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An England celebrity side captained by singer Robbie Williams has beaten a World XI 2-1 in the Soccer Aid charity football match at Old Trafford. Both teams fielded seven celebrities and four former footballers, including Diego Maradona for the world side. Les Ferdinand and TV presenter Jonathan Wilkes scored for England. Maradona replied with a penalty after singer David Gray handballed. The crowd of 72,000 helped raise an estimated £6m for the Unicef charity. Robbie Williams had a qui ...

Pope Benedict XVI has said during a visit to Poland that he hopes to see his predecessor, John Paul II, shortly elevated to sainthood. The Pope's comments came during a visit to John Paul II's home town of Wadowice on the latest stage of his Polish trip. He later told hundreds of thousands of young people who had gathered to see him in the town of Krakow to remain true to the teachings of Jesus. Benedict XVI is to visit the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on Sunday. The German-born Pope, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush celebrated the contributions of veterans and active-duty military ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, saying Saturday that the service of U.S. troops in Iraq has produced democracy for that country and made Americans safer. "Because of their courage and sacrifices, Iraq has a free government that will be a strong and capable ally in the global war on terror,& ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Youths with machetes, slingshots and spears rampaged across East Timor's capital Saturday, attacking people, burning houses and deepening a crisis that has sent thousands fleeing in terror despite the deployment of foreign troops. With chaos spreading, the United Nations said it would relocate employees' families and nonessential staff to Darwin, Australia. The violence raised worries that one of the world's youngest nations is plunging into civil war seven years after ...

Matthew Hoggard struck late on to boost England's hopes of winning the second Test after rain and Sri Lanka's batsmen had frustrated them on day three. Hoggard trapped Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw for 59 to end a stand of 125 with Michael Vandort (89), which wiped out the tourists' 154-run deficit. Sri Lanka closed 40 ahead on 194-5 and 100 more could pose problems on a pitch offering turn and variable bounce. But Hoggard's strike means England remain favourites to clinch victory.  ...

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Two U.S. Marines were missing after their helicopter crashed during a maintenance test flight in Iraq's Anbar province Saturday, the U.S. military said. "We are using all the resources available to find our missing comrades," Marine spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Salas said. The military said the AH-1 Cobra crash did not appear to be caused by enemy action. Another U.S. Mar ...

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Pop star Michael Jackson appeared in public in Tokyo on Saturday for the first time since his acquittal on sex-abuse charges last year, accepting a music award and thanking "all the people who believed in me." Introduced to an adoring crowd at a Tokyo stadium as "the king of pop, the king of rock and the king of soul," Jackson flashed a quick "peace" sign as he walked onstage to the sound of one of his biggest hits, "Thriller."  ...

President George W Bush has likened the US "war on terror" to the Cold War fight against communism after World War II, at a military graduation ceremony. Speaking to cadets at West Point military academy in New York state, Mr Bush said the US would not rest until the threat of terror had been removed. The 861 new graduates must fight a war against terror that knew no boundaries, the president told them. "The war began on my watch but it's going to end on your watch," he said. In a wide-rangi ...

A man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after two people were shot in north London. John Laidlaw, 23, of Sussex Way, Holloway, will appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on Monday. The charges follow the shooting of a man in Upper Street, Islington, on Wednesday afternoon. Minutes later, a woman was hit in the back near the Wells Terrace entrance to Finsbury Park underground station as another man allegedly came under fire. Mr Laidlaw is also accused of illegal possess ...

WEST POINT, New York (AP) -- President Bush, likening the war against Islamic radicals to the Cold War threat of communism, told U.S. Military Academy graduates on Saturday that America's safety depends on an aggressive push for democracy, especially in the Middle East. The president took a subtle jab at the nuclear ambitions of Iran and the lack of democratic reform in Egypt. He chided previous U.S. administrations, saying that decades of excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the M ...