Police to view video of Winehouse

British police said on the day before they would investigate video footage of soul singer Amy Winehouse allegedly smoking crack cocaine. Still images from the footage first appeared on the front page of the «Sun» tabloid on Tuesday.

No-show Britney Spears loses in court again

Britney Spears failed on the day before in her latest bid to regain the right to see her two young sons after again ducking a court hearing on the issue, Los Angeles court officials said. Spears, 26, who has either not turned up at numerous hearings or has turned back because of a media crush, was filmed by news media arriving at the Los Angeles court building on time? for once.

Annan meets with Kenya?s Kibaki over crisis

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki yesterday to try to end a crisis over the nation?s disputed election, after having persuaded the opposition to call off street protests.The 69-year-old statesman met with the Kenyan president for just over an hour at Kibaki's official State House residence in the capital Nairobi, after discussions with African diplomats and African Union representatives. Opposition leader Raila Odinga met Annan late on Wednesday, and agreed to call off protests planned yesterday.

Israel wants to sever connections with Gaza

Israel would like to sever its remaining connections with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt, a top Israeli defence official said yesterday. ?We need to understand that when Gaza is open to the other side we lose responsibility for it. So we want to disconnect from it,? deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio.

He said Israel, which occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967, began to disengage from the territory in 2005 by pulling troops and settlers out. The Jewish state still controls Gaza?s northern and eastern borders as well as its airspace and coastal waters.