Freed BBC reporter felt media 'coming to my rescue' BBC reporter Alan Johnston thanked the international media on Wednesday for "keeping my story alive" during his nearly four months of captivity in the Gaza Strip. Salman Rushdie to divorce fourth wife Author Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, is divorcing his fourth wife, actress/model Padma Lakshmi. Christie's has pulled one of the last letters written by Mahatma Gandhi from a London auction so it can be sold directly to the Indian government.
Stalker of Linkin Park singer hacked into e-mail, cellphone National Laboratories' worker has admitted she used workplace computers to hack into the e-mail and cellphone of Linkin Park singer Chris Bennington and his wife. Avril Lavigne sued by U.S.
Canadian punk princess Avril Lavigne is being sued by U.S. songwriters who claim her smash hit Girlfriend sounds suspiciously like a track they took up the charts in the 1970s.
Brazil is in danger of losing its Live Earth concert this Saturday, after local authorities obtained a court injunction suspending the show over security concerns. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the Oscar-winning director of The Lives of Others, has come out in support of Tom Cruise' efforts to bring the story of a would-be Hitler assassin to screen. Washington gets taste of Canadian masterpieces An exhibition featuring works by some of Canada's most acclaimed artists opened to the public in Washington, D.
C., on Wednesday. CBC French VP gets Legion of Honour France will bestow its highest civilian honour, the Legion of Honour, on the executive vice-president of Radio-Canada, Sylvain Lafrance.