ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tiger Woods moved into contention in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Friday, stringing together three birdies on the back nine to sit two shots behind surprise leader Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark.

MANILA, Philippines - Gary David played every inch as the tournament MVP that he is, and Powerade survived a nightmarish finish, averting a Talk n Text sweep with a 100-97 win in Game Four of the PBA Philippine Cup finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last night.

Geri Jewell is headed back to the small screen - this time joining the cast of J.J. Abrams' new sci-fi drama, "Alcatraz." The former "The Facts of Life" actress, 55, has signed on for a recurring role playing the "eccentric sister" of merciless Deputy Warden E.B. Tiller (played by Jason Butler Harner), and Geri said her character will help reveal E.B.'s compassionate side.

Rihanna's Thug Life tattoo is still creating tons of chatter and criticisms from her fans

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has jailed two Muslim Uighurs deported from Cambodia for life, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday, showing no sign of loosening its grip on far-western Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region which holds rich deposits of oil and gas. The sentences -- and deadly clashes this week between police in Sichuan and ethnic Tibetans -- come at a sensitive time for China for whom ...

Geri Jewell is headed back to the small screen - this time joining the cast of J.J. Abrams' new sci-fi drama, "Alcatraz."The former "The Facts of Life" actress, 55, has signed on for a recurring role playing the "eccentric sister" of merciless Deputy Warden E.B. Tiller (played by Jason Butler Harner), and Geri said her character will help reveal E.B.'s compassionate side.

Rihanna has hit back at those who have criticised her new tattoo on Twitter.As we previously reported, the We Found Lover hitmaker appeared to have the words Thug Life - thought to be a tribute to...

An exile group has urged Beijing to explain the fate of 20 ethnic Uighurs who escaped to Cambodia but were deported back to China, amid reports some were sentenced to death or life in jail.

Madison police gave 22-year-od Emon Hollins a choice in November: he could take advantage of programs offered to criminals and turn his life around, or he could end up behind bars.

BUCHAREST, Jan 27 - In December 1989, art student Titi Amzar risked his life to join the demonstrations in University Square that brought down reviled communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Now 43, Amzar is back on the square demanding much the same thing - a new leader for Romania. "All these post-communist governments have been incompetent," Amzar, now a designer, told Reuters at the crossing ...