
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of pretending to be a love-struck teenage boy on MySpace and driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide with cruel messages was indicted on Thursday on federal charges.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape to mark Israel's 60th anniversary to continue to fight the Jewish state and its allies in the West.

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his heart, a newspaper said on Thursday.

OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada's International Cooperation Minister Beverley Oda said Friday it would be sending a million dollars (US, Canadian) to the Red Cross aid effort in China following the deadly earthquake there earlier this week.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres plans to marry her long-time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, after a California court ruling allowing gay marriage.

MAPUTO (AFP) - Africa's economy will grow by 6.0 percent this year and next, an acceleration from 2007, owing to high oil prices and demand for commodities, research from the African Development Bank (AfDB) showed Monday.

More than 43,000 people have died since a deadly cyclone ripped through Burma earlier this month, state television reported Thursday, as government officials threatened legal action against those who interfered with the delivery of aid.

DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, unleashing a desperate nationwide relief effort.
China issued an appeal for heavy machinery Thursday, as rescuers dug for survivors and bodies near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that struck the country three days ago.
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