Palestinian father shouts as son dies near Netzarim in Gaza
A Palestinian news crew image shows Jamal Aldura crying out while protecting his 12 year old Mohammed just before the boy was fatally hit near Netzarim in southern Gaza City. The photo led an online contest but dropped to sixth after an email campaign and had 47,382 votes by Friday night.
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Photo contest fuels Middle East clash over Gaza boy image
An MSNBC Year in Pictures 2000 photo of Mohammed Aldura, 12, shot amid Gaza clashes, became the focus of a partisan online battle. Israelis and Palestinians urged votes to push or suppress the image, amid broader debate on media and public opinion.
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Restraining Order Shields Houston From NYC Woman
A New York City woman claiming Whitney Houston as mother faces a restraining order from Superior Court Judge Kenneth MacKenzie in Houston’s favor. The order cites threats to Houston's 7-year-old daughter and reinstates a suit Houston filed last year. Houston, living in Mendham Township, New Jersey, had dropped the suit after Weeks was involuntarily committed, then returned to court following Weeks’s Jan. 26 escape from a Bronx psychiatric hospital.
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Jackson breaks foot falls at Neverland. speaks at Oxford
Michael Jackson fractures his right foot in a fall at Neverland Valley Ranch, leaving him in a plaster cast to the knee. Despite the injury he will address child welfare at Oxford University's 178 year old debating union next week.
Althea Gibson Honored On Wheaties Boxes
Althea Gibson appears on new Wheaties cereal boxes marking fifty one years since she broke the color barrier in tennis. The East Orange resident skipped a Newark unveiling ceremony while boxes with her likeness roll out to shelves in March amid praise from peers and an illness marked later in life.
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Charity ring sold for Make-A-Wish at LA couple auction
Darva Conger honored the sale of her 3 carat diamond wedding ring from her ill fated marriage. A Los Angeles couple bid twenty thousand dollars to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary. The couple’s names were not disclosed.
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Bush niece debuts on Milan fashion catwalk
Lauren Bush 16, niece of President Bush, models at Milan Fashion Week. She wears a dogtooth checked skirt and cardigan then black jeans and patent leather shirt as she walks the autumn winter 2001 02 collection by Rome designer Gai Mattiolo.
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