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• Batman star will face no charges over 'assault': court

  - 2008-08-14

  LONDON AFP — Hollywood actor Christian Bale, star of the new Batman film "The Dark Knight", will not face charges over an alleged attack on his mother and sister, British prosecutors said Thursday. The 34-year-old star was arrested last month, the day after appearing at the film's West End...

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• US tennis ace Venus joy overshadowed by Serena injury agony

  - 2007-07-02

  LONDONAFP — Venus Williams set up a potentially explosive Wimbledon showdown with Maria Sharapova on Monday but her joy was shortlived as tearful sister Serena suffered an agonising Centre Court injury collapse. Former triple champion Venus won the last four games of her third round clash with Akiko Morigami...

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• Smarting Serena packing a punch for Henin

  - 2007-06-23

  LONDON AFP — Justine Henin will launch her bid to complete a full set of Grand Slam titles at this year's Wimbledon on a tsunami-strength wave of confidence after following up her French Open triumph with victory on the grass at Eastbourne last week. But the world number one...

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• Princes want Diana inquest to be transparent and quick

  - 2007-01-08

  LONDON AFP — The two sons of Princess Diana called for the inquest into their mother's death to be "open, fair and transparent" as well as fast, as the long-awaited hearing was being prepared in a London court. "The princes have asked me to indicate that it is their desire...

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• Man claims to be illegitimate son of Queen's sister Margaret

  - 2006-10-24

  LONDON AFP — A man who claims to be the illegitimate son of the late sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II appeared in a London court Tuesday in a bid to prove what he says is his royal lineage. Robert Brown, 51, an accountant from the British island of Jersey,...

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• Queen was 'saddened and disappointed' at Diana funeral tribute

  - 2006-03-16

  LONDON AFP — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was said to have been "disappointed" and "saddened" by the oration delivered by the brother of Princess Diana at her 1997 funeral. Writer Gyles Brandreth, a former Conservative member of parliament who has written a number of biographies of the British royal...

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• Bedside vigil as Best fights for life

  - 2005-11-20

  LONDON AFP — George Best's family were maintaining a bedside vigil as the football legend remained unconscious and fighting for his life in intensive care. Best has been visited by his father, sisters, brothers and son as he struggles to survive on a life support machine in London's Cromwell...

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• Queen praises Diana at opening of memorial fountain

  - 2004-07-06

  LONDON AFP ? Queen Elizabeth II opened a long-awaited memorial to the late Princess Diana and tried to heal a bitter rift with the family of the much-loved "people's princess". Under a bright clear sky on Tuesday, the monarch inaugurated an elegant oval granite fountain next to the Serpentine...

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• Family of British would-be suicide bomber on trial

  - 2004-04-14

  LONDON AFP ? Three relatives of a British would-be suicide bomber involved in an attack in Israel last year went on trial in London charged with failing to disclose information about terrorism. The brother, sister and wife of Omar Sharif appeared at the Old Bailey central criminal court. ...

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