Gossip/Celebrity News - AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Tiger Woods, a global punch line for jokes in the wake of a humiliating personal scandal, must cope with being a target of ridicule before he can hope to regain his mystique as the world's top golfer. Full Story »

THOUSAND OAKS, California (AFP) - Absent host Tiger Woods remained very much on the minds of golfers at the Chevron World Challenge on Friday even as lurid speculation about his private life dwindled. Full Story »

ROME (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the centre of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Saturday after an Internet call for a "No Berlusconi Day." Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's revered king on Saturday called on the politically divided nation to unite during a brief public excursion from hospital to mark his 82nd birthday. Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's revered king called on the politically divided nation to unite Saturday, during a brief public excursion from hospital to mark his 82nd birthday. Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's revered king returned to a Bangkok hospital on Saturday, after making a brief public appearance to attend a ceremony at the royal palace held to mark his 82nd birthday. Full Story »

DUBLIN (AFP) - Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, who is credited with popularising his country's traditional music in the United States in the 1960s, died Friday aged 74, Ireland's RTE state radio said. Full Story »

CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Nelson Mandela kicked off the 2010 World Cup draw on Friday by saying that South Africa was "privileged and humbled" to be staging football's greatest event. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - One of Russia's most popular actors, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, best-known in the West for starring in an Oscar-winning adaptation of "War and Peace," died Friday aged 81, Russian news agencies reported. Full Story »