A Nightclub will close for several weeks after a blaze rippedthrough the building.
The roof of the Seafield club in Banff was destroyed by the fire.
Three fire crews battled the blaze using breathing apparatus andtwo water jets to bring it under control. …
Ricky Martin: "Yo he vendido mas discos que cualquier otro"
El cantante puertorriqueno Ricky Martin aseguro, durante una visita a Mexico, que nadie ha difundido la musica latina como el, al tiempo que califico a sus detractores de "retrogrados".
Durante una breve rueda de prensa, el interprete de "Livin' la vida loca" sostuvo que hasta el momento "nadie ha logrado darle la difusion y popularidad a la musica latina como yo lo he hecho".
Afirmo que su trabajo musical tiene un caracter particular "que no se parece al de ningun otro musico" debido a que "siempre estoy en busca de sonidos nuevos y unicos, ademas de realizar fusiones de ritmos".
El ex integrante …
Five Germans and five Italians who were part of a 19-member tourist group kidnapped in Egypt and taken by their abductors on a dash through the Sahara Desert returned to their home countries Tuesday.
The Italian tourists arrived at Turin's Caselle airport, and the Germans and a Romanian woman who lives in southwestern Germany touched down several hours later at Berlin's Tegel airport.
The tourists and their eight Egyptian drivers were rescued by troops in helicopters from a barren wilderness just inside Chad, Egyptian officials have said, but details of the operation were not clear.
The Italians said they had been robbed at gunpoint, but were …
These two penguins were snapped while apparently on a walkaboutthrough the Gauntlet shopping centre in Glastonbury last week.
The reader who sent in the photograph swears that the birds arereal, and she spotted them walking through the precinct.
"I still can't believe it," she said. "Is it proof of globalwarming?"
Do you know …
LONDON - Universal Studios is opening up a Harry Potter theme park in Florida - complete with the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade village.
"The Wizarding World of Harry Potter," will open in late 2009 in Orlando, officials said Thursday.
"The plans I've seen look incredibly exciting, and I don't think fans of the books or films will be disappointed," said author J.K. Rowling, who has been working with a creative team to make sure the park resembles the books and films.
More than a dozen artists and designers lead by Stuart Craig, the production designer of the movies, have set up house in the studio where the movies are being filmed to make sure every detail is considered, according to Scott Trowbridge of Universal.
"We're really going to the people who know this world best to ensure that level of authenticity," he said.
The Potter park will allow visitors to view the iconic locations in Rowling's magical world, like Dumbledore's office in Hogwarts and the shops in Hogsmeade. Some locations may be in upcoming books, Trowbridge said.
Trowbridge said while there would not be any character lookalikes at the park, fans wanting to see Harry Potter and his magical friends wouldn't leave disappointed.
"This is Harry's world," said Trowbridge. "Most every fan wants to have an encounter with the star of the show."
The Harry Potter book series has been translated into 65 languages with more than 325 million copies sold in over 200 territories around the world.
The fifth film in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," will be released in theatres on 13 July. The seventh and final book of the series will be released on 21 July.
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A senior British police officer says he is sorry for attending a community festival dressed as Osama bin Laden.
Chief Superintendent Colin Terry has apologized for what he called his "error of judgment."
A police watchdog is investigating the incident at the Grampound Carnival in southwest England on Saturday. Terry's employer, Devon and Cornwall Police, said his behavior was unacceptable.
British newspapers on Thursday ran pictures of Terry at the parade, wearing robes and a bin Laden mask.
Terry said the costume was meant to be a clue to his current work. He has been serving with a European Union team helping to train police in Afghanistan.
TOKYO - North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, Japanese media reported. Japanese Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they could not immediately confirm the reports.
Japan's public broadcaster and other media, citing Japanese and U.S. sources, reported that the missiles were surface-to-ship.
NHK said the short-range missiles were fired on the east and west coast of the Korean Peninsula earlier Friday. Officials were investigating further details, including the number of missiles fired, the report said. NHK said the missiles were shorter-range, and were not North Korea's existing Rodong or Taepodong I ballistic missiles.
Japan's NTV network reported that the missiles were surface-to-ship.
The broadcaster suggested that the North's test was in response to South Korea's launch of its first destroyer equipped with high-tech Aegis radar technology on Friday.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was checking the report. The Defense Ministry had no comment.
But Yonhap news agency, citing an unidentified military source, reported that the South had confirmed the launches and was trying to identify the types and the number of missiles fired.
North Korea's missile development has been a constant concern to the region, along with its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
The hard-line regime test-fired a series of missiles in July last year, including its latest long-range model, known abroad as the Taepodong-2, which experts believe could reach parts of the United States.
The North rattled the world again in October by conducting its first-ever test of a nuclear device. However, experts believe it does not have a bomb design advanced enough to be placed on a missile.
