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Hope for Haiti raises $57 million –
Organisers of last nights “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon say it has raised more than $57m (£35m) for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
The event set a new record for disaster relief telethons, according to Lisa Paulsen, head of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Many stars donated including Madonna who gave $250,000 (£155,000), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave $1m (£620,000) and supermodel Giselle Bundchen gave $1.5m (£0.93m). George Clooney who organised the event donated $1m during the telethon.
Giselle Bundchen

Itchy and scratchy –
Research carried out by the University of Worcester has discovered that Britons are likely to be sleeping under duvets which are full dust mites and dead skin. Tests carried out on 10 duvets at the University of Worcester found they held up to 20,000 live house dust mites.
House dust mite – dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

One in the eye –
The Black Eyed Peas were the victims of an error when they were mistakenly named best international group at France’s top music awards, the NRJ Awards in Cannes. The stars were originally declared winners but it was later revealed that an error had been made and German band Tokio Hotel were announced as the real victors.
The Black Eyed Peas
Tokio Hotel

Top Video –
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

Top List –

Winners List of 2010 NRJ Music Awards:

• Francophone Revelation of the Year: Florent Mothe
• International Revelation of the Year: Lady GaGa
• Francophone Female Artist of the Year: Sofia Essaidi
• International Female Artist of the Year: Rihanna
• Francophone Male Artist of the Year: Christophe Willem
• International Male Artist of the Year: Robbie Williams
• Francophone Group/Duo of the Year: Mozart l’Opera Rock
• International Group/Duo of the Year: Tokio Hotel
• Francophone Song of the Year: “L’Assasymphonie” – Florent Mothe (Mozart l’Opera Rock)
• International Song of the Year: “I Gotta Feeling” – Black Eyed Peas
• Francophone Album of the Year: “Cafeine” – Christophe Willem
• International Album of the Year: “One Love” – David Guetta
• Song Most Downloaded of the Year in France: “Ca m’enerve” – Helmut Fritz
• NRJ Award of Honor: Robbie Williams and Beyonce Knowles

Top News –

• Aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake:
  • Haiti is rocked by another earthquake. (CBC News) (RTÉ) (TVNZ)
  • The Haitian government announces the death toll from the recent earthquake has reached 150,000 in the capitalPort-au-Prince alone. (BBC)
  • A minute’s silence is held before games in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. (CNN)
  • France holds two fund-raising concerts in Le Zénith de Paris and the Bataclan. (France24)
• In the National Football League, the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints win playoff games to advance to Super Bowl XLIV. (AP)
• One person is killed and three more are injured when an explosion occurs at a thermo-electric plant near Gryfino,Poland. (Ynetnews) (The Irish Times)
• The Chinese government denies state involvement in the cyber attacks on Google, while the state-run China Dailynewspaper accuses the United States of hypocrisy. (BBC) (China Daily)
• A flight operated by Kolavia on behalf of Taban Air crashes on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Iran, injuring at least 46 people. (Press TV) (BBC) (The New York Times)
• The Venezuelan government takes six cable television channels off the air, including RCTV, after they refused to transmit government messages. (BBC) (The New York Times)
• Osama Bin Laden claims responsibility for the failed Christmas day bombing attempt in Detroit, USA, last year. (BBC)(The New York Times) (VOA)
• Afghanistan postpones its upcoming parliamentary elections to 18 September due to lack of funds and security concerns. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
• North Korea says any attempt by South Korea to launch pre-emptive strikes against its nuclear facilities will be considered a declaration of war. (Yonhap) (BBC) (The New York Times)
• At the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, France, hip hop band Black Eyed Peas are mistakenly presented with an award for best international group which was intended for Tokio Hotel, while Rihanna falls off the stage during a live performance of “Russian Roulette“. (BBC)
• Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds wins the top prize at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Jeff Bridgesand Sandra Bullock winning best actors. (BBC) (The New York Times)
• A spokesman for U.S. President Barack Obama expresses the administration‘s support for a second term for the incumbent Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, and says lawmakers would send a bad message by “playing politics in any way” with Bernanke’s confirmation. (ABC News)
• Sri Lankan opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka receives the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2010 presidential election. (BBC)
• The citizens of Nago, Okinawa, elect mayor Susumu Inamine, an opponent of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which is crucial for Japan – United States relations. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
• Authorities in Wales arrest two people in connection with the abandonment at the cathedral in Carlow, Ireland of an 8-month-old baby taken from Nottinghamshire, England. (RTÉ) (Sunday Independent) (BBC)
• Ghana eliminate the hosts of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Angola following accusations of “intimidatory” tactics carried out by the country’s security forces. (France24)
• James Cameron‘s Avatar becomes (not accounting for inflation) the second highest grossing movie in the United States and Canada and the best selling movie overseas. (Variety) (BoxOfficeMojo)(Reuters) (HollywoodReporter)

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