Next spring’s “Iron Man 2” premiere will be memorable not only for the stars of the film, but also for two lucky fans — thanks to cast member and Oxfam Ambassador Scarlett Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson extends invite to ‘Iron Man 2’ premiere
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Ruling due in British assisted suicide case
A British multiple sclerosis sufferer who hopes to die one day by assisted suicide will learn Thursday whether she can die with her husband by her side. Debbie Purdy, 46, has been waging a lengthy legal battle to clarify Britain’s ambiguous laws on assisted suicide. Her battle reaches its end Thursday afternoon when Britain’s highest court, the Law Lords, issues a ruling on her appeal
Colin Powell, foot soldiers battle America’s dropout ‘catastrophe’
Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission.
African couples urged to get HIV ‘love test’
Couples in the African kingdom of Swaziland are being urged to get tested together as part of a HIV "love test" campaign. The nationwide initiative — funded by the United States government and implemented by global charity ‘Population Services International’ (PSI) — is aimed at couples because tests can be useless if partners are not aware of the others’ HIV status. “If partners get tested separately, they may not disclose the results and not get the support they need,” Dominic McNeill, spokesman for PSI Swaziland, told CNN.
Prince Harry to Make His New York City Debut. Quietly
Attention aspiring princesses: Prince Harry has almost landed. On Friday, the 24-year-old prince begins a two-day tour of New York City, his first international trip as a representative of the British royal family. Among other things, he’ll meet with families who lost loved ones on September 11 and visit soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq at Manhattan’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Russian supermodel’s playful ambition
Natalia Vodianova is best known as the supermodel who has graced the cover of Vogue, walked the catwalk for the likes of Chanel and Versace. But Vodianova has a dream that couldn’t be further from the glitzy world of fashion — to build 500 play parks in her native Russia
Pregnant UK woman in Lao jail meets lawyer
A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos has met with a British lawyer for the first time ahead of her impending trial, a U.K. legal aid charity said Wednesday. Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in a Lao prison since August
Joan Rivers: I stand behind Hitler comment
Comedian Joan Rivers and real estate mogul Donald Trump — that’s a twosome never known for mincing their words. Trump selected Rivers as this season’s winner of “The Celebrity Apprentice,” and they appeared on “Larry King Live” Monday night, full of their classic candor.
‘Misery breeds violence’ in Haiti’s seaside slum
Roudeline Lamy was 23 when she was shot in the stomach. The impact of the bullet sent the small baby she was holding tumbling to the ground. Roudeline still suffers from stomach pains and her daughter, now three years old, is paralyzed from the waist down.
British man loses right to Hindu cremation
A Hindu man in Britain lost his court battle Friday for the legal right to be cremated in a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre. Davender Ghai, 70, a world-renowned charity advocate in Britain, argued the practice is already legal under British law, but he sought clarification in order to hold such cremations in the future. Ghai tested the law in 2006 when he lit the funeral pyre of a man in the northern English county of Northumberland.