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A member of a splinter faction of Italy's Red Brigades, arrested last month after a shoot-out in a train, admitted yesterday killing two prominent government advisers involved in the overhaul of employment laws. In a note handwritten in block letters, Desdemona Lioce, 43, said: "I claim responsibility for organising the actions taken against Massimo D'Antona and Mario Biagi." The admission was in a letter delivered yesterday to two Roman prosecuting magistrates, Franco Ionta and Pietro Saviotti. D'Antona was shot dead in May 1999 and Biagi in March last year. They were experts on labour law drafted in by the Minister...

Senegal has pulled the plug on Akon City, reclaiming almost all of the 55-hectare seaside concession after seven years of missed deadlines, fading crypto fortunes and a single half-finished welcome centre that now shares its lot with grazing goats. The $6 billion “real-life Wakanda” once promised luxury towers and flying-car parking is now the most expensive visitor kiosk on the continent. Ambitious Beginnings Announced with Marvel-level fanfare in 2018, Akon called it a “real-life Wakanda” inspired by Black Panther -the plan promised soaring hotels, a 5,000-bed hospital and streets that ran on renewable energy and Akoin. The project aimed to...

Rapper Akon has revealed plans for a futuristic $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland modelled on Black Panther's Wakanda. The R&B star, who boasts two multi-platinum albums, told a news conference on Monday he had laid the first stone for the city in the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene, around 60 miles south of the capital Dakar. The solar-powered Akon City will offer hotels, a university, hospitals, business and leisure centres including a casino, as well as movie studios, all featuring futuristic designs by architect Hussein Bakri, with African sculptures for inspiration.

Leonid & Friends hits another one out of the park with this classic EWF tune from 1979. Enjoy!Boogie Wonderland - Leonid & Friends (EW&F cover)

The 52-year-old was arrested by NYPD detectives and Homeland Security Investigators on sex trafficking charges Singer R. Kelly has been arrested in Chicago on federal sex crime charges, according to two law enforcement officials. The 52-year-old was arrested Homeland Security Investigation agents and NYPD detectives Thursday night on sex trafficking charges, officials tell News 4, and it is expected he will be brought to New York. Further details on the case are expected to be announced Friday. Spokespeople from the NYPD and Homeland Security Investigations declined to comment on the arrest. Calls to the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn were not...

It is both harrowing and infinitely sad to see "Leaving Neverland" and "Surviving R. Kelly,"  two cable television documentaries about the crime of child sexual abuse, its perpetrators and victims. R. Kelly currently sits in a Chicago jail cell for failure to pay child support, while at the same time, years of allegations about his sexual abuse of underage girls, have finally caught up with him. The R&B star says he is unfairly accused and that his career has been ruined by the allegations. "Leaving Neverland" aired last week, profiling two men who say Michael Jackson sexually abused them when...

This is exclusive, and heart breaking for me and for the family and friends of the great Aretha Franklin. She is gravely ill in Detroit. The family is asking for prayers and privacy. Originally diagnosed with cancer in 2010, Aretha, who turned 76 in March, bravely battled back and refused to be knocked out by illness. Her last performance as on November 2, 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York. Her final public performance was at Philadelphia’s Mann Center in August 2017. It was a miraculous show as Aretha was already then fighting exhaustion and dehydration. Aretha...

Confessing the Blues is heard on fine radio stations around the world. Each week, Cleve Baker serves as your host for this three hour Roadhouse party featuring your favorite blues tunes, past and present.

Earth Wind & Fire - Greatest Hits Live 0:00:00 01. September (McKay, White, Willis) 0:02:41 02. Let Your Feelings Show (Foster, White, Willis) 0:03:58 03. Let's Groove (Vaughn, White) 0:07:12 04. Sun Goddess (Lind, White) 0:12:50 05. Can't Hide Love (Scarborough) 0:16:15 06. Boogie Wonderland (Lind, Willis) 0:21:05 07. Fantasy (DelBarrio, White, White) 0:25:01 08. Reasons (Bailey, Stepney, White) 0:32:39 09. That's the Way of the World (Stepney, White, White) 0:38:03 10. Africano (Dunn, White) 0:43:58 11. I'll Write a Song for You (Bailey, Beckmeier, McKay) 0:47:26 12. Be Ever Wonderful (Dunn, White) 0:51:09 13. After the Love Has Gone...

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Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits Blood, Sweat & Tears Track Listings 1. You've Made Me So Very Happy 00:00 2. I Can't Quit Her 03:33 3. Go Down Gamblin' 07:13 4. Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) 10:00 5. Sometimes in Winter 14:00 6. And When I Die 17:08 7. Spinning Wheel 20:35 8. Lisa, Listen to Me 23:15 9. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 26:14 10. Lucretia MacEvil 32:11 11. God Bless the Child 35:16 12. So Long Dixie 41:09 13. More and More 45:36

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Jimi Hendrix "Electric Ladyland" - Full Album by Roy Hulland• 14 videos• 1,097,330 views• Last updated on Apr 26, 2015 Born November 27, 1942, Seattle, WA, United States. Died September 18, 1970, Kensington, Greater London, United Kingdom. Released October 25, 1968 - Recorded July 1967-August 1968 - Psychedelic Rock. UK cover release tracklist. Disc one, sides one and four 1. "And the Gods Made Love" 1:22 2. "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" 2:11 3. "Crosstown Traffic" 2:25 4. "Voodoo Chile" 15:02 5. "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" 4:25 6. "House Burning Down" 4:33 7. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob...

When most people think about music from the 1950s, they might recall songs like the ones heard on Happy Days or American Graffiti — “Rock Around the Clock,” “The Great Pretender,” “Yakety Yak,” and other tunes that bring to mind sock hops, soda fountains, and drive-ins. But before these more innocuous songs would grace integrated radio in the late-1950s, early-50s African-American R&B took quite a few liberties with song content, and double entendres ruled the day. As a result, there are a number of songs from the period that are surprisingly suggestive, given the state of American music in the...

R&B and soul singer Ben E King, best known for the classic song Stand By Me, has died at the age of 76. King started his career in the late 1950s with The Drifters, singing on hits including There Goes My Baby and Save The Last Dance For Me. After going solo, he hit the US top five with Stand By Me in 1961. It returned to the charts in the 1980s, including a three-week spell at number one in the UK, following its use in the film of the same name and a TV advert. The song has charted...

Ester Rada is an arresting young singer-songwriter with a rich musical heritage. Her Ethiopian roots are clearly audible in her music. But so is the influence of Israel where she grew up and now lives. Her EP, Life Happens, released in 2013, was a confident debut showcasing her powerful, soulful voice and seductive combination of Ethiopian Jazz, funk and R&B.

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ROME - Police raided homes across Italy before dawn Friday and arrested seven alleged members of the radical Red Brigades suspected of the 1999 killing of a Labor Ministry consultant. Authorities said the arrests struck at the heart of the left-wing terror organization, which sprang back into action a few years ago after more than a decade of silence. The suspects, officials said, might also have had a role in the slaying of another government adviser last year. Police arrested three men in Rome and one in Florence, prosecutors said. A woman was picked up in Pisa and another near...