Madonna's 'frenchy' kiss

Madonna gave guests at a private show in Paris something to remember when she locked lips with another woman. Madge also told the 1,500 strong crowd that she not only loved working with the French, but also 'frenching' them. "Why do I have this relationship with France? I'm always drawn to working with French people - and frenching French people! Vive la France!" usmagazine.com quoted her, as saying.

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The superstar more famously locked lips with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera back in 2003 at the MTV Video Music Awards. She later revealed to Out magazine that the kiss had prompted her daughter Lourdes to ask her whether she was gay. To this Madonna replied: "I am the mommy pop star and she is the baby pop star. I am kissing her to pass my energy on to her."

In the meanwhile, the singer - who turns 50 in August - has something to smile about now that her new album, Hard Candy, has topped the Billboard charts.

London met the Olympic flame ungraciously

Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London.

The biggest protests since last month's torch-lighting in Greece tarnished China's hope for a harmonious prelude to a Summer Games celebrating its rise as a global power. Instead, the flame's 85,000-mile journey from Greece to Beijing has become a stage for activists decrying China's recent crackdown on Tibetans and support for Sudan despite civilian deaths in Darfur.

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Apartment building collapses in Norway due to rock slides from the mountain side

Tragedy in Norway

OSLO, Norway — The risk of a gas explosion and further collapse was preventing a search for five people feared dead in a rock slide that wrecked an apartment building in western Norway, police said Thursday.

Geologists said as much as 7,300 tons of stone — some of it in huge slabs — slid down a steep hillside near downtown Aalesund in the early hours of Wednesday. The rocks slammed into the back of the six-story building, causing the lower floors to collapse as the whole structure was jolted up to 23 feet forward. Fifteen residents were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Firefighters have been spraying water onto the debris, seeking to control gas burning off from a huge buried propane tank, to keep it from exploding or spreading fire through the rest of the building, some 220 miles northwest of Oslo. News Via

Roof ripped from bus in London

Six people were injured when a double decker bus crashed into a railway bridge in north London.

The bus had been diverted along Prince of Wales Road because of a major fire at Camden market on Saturday.

A police spokesperson said one man suffered serious head injuries when the roof was pulled off the vehicle.

The route 24 bus between Hampstead Heath and Pimlico normally goes through Chalk Farm Road. Drivers have been asked to avoid the crash site. [news via BBC]

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New York Blast Was 'Like A Volcano'- Photos

A massive underground explosion that caused a jet of steam and rubble to tear through a New York street has left a gaping crater in the heart of the city.

Hundreds of people fled in panic after seeing steam billowing near Grand Central Station, fearing a terrorist attack.

Investment banker Heiko H Thieme was splattered by mud from the blast - which he described as being like a volcano.

"Everybody was a bit confused, everybody obviously thought of 9/11," he said.

One person died from an apparent heart attack and around 30 were left injured - at least four seriously.

The initial burst of steam rose higher than the nearby 77-storey Chrysler Building, one of Manhattan's tallest skyscrapers.

A city bus was abandoned in the middle of Lexington Avenue, covered with grit, and thousands of commuters evacuated the train terminal when workers shouted at them to get out of the building. Source Sky News

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