MOTHER Teresa, the Catholic nun who devotes her life to caring for Calcutta's poor, was granted honorary US citizenship at the weekend. The 86 year old nun, who recently recovered from a serious illness, joins just four other people who have been granted this distinction in the 221 years of American nationhood.
British actor Daniel Day Lewis has married Rebecca, the daughter of US author Arthur Miller, at a secret location in the US state of Vermont, according to weekend reports.
Day Lewis (37) met Rebecca (32) on the set of the film of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which will premiere in Los Angeles this week.
Jemima Khan (22), wife of former Pakistan test cricketeer turned politician Imran Khan, gave birth to a baby boy in London yesterday, a Portland Hospital spokeswoman said.
The seven pound 14 ounce (3 kg) boy is the first child for the couple, who married in June 1995.
Khan and Jemima's mother Lady Annabel Goldsmith were both present at birth, the spokeswoman said.
The granddaughter of Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is thinking of joining a neo fascist party formed by some of the Duce's second World War followers, La Stampa newspaper says.
Alessandra Mussolini (33), who already sits in the Chamber of Deputies, quit the hard right National Alliance movement last week.
The father of Brazilian soccer legend Pele has died after surgery to remove an arterial obstruction in his leg.
Joao Ramos do Nascimento (79), died at the Sao Paulo home of his daughter Lucia. He was buried on Saturday but Pele, now Brazil's Special Sports Minister, did not attend the funeral, reportedly to avoid drawing a large crowd.