Obituaries in the news

Obituaries in the news

Stephen Gately

PORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca (AP) — Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died Saturday. He was 33.

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Alinghi prepared to fight it at NY Court

alinghiAlinghi prepared to defend position in NY court

MADRID — Alinghi is prepared to defend its position in a New York court in the legal battle over the next edition of the America's Cup. Societe Nautique de Geneve, the home yacht club to Alinghi, said Wednesday it will go to the New York State Supreme Court on May 14 after being summoned Tuesday to explain why it should not be held in contempt for refusing a one-on-one showdown against American crew BMW Oracle Racing in February. Alinghi said last week it is preparing to hold the best-of-three series for the oldest trophy in international sports beginning in May 2010 in Valencia, Spain.

103 Year Old Spanish Author Wants To Live Longer for Facebook

MADRID - Spanish novelist Francisco Ayala, who turned 103 Monday, says he would like to live quite a while longer, adding what keeps him going is his active interest in the modern world, including new developments of the information age like Facebook.

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View masterpieces up close, through the Internet

MADRID - A joint project launched by Google and the Prado Museum allows 14 masterpieces belonging to the Spanish gallery's collection to be viewed in mega high resolution via the Internet, EFE news agency reported.

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