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  • Abdul, Cowell getting along on 'X Factor,' for now

    Paula Abdul said Friday her reunion with Simon Cowell on his new talent show is going great, for now.


  • Abdul in honeymoon phase with Cowell on 'X Factor'

    Paula Abdul says her reunion with Simon Cowell on his new talent show is "still in the honeymoon phase."


  • Uptight or laid-back, cultural differences show

    The sale of marijuana is largely tolerated in the Netherlands, but can get you the death penalty in Malaysia. Chewing gum is widely popular in the United States and strictly regulated in Singapore. Conformity has high value in South Korea, not so much in Brazil.


  • Robert Mugabe

    World Scene

    Zimbabwe's 87-year-old president scoffed at speculation over his health as "misplaced" and said Thursday that he and his wife are fitness enthusiasts.


  • Briefly: Asia

    The U.S. military would consider sending officers and cadets to China on study exchange programs if relations between the two countries improve, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Thursday.


  • Tay Za

    WEISS: Burma's first billionaire no military bagman

    Every spring, Forbes publishes its ranking of the richest men and women on the planet. One person you won't see on the list is Burmese business tycoon Tay Za. The charismatic Tay Za is chief executive of the Htoo Group of Companies, a business empire founded during Burma's era of democratic rule that spans logging, gems and jade, palm oil, construction, hotels and tourism, mobile-phone services, an airline and more. At 46, he is widely believed to be Burma's first billionaire.


  • Briefly

    Vietnamese security forces quashed a rare protest of hundreds of ethnic Hmong Christians calling for an independent state, officials said Thursday.


  • Friendster evolves to escape Facebook's shadow

    Faded social networking site Friendster will soon delete nearly a decade's worth of user photos, blog entries and other data in a revamp to set it apart from Facebook, a company official said Thursday.


  • Economy Briefs

    The CEO of Boeing Co. said a "workmanship issue" and not poor design led to a hole ripping open in a plane that the company built for Southwest Airlines Co.


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