Defence officials in South Korea are investigating whether pop star Rain broke military rules after photos of him meeting an actress surfaced.

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The Purple Rain star will play three shows at the event, the first to be held since founder Claude Nobs died earlier this year.

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Ronaldo had started the night in high spirits as he was presented with a special cap to mark the occasion but after the match, the Real Madrid star left the pitch in pouring rain sporting a face like thunder.

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We negotiated cables and cases to the decks, and were confronted by a crowd that seemed more intent on shelter from the rain than listening to a star of Late Junction and her jittery sidekick.

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Speaking from a rain-soaked red carpet, the star pondered her employer's very public spat over the talk show contracts of Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.

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Rain might become the model for the modern movie star.

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Then, four days later, flying touch-and-go landings in a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star with Chuck Yeager, the wheels became stuck in a lake bed made wet by recent rain where they had to await rescue.

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