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The Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris has become the latest target in a wave of Catholic demonstrations across France against what they call "blasphemous" plays.

A repeat of last December's "big freeze" is almost ruled out now.

The ex-Beatle has said guns are like the death of choice.

The Hollywood actor was forced to get off an American Airlines flight for apparently playing "Words with Friends" on his mobile

A former Miss Russia has been jailed in New York after she was thrown out of her rehabilitation programme following an assault on another patient.

The International Business Times UK takes a look back through 2011 and the Occupy movement's place in it. Exploring how a fringe magazine feature managed to capture the hearts and minds of the world, beginning with the Occupy Wall Street protest before crossing oceans to become a global call-to-arms for the discontented.

According to experts, there is a 65 percent rise in the UFO sightings reported over the past two years.

"I worry about my heart, so I don’t want to go through those things," the Associated Press has quoted Lenore Zimmerman as saying.

BlackBerry manufacturer RIM sold just 150,000 PlayBook tablets in the third quarter of 2011, significantly lower than Apple, which sold more than 11 million iPads.

The legendary actress' collections of jewellery, couture, household items and art have been on a world tour. New York is the last stop of the tour, which is named The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, prior to the four-day sale.

British advertising regulators have referred Groupon to the Office for Fair Trading over "serious concerns".

News has recently broken out that the Katla volcano in Iceland could be about to erupt, with the potential to cause global damage.

The Bush family is continuing its health awareness African trip despite Amnesty's international calls for the former President's arrest over human rights violations.

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed a new campaign by Israel's Ministry of Absorption to entice expat Israelis to return home.

Vintage couture gowns and designer accessories are the highlights of an auction to be held at Christie's in South Kensington, on Dec. 1.

The Italian fashion council, the Camera Nationale dell Moda Italiana, has finally agreed to revert to the originally scheduled programming for the 2012 Milan Fashion Week, after heated discussions and debates.

Profanity can be good for you if practiced in small doses, says new research.

A new book giving Dominique Strauss-Kahn's version of the Diallo scandal says the maid who accused him of sexual assault actually propositioned him.

Apple's voice activated personal assistant Siri has caused outrage in America, after it was found that the application offers "anti-choice crisis pregnancy centres" instead of abortion clinics.

The hair was recovered from the drain after he stayed at the Carlyle Hotel in New York.

Spotify claims that it has paid back $150 million to the record industry since it started three years ago, quashing speculation that the music streaming service paid artists poorly.

"The Iron Lady" portrays Baroness Thatcher looking back at her career as she struggles with dementia and bereavement.

About 20 campaigners were detained while they tried to barge into a West End Office in central London.

Spotify has launched what it is calling a music game-changer by incorporating 3rd party applications from the likes of Rolling Stone and Last.fm into its music player.

Facebook may be the saviour that traditional journalism needs, as it announced today that its Open Graph has shown massive increases in traffic to the Guardian and others.

The singer confronts the fake pregnancy speculations by playing around with her growing bump on set of her ‘Countdown Video’

A contract which formalised the founding of Apple Computer Co is expected to bring in six figures at auction.

Tim Ream is coming to England for trial stints with Bolton and West Brom

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter has died Monday in the U.S. state of Wisconsin at 85.

European cities still have the highest quality of life in the world, despite the recent turmoil, according to a new report.