Band member denies having sex with director of famed US marching band

September 25th, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, September 25 (ANI): Black Eyed Peas have landed in Kuala Lumpur and are set to perform in Malaysia as part of the Arthur's Day celebration. After they landed at KL International Airport band member apl.de.ap shouted "Hello Malaysia." Vocalist Fergie smiled and waved before she and other band mates including Will.I.Am and Taboo were whisked away by bodyguards.

September 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has signed an agreement with China to provide a 220-million-dollar financial grant to help the Islamic country launch a communication satellite. The operational life of Pakistan's existing satellite PAKSAT-1 will be over in November 2011.

September 3rd, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - Indians living in Nottingham West Park village in Derbyshire have in the past month woken up to a sound from their homeland - thanks to a five-member band that plays the popular south Indian percussion instrument 'chenda'. The brain behind Nottingham Boys is 35-year-old Siju Stephen, a male nurse in Old Vicarage Nursing Home in East Midlands.

August 21st, 2009 ASTANA - Kazakhstan's first satellite KazSat-1 has been put into orbit for a "space burial", the country's mission control reported Friday. The $100 million communications satellite, built for Kazakhstan by Russia's Khrunichev Space Centre, was put into orbit about 36,000 km above the Earth in June 2006.

August 17th, 2009 EDINBURGH - A Scottish Government minister is to take the case of Pakistani visitors barred from visiting Scotland to the Home Office. Michael Russell, the external affairs minister, has written to Home Office minister Phil Woolas asking for a meeting after the UK Border Agency (UKBA) refused to grant visas to a Pakistani pipe band and a business delegation coming to Glasgow.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - A group of leading Pakistani politicians, businessmen and a band of pipers were refused entry into Scotland by the UK Border Agency, causing embarrassment for the Glasgow City Council. The UK Border Agency turned down up to 65 visa applications from three separate groups planning to visit Glasgow, The Times reports.

July 30th, 2009 Mick Jones talks about Foreigner's Wal-Mart dealNEW YORK — Mick Jones has watched classic rock bands like the Eagles, AC/DC and Journey reach new levels of popularity thanks to Wal-Mart; now he wants his band, Foreigner, to get in on the action. Jones says he wants the band — which is releasing a three-disc set through Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Brit army's world-famous Band of the Coldstream Guards left hordes of tourist stunned after they started playing Michael Jackson's mega hit 'Thriller', and even marched to its tune on Wednesday. As many as 40 drummers, trumpeters, clarinet, and trombone players played out the song, with the band marching in formations almost mimicking the famous choreographed zombie routine from the music video.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - A woman in England has lost four stone after a therapist hypnotized her into believing that she has a gastric stomach band. Thirty-five-year-old Marion Corns, of Whiston, Merseyside, was convinced by the therapist that she had had surgery to fit the band after the therapist took her through the procedure while in a trance.

May 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - The head of the famed Brooklyn Steppers marching band -- a group whose high-profile gigs peaked this year with a spot in President Obama's inauguration, has been bounced for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old band member. Although 31-year-old Tyrone Brown admitted to school investigators that his relationship with the girl was inappropriate, he denied rumors that things had turned sexual during a band trip to Bermuda last year.

May 2nd, 2009 Mangione plays for NY air crash victims' familiesBUFFALO, N.Y. — Jazz musician Chuck Mangione has performed in upstate New York at a concert rescheduled after two of his band members died in a plane crash there in February.

April 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Billy Bob Thornton has defended his feisty interview with a Canadian radio show host last month, while calling all presenters "humpback geeks." In an interview on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', Thornton said that his behaviour was not out of the ordinary, at least for him. Last month, Thornton refused to answer certain questions during a sit-down with CBC Radio, and gave curt, bizarre answers to others.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) has announced the establishment of the country's first internationally recognized national park. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided key funding that led to the park's creation, including support of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to conduct preliminary wildlife surveys, identify and delineate the park's boundaries, and work with local communities and the provincial government.

April 20th, 2009 Flight 3407 fundraiser set after Mangione's NY gigBUFFALO, N.Y. — Jazz musician Chuck Mangione's (man-jee-OH'-nees) performance in Buffalo, N.Y., next month will be followed by a fundraiser for the victims of Flight 3407, including two members of his band.

April 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Will it be Beatle-mania 2? Apple Corps and Britain's Electric & Musical Industries (EMI) Tuesday announced to release the complete, digitally remastered version of the Beatles's earlier albums in September. All the 12 earlier albums of the fabled British band will be packaged with replicated original UK album art, rare photos and 'embedded with a brief documentary film about the album.'' Engineers of Britain's famous Abbey Road Studio, where the Beatles recorded their studio albums, have reportedly been working on the project for many years.