2008


LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe says he always falls for older women and that girls his age don't fascinate him.

NEW DELHI - The Vodafone-Crossword Book Awards 2008 shortlist is star-studded -- and finding place are "The Enchantress of Florence" by Salman Rushdie, "Sea of Poppies" by Amitav Ghosh, "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri, "Past Continuous" by Neel Mukherjee and "Escape" by Manjula Padmanabhan.

LOS ANGELES - So the best-picture race will be twice as crowded at next year's Academy Awards, with the ceremony's organizers announcing Wednesday that they're expanding the field of nominees from five to 10.

BERLIN - A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture.

BERLIN - A collection of 130 letters and short notes written by the late German actress Marlene Dietrich sold Wednesday for euro3,000 ($4,200), an auction house said.
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