Vice President Dich Cheney of Turkey, in conclusion of two-day talks with leaders of Israel and Palestine voiced out last Monday that Hamas militants as well as their backers situated in Iran and Syria spoil the Mideast peace talks.

According to her daughter, the former president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino, has been diagnosed with colon cancer. News came out on Monday.Seventy-five year old Aquino was brought in to power by the peaceful "people power" revolution that had ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, shaping her as a symbol of democracy.

On Monday, many feared that the 18 Ukrainina sailors were dead after having been trapped underwater for nearly two days in a capsized tugboat in Hong Kong. All this in the middle of strong currents.

Vibrant and multicolored, the new In Flames album, A Sense of Purpose, is bright and colorful. Not quite death-metal. According to reports, In Flames wanted to do something different with the artwork, side-tracking from the usual dreary and dark colors blanketing most LP's produced by bands of their kind.

According to different media and fan accounts, frontman Scott Weiland during Velvet Revolver's opening show on Thursday night for the band's European show made an unexpected announcement, stirring debate and spreading rumors over the weekend.

Scattered battles across northern Sri Lanka has been battled by government troops and Tamil rebels over two days. This has left 30 rebel fighters and four soldiers dead, as announced by the military on Monday.

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Saxophone player and husband of British soul singer Corrine Bailey Rae, Jason Rae was found dead on Saturday in an apartment in Leeds, England. He was 31. According to BBC News, officers had arrested a 32 year old man suspected of supplying controlled drugs after the body was discovered.