The US Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who later married Bernard Madoff’s niece said he would have made a deeper investigation into the disgraced financier’s business had he been more thorough in studying a complaint.

Fallen US financier Bernard Madoff was today forced into the humiliation of wearing an electronic tag as part of his bail conditions.

A human rights group said Israel must investigate the death of a Reuters TV cameraman and three others in an Israeli army strike.

Thousands of Palestinians, including journalists and rival politicians, marched through Gaza City today for the funeral of a TV cameraman killed while covering a Israeli-Palestinian fighting.

Gaza erupted in the worst day of violence in a month, with at least 20 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers dead, and putting Egyptian efforts to mediate a cease-fire in jeopardy.

HOLLYWOOD royalty turned out in force in Los Angeles on Thursday night to honour Van Morrison, Terry George and William Monahan for their writing and contribution to film.

It was a wild night indeed for Van Morrison in LA last night when he was presented with an award for his contribution to film by Al Pacino.