New York, January 17 : Michelle Obama may walk hand in hand with hubby-US President-elect Barack in a gown designed by Kai Milla at the Inauguration ceremony on January 20.
The first African-American to be the First Lady of the United States had made much impact with the clothes she wore throughout the campaign and was subsequently dubbed as a fashion icon by experts.
The mum of two has been amongst the most sought after lady, the designers would run to dress.
New York - A nude picture of Madonna, taken when the queen of pop was a struggling dancer in New York in 1979, is expected to sell for at least 10,000 dollars, auction house Christie's said Friday.
Madonna received 25 dollars in payment for the modelling session, after answering a newspaper ad by photographer Lee Friedlander. The results of the session were published in Penthouse magazine in 1985.
New York - The United Nations Security Council on Friday asked the African Union to increase the strength of its peacekeeping force in Somalia to 8,000 military personnel, so that it can carry out its mission of protecting key installations in Mogadishu.
The African mission in Somalia has decided to remain in the Horn of Africa nation until mid-March, at which time the council will form a new UN mission to take over the task of maintaining order in Somalia.
New York - Proud New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday handed out medals and certificates to those who worked to rescue 155 passengers and crew of the US Airways plane that crashed into the frigid waters of the Hudson River.
Bloomberg said the personnel and equipment deployed on Thursday to pull all 155 people to safety was a fraction of what the city has to prepare for any emergency.
He praised city agencies and private groups for what is now known as the "miracle on the Hudson."
New York, Jan 16 : American liberal political commentator Michael Moore may end up getting sued by acclaimed independent war correspondent Michael Yon over a controversial photograph.
Moore had posted the photo, which showed an American soldier carrying the blood-spattered body of a child in Iraq, on his michaelmoore. com Web site in an anti-administration demonstration.
New York, Jan 16 : Pop star Madonna's daughter Lourdes worked a miracle, as she has made her mum and step-dad Guy Ritchie break the ice and become friendly post their bitter divorce.
Taking Lourdes' advice, Madonna and Ritchie are trying to be as friendly as possible.
"Madonna and Guy aren't reconciling," the New York Daily News quoted a source, as saying.
"They're working very hard to have an amicable divorce, because [Madonna's daughter] Lourdes came to them begging, `Please don't be mean to each other.' Then she told them she wanted everything to be as friendly as possible," the source added.