According to reports, pop queen Madonna, currently entangled in nasty divorce proceedings, has lately been showing signs of poor health. After a Kabbalah meeting, Madonna could be seen coughing repeatedly, and her veins were standing out.

The pop superstar, looking quite frail, allegedly tried her best to conceal her deteriorating health behind large sunglasses and a baseball cap. However, she could not hide her repeated coughing fits, and strained looks.

Madonna's failing health appears to be a complete contrast to her 'hale and hearty' looking estranged husband, Guy Ritchie. He has been regularly spotted raising glasses with his mates at his pub.

At the San Diego California Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, opponents of recently-passed Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California, gathered on Sunday for a peaceful demonstration.

The church did not have services at the time. Some San Diego police officers were deployed, and a church security guard also kept an eye on the premises to ensure that employees of the church were not harassed.

At the San Diego California Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, opponents of recently-passed Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California, gathered on Sunday for a peaceful demonstration.

The church did not have services at the time. Some San Diego police officers were deployed, and a church security guard also kept an eye on the premises to ensure that employees of the church were not harassed.

With a view to bolster domestic demand and help avert recession, China unveiled a 'massive' economic stimulus program worth over half a trillion dollars. The package, to be spent over two years, is valued at about 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion).

The announced sum represents about 16% of China's economic output last year, and is roughly equal to the total of all central and local government spending in 2006.

In his address to more than 1,000 followers, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Americans can expect a "new beginning" when Barack Obama officially takes over the White House.

The 90-minute address - called "America's New Beginning: President-elect Barack Obama" - was delivered on Sunday at Mosque Maryam, on Chicago city's South Side.