Hollywood’s golden couple, Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes call it quits

Fairytale Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced Friday they were calling it quits after five years of marriage, ending an unexpected love story dogged by tabloid rumors. “Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children,” Amanda Lundberg, Cruise's representative, told AFP. “Please allow them their privacy to work this out.” “This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” said Jonathan Wolfe, the attorney representing Holmes. “Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest.”

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World powers agree Syria deal, West eyes post-Assad regime

I doubt that Syrians would select people with blood on their hands to lead them –Annan :

World powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar al-Assad in a new unity government. Russia and China insisted that Syrians must decide how the transition should be carried out rather than allow others to dictate their fate, as the two powers signed up to the final agreement that did not make any explicit call for Assad to cede power.

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Eurozone leaders rise to challenge but details missing

Economists and non-euro EU leaders cheered Friday's eurozone summit deal as a surprise “breakthrough” in efforts to preserve a stable currency, yet crucial details still need to be filled in. With market expectations low ahead of the European Union summit, a deal that bolstered confidence in the euro was wrenched after all-night talks between eurozone leaders, bringing swift relief to crisis-hit Italy and Spain.

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