US singer and actress Whitney Houston dies at 48

Whitney Houston (photo, from aljazeera.com) has died on Saturday in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, where she had been staying as a guest. She reigned as pop music’s queen until drug use and her tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown overshadowed her career.

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Mona Lisa replica discovered in Madrid

A recent restoration of a painting at Madrid’s Prado Museum led to the discovery of what some believe to be the earliest replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Less entertainment on Chinese satellite TV

While Chinese president Hu Jintao warned of the influence of Western culture, an order by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) to curb “excessive entertainment” came into effect on January 1st. (photo from chinahush.com) Therefore satellite broadcasters have cut entertainment TV by two-thirds, state news agency Xinhua has reported.

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Michael Jackson’s death : Dr Murray found guilty

Dr Conrad Murray (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk), Michael Jackson’s personal physician has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury in Los Angeles.

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Amy Winehouse found dead in London

27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse (photo, from lemonde.fr) was found dead at her London home on Saturday.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton marry at Abbey

Prince William and his longtime girlfriend were married on Friday morning at the Westminster Abbey in London (photo, from nytimes.com), a wedding that will shape the future of the British monarchy, some say.

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Woman remains could solve Mona Lisa’s mystery

To try to identify the woman portrayed by Leonardo da Vinci in Mona Lisa (photo), researchers will digg up the remains of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant.

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

One of the 20th Century’s biggest movie stars died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 79, her publicist said.

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The King’s Speech triumphs at the Oscars

The 83rd Academy Awards took place on Sunday evening in Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre. James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosted the ceremony.

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Researchers discovered the ship of ‘Moby Dick’ captain

The remains of the Two Brothers, the sunken whaling ship belonging to the captain who inspired Herman Melville’s classic 19th Century novel Moby Dick, has been found by US marine archaeologists in shallow waters off Hawaii (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk).

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