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Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has apologized for a comment that he was ‘dreading’ going to Nelson Mandela’s funeral in South Africa. Not every word leader, it seems, is anxious to attend Nelson Mandela‘s funeral. The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has admitted he was “dreading” the long trip to South Africa and that he had ...

Rob Griffith/AP Stacey Cowan, right, and Corrina Peck celebrate after taking their wedding vows at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Saturday. CANBERRA, Australia — Gay and lesbian couples from around Australia joined in fragile marriages in Canberra on Saturday under the nation’s beleaguered same-sex union laws that face a challenge in the courts within a week. The hastily arranged ...

Kirwin, PacificCoastNews Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, who portray Nelson and Winnie Mandela in ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.’ The biopic has been transformed into a eulogy with the death of the South African leader. A Nelson Mandela biopic that took 10 years to make has turned into a tender eulogy with the passing of the revered South African leader. ...

Nicholas Wright/AP Merrill Newman, 85, was held captive by North Korea for about six weeks. Merrill Newman is coming home. The 85-year-old Korean War veteran has been deported from North Korea and his headed back to the United States, Reuters reports. RELATED: NORTH KOREA RELEASES ‘APOLOGY’ BY DETAINED U.S. TOURIST Newman had been held on charges of “hostile acts” against ...

Caters News Agency Chris and Janet Wright got married in an underwater ceremony in the Indian Ocean. A bride and groom have had their dream wet-wedding day in an underwater ceremony under the Indian Ocean. Chris and Janet Wright floated down the aisle happily drenched from head to toe as they exchanged their vows in a unique under-the-sea service in ...

YAHYA ARHAB/EPA An ambulance drives through as smokes rise from Yemen’s Defense Ministry complex after a car bomb explosion rocked the complex in Sanaa on Thursday morning. SANAA, Yemen — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Thursday at Yemen’s Defense Ministry, killing 18 soldiers and wounding at least 40 in an attack underlining the persistent threat to the stability ...

Francisco Seco/AP The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The NSA inadvertently gathers ...

Kyle Lambert via YouTube/via YouTube Can you tell the difference? The recreation is on the left, while photographer Scott Gries’ original picture is on the right. Just call him iPicasso. An English artist has captured international attention by recreating a portrait of Morgan Freeman using only his iPad and finger. Manchester-based painter Kyle Lambert spent more than 200 hours and 285,000 brush ...

Angela Weiss/Getty Images;Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (left) and Olympic diver Tom Daley are rumored to be dating.  Is this Tom Daley’s mystery man? Days after coming out as bisexual to his fans via a YouTube video, rumors surfaced that Daley is dating screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. PHOTOS: CELEBS COME OUT The Sun, which reported the match, ...

LiveLeak.com Video from an Oktoberfest celebration in Munich shows a woman biting a man’s lip during a fight. Wicked sucker munch! A woman at an Oktoberfest celebration in Germany bit off a man’s bottom lip after the two got in a scuffle and the man tried to shove something in her mouth, a video shows. RELATED: PAUL WALKER DEAD AT ...