After dialing the toll-free number given to them by the White House, reporters seeking to talk foreign policy with Obama administration officials live at the G-20 meetings in London this week were instead connected to a phone sex line. The White House accidentally listed a sex line number for journalists seeking an "on the record briefing call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Adviser Jim Jones to discuss the NATO summit."

After dialing the number, journalists were greeted by a soft-voiced female that was clearly not Hillary Clinton, asking them for a credit card number if they felt "like getting nasty."

But after dialing, a soft-voiced female recording that was clearly not Clinton asked for a credit card number if you "feel like getting nasty."

After reporters called the White House to report that they were not able to dial into the conference call, the White House issued a corrected press release listing the international line for reporters abroad to dial. However, by the time this was released, the conference call was already under way.

The White House was asked by FOX News to comment on the mistake, and Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton responded:

A British charity is urging Madonna to reconsider her rumored plans to adopt another child from the African nation of Malawi. Save the Children UK spokesman Dominic Nutt asked her to "please think twice" before going through with the adoption.

Nutt said that he cannot directly comment on the recently divorced singer's plans, but said that adoptions in such contexts are often inappropriate and unnecessary. He also says that children are best cared for by their extended families.

Speaking anonymously due to the sensitivity of the case, a person involved in Malawian adoption proceedings told the AP on Friday that Madonna has plans to adopt a girl from the impoverished nation.

Madonna first adopted a boy, David Banda, from Malawi in 2006. After much controversy, Malawi courts finally approved the adoption in 2008.

As many as 15,000 protesters have already begun gathering in London for the first in a series of demonstrations to be held ahead of the G20 summit on Thursday in the nation's capital. Today, campaigners waving flags and and armed with signs braved the rainy weather to take part in the "Put People First" march, which has been organized amid the anger at the $27 million cost of arranging the conference in a time of severe economic downturn.

The "Put People First" march features an alliance of 150 groups. Included are various unions, charities, faith organizations, and environmental campaigners. The theme of the protest march is "jobs, justice and climate."

Organizers of the protest have stressed that the events will not turn violent, but nevertheless, a massive police operation has been launched as London officers warned of an "unprecedented" threat posted by the protests.

Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, said that the event's atmosphere was "positive", noting that it would be a "tragedy" if events were to turn violent.

The G20 Summit begins this coming Thursday in London, and will be hosted by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A number of heads of state will be present, including US President Barack Obama, and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev.

Barack Obama: Finger Lickin Good?

One German company's supposedly good intentions and attempt to capitalize on the success of President Barack Obama has been met with outrage on this side of the Atlantic. The company, Sprehe, recently began marketing a new fried chicken product called "Obama Fingers".

NYC Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) is mad and is calling for a boycott:

"It's racist and inappropriate. We should do all that we can to see to it that no [company] disrespects the first black President."

Todd Shaw, assistant professor of political science and African-American studies at the University of South Carolina, says that the stereotype is blatant and "broadly offensive" to African-Americans. "This sends a shiver down the spines of Germans and Americans, given our interesting histories of race and racism," he added.

Sprehe sales manager Judity Witting said that the connection between Obama and fried chicken - a stereotype that has long been associated with blacks in the U.S. - never even occurred to her:

"It was supposed to be a homage to the American lifestyle and the new U.S. President.

Tensions over the handling of the global economic crisis intensified today as the prime minister of the Czech Republic, which also holds the European Union presidency, make the comment that U.S. stimulus measures are the "way to hell.". Speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, PM Mirek Topolanek argued that President Barack Obama's fiscal package and financial bailout "will undermine the stability of the global financial market."

Topolanek's statements come just one week before a meeting in London of the Group of 20 that brings together the leaders of the world's biggest economies. The EU presidency rotates every six months, and the country holding the position is expected to speak on behalf of the whole 27-nation bloc.

Obama is preparing to travel to Prague in less than two weeks for a summit which is intended to boost transatlantic relations and show that the US and Europe are united over economic policy. However, Topolanek's statement underlines potential ideological strains between the two, and suggests that all of Europe perhaps isn't as on-board as Obama believes.

