Portugal mayor abandons controversial reality TV show appearance
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A controversial Portuguese mayor aborted his controversial participation in a three-month-long reality TV show set on a farm just two weeks after the program began, citing medical reasons.
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Portugal's prime minister said on  Saturday he and his cabinet had submitted their resignations, a  move that came a day after a snap election was called.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's spokesman on Monday pulled out of the mayoral race in a chic Paris suburb after Sarkozy's son disavowed him Â a surprise turnaround that left France's conservatives reeling.
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The cable net dropped the controversial Jamaican dancehall star from a pre-Video Music Awards concert in Miami this weekend after coming under fire from gay-rights groups.
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U.S. television personality and  psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw on Monday scrapped plans to air a  show about Britney Spears after he was criticized for a visit  to the troubled pop star in hospital on the weekend.
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The major car manufacturer backs out of a controversial CBS show.
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Meredith Vieira says she doesn't watch The View now that she's poised to become the co-anchor of NBC's Today show on Sept. 13.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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The TV star and former Senator ends a run for the Presidency that was scuttled by the candidate's own apparent apathy
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The rumor circulating around the media center yesterday was that Wayne Ferreira planned on announcing his retirement after competing in his final match at the US Open.
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Two of the cast members have cancelled those all-important press engagements.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.
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OTTAWA - The chairman of Canada's public broadcaster resigned Tuesday after making controversial comments about bestiality and bowel movements. Heritage Minister Bev Oda made the announcement about Canadian Broadcasting Corp. chairman Guy Fournier in the House of Commons.
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The Fox TV reality series "The Simple Life" will not be using a New Jersey school as the setting for one of its episodes.
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He departed the post of White House press secretary on Friday, with a little jab at the media.
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The President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, has dismissed the chief of police in Mexico City for failing to prevent the lynching of two officers last month.
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The BBC cancels plans for Planet Relief, an awareness-raising TV special, following a debate on impartiality.