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'Dancing With the Stars: All Stars' Champ Crowned

She was dissed on "The Bachelor" and came in third place during her first stint on "Dancing With the Stars," but Melissa Rycroft is now a winner.

The reality TV star and her professional dance partner, Tony Dovolani, were named the champions Tuesday on ABC TV's "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars."

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Lebanese Chef Maroun Chedid's Syadieh at Monaco Pow-Wow

Lebanese chef Maroun Chedid and top chefs from across the globe rustled up a mouth-watering lesson in Mediterranean cuisine on Saturday, at a pow-wow for 240 food stars hosted in Monaco by France's culinary "godfather" Alain Ducasse.

Ducasse was feting a quarter century at his first three-star eatery, the Louis XV in Monaco, by hosting a three-day chefs' summit in the principality, with a local producers' market on Saturday a highlight of the event.

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Classic Car Collection of Monaco Prince Rainier III Up For Auction

Prince Albert II of Monaco is auctioning off part of the luxury car collection started by his father Prince Rainier III, with vehicles by Bentley, Panhard and Porsche among those up for sale.

Forty vehicles will be available at an auction July 26 at Prince Albert's car museum in Monaco. The cars are being sold due to a "comprehensive reorganization" of the collection, auction house Artcurial Motorcars said in a press release.

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Suleiman to Monaco on Thursday Amid Continued Efforts to Lay Dialogue Foundation

President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to travel to Monaco on Thursday on a four-day official visit, al-Liwaa daily reported.

The newspaper also said that Suleiman held separate talks with Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea after the Iftar banquet he threw in honor of politicians and clergymen last Thursday.

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Monaco's Prince Albert Lashes Out Over Marriage Rumors '

Prince Albert II of Monaco has summoned journalists to castigate them for publishing "rumors" about his new marriage to Princess Charlene, saying someone in Monaco wanted to cause trouble.

"We want to express our indignation at these rumors," Albert, 53, told journalists from three local newspapers he called to the palace over stories about his marriage to South African Charlene Wittstock, 33.

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Prince Albert Weds Charlene in Lavish Ceremony

Monaco's Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene promised each other love and fidelity in an extravagant religious wedding attended by international celebrities and royalty, bringing new allure to the tiny principality known for its luxurious casinos and as stomping ground for the rich and famous.

The Catholic service Saturday followed an intimate civil ceremony Friday, which saw Charlene officially transformed from commoner into royalty. The marriage of the 53-year-old prince and the 33-year-old Charlene Wittstock, a one-time Olympic swimmer from South Africa who is now known as Princess Charlene, ended a three-decade wait for a new princess.

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Rumors Cloud Build-Up To Monaco Royal Wedding

The flags are out, the fireworks are primed and the dress is under wraps -- but it took an ugly rumor of a threatened split to put the Monaco royal wedding on the front pages Wednesday.

Prince Albert II is due to marry statuesque South African swimming champ Charlene Wittstock on Friday in a festival of princely pomp, hoping to save his realm by finally providing it with a legitimate heir.

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Formula One: Hamilton Reflects on 'Bad Day in Office'

A repentant and reflective Lewis Hamilton conceded on Thursday that he had suffered a "bad day at the office" in Monaco two weeks ago and had apologized to all concerned.

Now, he said, he wanted to move on, put the affair behind him and do his best for himself and his McLaren team this weekend in the Canadian Grand Prix where he claimed his maiden win 2007 and won again last year.

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