FRENCH photographer Henri Cartier Bresson, recently honoured by China, has denounced Chinese persecution in Tibet in an open letter to Chinese authorities.
The 88 year old photographer said he had been "distressed" to learn that "the persecutions in Tibet of which China is guilty are getting worse."
Prince Andrew's turbulent 10 year marriage to the Duchess of York ended in a London divorce court yesterday.
Six weeks and a day after he was granted a decree nisi, the duke was formally granted a decree absolute.
Two teenage boys are in custody following the armed hijacking of actress Robin Wright's sport car.
Wright, the wife of actor Sean Penn and the actress who played the ill fated wife of Forrest Gump, was not injured in the attack in Santa Monica, California.
Heidi Fleiss, the "Hollywood Madam", is to get a new trial after an appeals court overturned her conviction because of allegations of jury misconduct.
Fleiss, whose call girl ring was described by the judge at her trial as a "highly sophisticated and lucrative criminal enterprise", was sentenced last year to three years in jail.
Her legal appeal was based on an admission by jurors that they engaged in their own form of plea bargaining, agreeing to find her not guilty of possessing cocaine for sale, while finding her guilty of pandering.
Philippines President Fidel Ramos has ordered "lazy" officials to repair the presidential palace roof which sprang an embarrassing leak during a downpour this week.
Pictures of guards and workers bailing out water from the ceremonial hall of Malacanang palace were splashed across newspapers the following day, ridiculing the presidency.
Superman's on screen wife Lois Lane, alias Teri Hatcher, is being bombarded with fan mail on the Internet.
But Hatcher (30) insists her Internet fans are not just calling to drool over the glamorous pictures displayed on her Web pages.