Ex-British rocker loses Vietnam child sex appeal
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A court in Vietnam on Thursday  turned down an appeal by former British rock star Gary Glitter  against child molestation charges and ordered him to serve a  three-year jail sentence and deportation.
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has won a battle with throat cancer, lead singer Mick Jagger was quoted as telling a newspaper Saturday.
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The state prosecutors office in Berlin  has dropped an investigation into a complaint filed by a  44-year-old woman who claims Paul McCartney is her father and  that the former Beatle manipulated a paternity test in 1984.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens.
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LOS ANGELES  - During an altercation in April, rocker Courtney Love was playing with fire -- literally. The 40-year-old performer became violent at the home of her ex-boyfriend Jim Barber in April
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Pete Doherty, former frontman of the acclaimed British rock group the Libertines, escaped jail when he was given a four-month suspended sentence for possession of a switchblade knife.
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A former Irish priest who disrupted the  Athens Olympics and the British Grand Prix was acquitted  Thursday of indecency with a seven-year-old girl.
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Actor Jimmy Nail loses his bid for an increase in Â£30,000 libel damages at the Court of Appeal.
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British public broadcaster BBC's Radio 1 has cut out the word "faggot" from an old Christmas hit in a move the mother of the song's late performer branded "ridiculous".
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A Vietnamese court has reduced pop singer Gary Glitter's prison term for child molestation by three months, a judge said, moving forward his release date to August 2008.
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Dancehall star Beenie Man, who has recorded anti-gay songs in the past, was yanked from a concert associated with the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend after gay groups planned a protest, the network said Wednesday.
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MTV has dropped reggae star Beenie Man from one of its concerts after protests from gay rights groups.
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It seems Elton John is no longer a Madonna fan.
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A Louisiana prosecutor has dropped an appeal in the case of a 17-year-old accused of assaulting a school mate in a decision that could hasten the release of the youth at the center of civil rights protests.
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Rocker Eric Clapton has been banned from driving in France and had his British licence confiscated - after being clocked driving at 216 kilometres-per-hour on a French motorway.
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The lead singer of British band UB40 has quit the band after nearly 30 years, citing management problems for his split from a group which rose to fame in the anti-Thatcher culture of the 1980s.
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The lead singer of 1980s band Echo And The Bunnymen is found guilty of breach of the peace.