Janet named as surprise hit on Google News

THE year 2005 may have been dominated by devastating natural disasters, but internet users were more interested in the private life of a 39-year-old pop star.

Incredibly, Janet Jackson was the most-searched term on internet search engine Google News - ahead of Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami.

She was even way out ahead of her brother Michael Jackson, who was cleared of child sex-abuse charges in June.