Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who said they would only marry after USA legalized gay marriages, may just have to eat their words.
Talking to Italian Vanity Fair for its latest issue, Jolie who has six children: Maddox, 7, Pax, 4, and Zahara, 3, Shiloh, 2, and newborn twins, Knox and Vivienne with partner Pitt, admitted that their children have begun to question why the two are not married like the ‘Shrek’ movie characters - Shrek and Fiona.
Stockholm- Italian author Roberto Saviano, who has been threatened for his writings on the mafia, has been invited to give a lecture at the Swedish Academy, a spokesman for the body that selects the Nobel literature prize said Friday.
The academy decided on the invitation at its weekly meeting on Thursday, Odd Zschiedrich, administrative coordinator at the academy, told Deutche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Berlin, Luxembourg - Germany said Friday it would oppose European Union plans for full-body scanners to be used in airports.
The devices are accused of carrying out virtual strip searches because they construct an image of each traveller's body without clothing.
"We do not want our federal policemen to be considered voyeurs," said German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble at a meeting in Luxembourg with his European Union colleagues.
Soelden, Austria - The international ski federation FIS has agreed to the hosting of a parallel slalom in Moscow on January 2 with prize money totally 160,000 euros on offer.
According to FIS race director Guenter Hujara, Austria's Hermann Maier, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway and American Bode Miller have already agreed to take part in the race, which is expected to involve the top 10 slalom skiers.
The race was originally planned for November but had to be moved to January for logistical reasons. A 50-metre-high slope will be erected to host the race.