Others in the EU are critical of Topolanek, stating that his comments reflect that unlike other Eastern European countries, the Czech economy has proved resilient:

While staying in Britain for his sell-out concerts this summer, Michael Jackson is planning to adopt a child. Jackson, who already has three children, has told his associates to make contact with a British adoption agency with links throughout the world.

A source close to Jackson claims that "His life is his children. Whereever he goes, they go, and he has said it would be good to have another child."

Jackson is planning to spend about three weeks in England before his concert residency kicks off, simply to explore the country and get used to the time zone. During this time, he wants to have meetings about a possible adoption. Sources say that he hasn't decided whether he wants a boy or girl, just that it would be good for the family to have another brother or sister.

However, any attempt at adoption is bound to spark a flurry of protests due to the former allegations of sexual abuse that had been brought against Jackson, now 50.

But the source says, "Michael feels that the British fans really understand him. He feels he has shaken off the sex abuse allegations. It is a new beginning."

On Tuesday the world learned of a tragic skiing accident involving British actress Natasha Richardson. Throughout the day reports surfaced indicating that she was brain dead and even dead, and getting a definitive answer was just not happening amidst all the rumors and confusion. Today it seems we have more information. While Richardson, 45, has not died from her injuries, it is not looking good. People.com reported Wednesday morning that her injuries are beyond recovery, and that she was relocated from a Montreal hospital to New York so that her family can say their final goodbyes.

According to People, Richardson's family is now at her side, holding a bedside vigil. TMZ published a photograph of her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, entering the hospital and looking extremely distraught. Her husband, fellow actor Liam Neeson, 56, is also there along with the couple's two boys.

Tuesday night a friend of the family told People:

“There is no chance. It is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead.”

Doctors told described her condition to those closest to her as "leakage of blood between the brain and skull."

On Wednesday German prosecutors said that they have charged John Demjanjuk, a retired auto worker living in a Cleveland, Ohio suburb, with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his stint as a guard at the Nazi Sobibor death camp. Prosecutors also revealed that they will seek his extradition from the U.S.

Demjanjuk, 88, stands accused of participating in the murders while he was a guard at Sobibor in occupied Poland between March and September 1943. Demjanjuk denies any involvement.

Munich prosecutors said in a statement: "In this capacity, he participated in the accessory to murder of at least 29,000 people of the Jewish faith."

Efraim Zuroff, a top Nazi hunter at Israel's Simon Wiesenthal Center, indicated that he was pleased with the actions of the German authorities. "We hope that the process can be expedited to ensure that this Holocaust perpetrator will finally be appropriately punished. We're on our way to a victory for justice today," he continued.

Demjanjuk was a native of Ukraine and emigrated to the U.S. in 1952. He gained citizenship in 1958. Denying any war crimes, he said he served in the Soviety army and was a prisoner of war when captured by Germans in 1942.

After failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Rights Society, YouTube has decided to stand by its decision to block and remove all premium music videos to UK users. On Monday March 9, thousands of videos were made unavailable to UK YouTube users.

YouTube's director of video partnerships, Patrick Walker, said that the company remains committed to reaching some kind of agreement, but that such agreement needed to be done "at a rate which is sustainable to all."

Walker said that the move was "regrettable", but that YouTube was continuing to talk to the PRS. He said:

"The more music videos YouTube streams, and the more popular those music videos are, the more money YouTube will generate to share with the PRS and its song writers. It's a win-win arrangement.

YouTube, however, cannot be expected to engage in a business in which it loses money every time a music video is played - that is simply not a sustainable business model."

The Brits Say Yes.

During Barack Obama's run for the White House, one of his perceived weaknesses was in international affairs. The new President's interactions with one of America's closest allies - the United Kingdom - may be proving the critics right. According to reports in various British media outlets, the U.S. President snubbed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his visit to the White House last week.

On Friday The Daily Telegraph miffed:

"President Obama has been rudeness personified towards Britain. His handling of the visit of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling."

The list of offenses is quite long. First, Obama is said to have cancelled a planned, podium-to-podium news conference with Brown, and also recently removed a bust of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. Adding further insult to the PM's visit were the cheap and thoughtless gifts that the President gave Mr. Brown and his family.