Charlie Chaplin is to be brought to life as a cartoon character via an Indian-French collaboration that will see the legendary British comedian featured in an animated television series. DQ Entertainment, an animation and special effects firm based in the southern city of Hyderabad, is to reproduce the entertainer's slapstick in 3D and computer-generated images for television. The eight-million-euro ...

Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir. Scientist Norman Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at age 95, developed crops that enabled Third World farmers to wrest more food from their land. His "green revolution" was credited with averting global famine ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus has requested Interpol's help in trying to find the corpse of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, stolen from his grave last week, police said on Wednesday. Authorities say they needed foreign help because such a crime had never been committed in the Mediterranean island. The body of Papadopoulos, who died a year ago, was stolen from his ...

Richard Branson partner in resort, cooking school opening on NJ estate PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) — A new luxury resort is opening on an estate in New Jersey with Sir Richard Branson as a partner. The Natirar resort will be set in a 40-room mansion on 90 acres of a 500-acre property in Somerset County, N.J. The estate ...