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Miss Universe hosts announces wrong winner

Miss Colombia was wrongly named Miss Universe in a dramatic mix-up in front of a global television audience of millions on Dec. 20, before the rightful winner Miss Philippines was finally handed the glittering crown.
The pageant's host, US comedian Steve Harvey, misread his cue card and initially announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, had triumphed.

Latin music world honors Roberto Carlos

The Latin music world turned out on Nov. 19 to celebrate Roberto Carlos, the Brazilian ballad singer who is one of the region's most successful artists.

The 74-year-old nicknamed the "King of Latin Music" was named Person of the Year at the Latin Grammys, a day before the Spanish- and Portuguese-language music industry's biggest award night.

US arrest warrant for French minister's son over bad checks

The son of the French foreign minister is the subject of an arrest warrant for writing bad checks at a Las Vegas casino the night before his father assumed his position.
 
Thomas Fabius wrote bad checks totaling more than $3.5 million to cover gambling debts the night of May 15, 2012, according to the arrest warrant, obtained on Oct. 29 by AFP.
 

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