Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson and Bjork have picked up nominations at the second O Music Awards.

WYCLEF JEAN has stepped down as leader of the embattled aid group he founded as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency.

Hundreds of US troops marked the Fourth of July by re-enlisting in the military today, while others took their oaths of American citizenship in ceremonies at the main US headquarters in Iraq.

THREE Vietnamese claiming to be victims of Agent Orange have filed a lawsuit against the US companies that produced the defoliant used by US forces during the Vietnam War.