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Archive for December, 2009

For the first time in almost 20 years, a “blue moon” will appear on New Year’s Eve worldwide. If the skies are clear, revelers looking up at midnight will get an eyeful of the second full moon of the month—commonly called a blue moon. The last time a blue moon appeared on New Year’s Eve was in 1990, and it won’t happen again until 2028.

Attorney of Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods’ alleged mistress, has rubbished reports that the two have been meeting up in secret since the golfer’s sex scandal broke.

 A friend close to the couple says, Charlie Sheen has spent the last week quietly reflecting on his life after a heated fight with his wife Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day that led to his arrest.

A year of huge impact with tsunamis ripping through the world’s collective political and social conscience, tearing some communities and lives apart, while at the same time real progress has been forged towards change, the first steps of the way towards an international community that speaks with one voice and feels with one heart. We take a look at the stories which shaped our year.

The head of Russia's federal space agency has said it will work to divert an asteroid which will make several passes near the Earth from 2029.Anatoly Perminov told the Voice of Russia radio service th…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has urged revelers celebrating the New Year in saunas on Thursday night to refrain from popping open the champagne until they have left the steam houses, warning it could pro…