for two nights at the Crazy Horse in Paris. Nations:[France][U.S.] People:[Pamela Anderson] 2008-02-01 Forbes: Madonna richest woman in music
Madonna is the richest woman in music. People:[Celine Dion][Carrie Underwood][Sheryl Crow][Nelly Furtado][Shakira][Hilary Duff] 2008-01-30 Victoria Beckham tops worst-dressed list
A decade after singling out the Spice Girls as fashion atrocities, Mr. Blackwell put just one of them -- Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham -- at the top of his 48th annual worst-dressed list. People:[Victoria Beckham][Lindsay Lohan][Jessica Simpson][Kelly Clarkson][Britney Spears][Katherine Heigl] 2008-01-08 Times Square celebrates 100th ball drop
Not even a fractured foot could keep Ryan Visto from joining more than a million revelers in Times Square to watch the symbolic sphere make its 100th descent into the new year. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Ryan Seacrest][Carrie Underwood][Alex Rodriguez][Dick Clark][Avril Lavigne] Activities:[Rose Parade] 2008-01-01 China unveils first locally developed regional jet
China unveiled its first domestically developed regional aircraft on Friday, moving a step closer to its goal of becoming an aviation giant and challenging the dominance of Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus. Nations:[China][Brazil] 2007-12-21
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