WASHINGTON - THE Obama administration is abandoning one of President George W. Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant In court filings on Friday, the Justice Department said it will no longer use the term to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Mr Obama still asserts the military's authority to hold detainees at the US naval base in Cuba.

NEW YORK - WALL Street fraudster Bernard Madoff's lawyers have filed an appeal against the decision to revoke his bail, a US appeals court said on Friday.

A hearing date on the appeal is currently been considered, said a spokeswoman for the second circuit US Court of Appeals in New York.

LONDON - BREAKING up is hard to do. But lawyers, counselors, astrologists and lifestyle coaches at Britain's first divorce fair this weekend will aim to make the process easier.

The fair - cheerily named the 'Starting Over Show' - takes place Sunday at a cozy hotel in the seaside resort town of Brighton.