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Cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett ‘hospitalized’

Cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett ‘hospitalized’Washington, April 6: Farrah Fawcett, the actress who has been fighting cancer for almost three years, has reportedly been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital.

According to sources, the 62-year-old former star of ‘Charlie''''s Angels’ is critical but stable. They also say she is unconscious and has been hospitalized for days, reports RadarOnline. com.

Long-time love Ryan O’Neal has been by Farrah’s bedside, as has troubled son Redmond, who bolted from rehab earlier this week.

Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006.

Obama’s outreach to Muslims very important, say most Americans

President Barack ObamaWashington, Apr. 6: President Barack Obama''s pledge to "seek a new way forward" with the Muslim world is an important goal, say most Americans.

According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, though nearly half hold negative views about Islam and a sizable number say that even mainstream adherents to the religion encourage violence against non-Muslims, they feel it is important for Obama to try to improve U. S. relations with Muslim nations. Some have said that his outreach is "very important."

World’s first cocktail arose in Mesopotamia 5,000yrs ago

World’s first cocktail arose in Mesopotamia 5,000yrs agoWashington, April 6: The world’s first cocktail party might have taken place in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, if researchers are to be believed.

Researchers at the Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, have came to this conclusion after studying the evolution of viticulture in the East and West.

They have found some earthenware along the Tigris river showing traces of tartaric acid (an element which is characteristic of the grape fermentation), honey, apple juice, and brew barley (a sort of beer ante litteram).

ROUNDUP: Second US shooting in two days leaves three more dead

ROUNDUP: Second US shooting in two days leaves three more deadWashington - Police in Binghamton, New York on Saturday were piecing together details of a massacre at an immigrant centre that left 14 people dead a day earlier, while a separate bloody incident in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania left three police officers dead.

Authorities in the upstate New York city of 45,000 officially identified the gunman Saturday as Jiverly A Wong, and said he had once taken classes at the American Civic Association Building, where he killed 13 people before taking his own life.

Three police officers killed in Pennsylvania

Three police officers killed in Pennsylvania Washington  - Three police officers were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call at a home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, officials said.

Two officers were called to a home in the western Pennsylvania city on Saturday morning and were shot when they approached the door. A third officer, who arrived to back up the officers, was also shot and killed.

Police: New York massacre was not an act of terrorism

Police: New York massacre was not an act of terrorismWashington - The massacre at a social centre in Binghamton in New York State on Friday, in which 14 people died, was not an act of terrorism, police said Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement said that "his men" had carried out the New York attack in retribution for US missile strikes on militants in Pakistan.

Binghamton police chief Joseph Zikuski said that there was "absolutely no evidence" that any terrorist activity was behind the shooting. The FBI on Saturday also denied any terrorist link.

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