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Raised Jehovah’s Witness, Jackson dabbled in Kabbalah and Islam Tuesday morning, the Jackson family will pay tribute to Michael in a small, “private family function” at a cemetery in Hollywood Hills. When it’s over, the real show will begin. The location is set: Los Angeles’s Staples Center. The tickets have been counted: 20,000 to be packed in tight. Even the colour of the coffin has been confirmed (it’s made of gold). But when the final blessing is made, from what holy book will it come? Last Thursday, Jermaine Jackson ended a news conference: “And Allah be with you Michael, always. I love you.” By Friday, news outlets around the world were a buzz with responses to a single question: why “Allah”? In recent years, Michael Jackson’s faith took a few sharp turns. Jackson was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness by his devout mother,... [read full story]
CHICAGO and CLEVELAND, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ), the world's premier executive search and leadership advisory firm, announced today that Bonnie W. Gwin, a Managing Partner at the company, has been named chair of the...
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Japan's Embassy in Yemen says a Japanese engineer who was kidnapped a week ago by tribesmen there has been released. Deputy chief of mission Natahiro Yamaguchi says the man was released Sunday evening and is...
China expected to keep supporting global car market * Auto execs see at least 10 pct market growth in 2010 * Local car brands step up to grab bigger sales By Alison Leung and Fang Yan GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Car...
Posted: 12 minutes ago Updated: 2 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. — An explosion that tore through a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina last summer has claimed a fourth victim. A spokesman for the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in...
