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LONDON (Reuters) - Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last survivors of World War One, has died at the age of 113, his care home said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sang at a concert in New York to commemorate Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday -- the first time she has sung in public since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Tens of thousands of Britons came together for outdoor lunch parties up and down the country on Sunday, celebrating the first ever "Big Lunch" festival, an effort to build community spirit.

HAVANA (Reuters) - As Britain's Royal Ballet wrapped up a five-day stay in Cuba on Saturday, it was not just the end of a tour, but the end of a career for dancer Alexandra Ansanelli.

TRENCIN, Slovakia (Reuters) - Strong winds caused a marquee to collapse at a music festival in northern Slovakia on Saturday, killing one person and wounding dozens, the Health Ministry said.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The number of extremely rich people living in the United States declined by 18.5 percent in 2008 as the economic crisis took hold, according to a new report.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A slew of Hollywood stars led by Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig will open the new season of Broadway, as producers test whether star power will keep the Great White Way sparkling in tough times.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Episcopal Church gave its clergy the go-ahead on Friday to bless some same-sex unions, such as civil partnerships in states that legally recognize them, setting the stage for further conflict with the wider Anglican world.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events from the John F. Kennedy assassination to the Apollo moon landing and Vietnam War, made him "the most trusted man in America," died on Friday at age 92.

MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Leonardo Da Vinci's Atlantic Code, seen containing the widest range of the Renaissance genius's ideas, will go on display from September in a show taking six years to see all 1,119 pages.