Singing sensation Susan Boyle has been taken to a private clinic suffering from exhaustion following her shock defeat in the final of "Britain’s Got Talent," British media reported Monday.
Exhausted Boyle ‘checks into clinic’
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3 al Qaeda suspects detained in Afghanistan
Afghan and coalition forces detained three suspected al Qaeda operatives Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
Three men hanged in Iran for mosque bombing
Iranian authorities hanged three men convicted for their involvement in a bombing of a Shia mosque, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
U.N. seeks full access to Sri Lankan refugee camps
Shell-shocked and scarred both inside and out, they huddle in tents, water and medicine in short supply — hundreds of thousands of people, civilian victims of Sri Lanka’s recently-ended civil war. “We suffered a lot because shelling was coming from everywhere,” said a 38-year-old man identifying himself as Vishwamala. “Firing, shelling — many, many people have died …
11 killed at music festival stampede in Morocco
At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded after a stampede ensued at the close of an eight-day music festival in Morocco on Saturday night, the country’s news agency said.
American found blindfolded, stabbed in Baghdad
An American man was found bound, blindfolded and fatally stabbed in a car in Iraq’s heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraqi security forces said Saturday.
Afghan, coalition forces claim 60 militants killed in operation
Afghan commandos backed by coalition troops killed 60 militants in a four-day operation in southern Afghanistan and seized an unprecedented amount of narcotics, officials said Saturday.
Report: Would-be suicide jumper pushed off bridge
A passerby pushed a would-be suicide jumper off a bridge in southern China because he was angry at the jumper’s "selfish activity," Chinese media reported Saturday.
Report: Former S. Korean President Roh dead
Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun died apparently after falling while hiking, police said Saturday. The information came from the Geyong Nam Police Department, a provincial police agency, which said circumstances of the death — which occurred near where Roh was living — were not immediately clear. A hospital spokesman declined to comment.
Sri Lanka govt. says 70 Tamil rebels killed in latest fighting
The Sri Lankan army destroyed six Tamil Tiger boats and killed 70 rebels in a lagoon on the western edge of a no-fire zone early Sunday, Sri Lanka’s Media Center for National Security has said. Independent reports were not possible since media are not allowed into the area.