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  • British PM seeks joint effort against tax evasion

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for joint effort to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance weeks ahead of the Group 8 Summit. Cameron, in a letter to leaders of crown dependencies and overseas territories, said that he has made the fight against tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance a priority for the G8 Summit, reported Xinhua Monday. It is the "critical moment to ...

  • Spears under fire for giving toy gun to son

    Singer Britney Spears is facing criticism for allowing her 6-year-old son Jayden to play with a large toy gun. A not-for-profit gun-control group is outraged after Jayden was photographed aggressively pointing the toy weapon at people during the family's stay at the Four Seasons hotel in Westlake Village, California May 4, reports contactmusic.com. "As parents, it is our responsibility to set ...

  • Leona Lewis keen on adoption

    Singer Leona Lewis says she would prefer to adopt a child in future rather than having any of her own. "I will definitely adopt children. I'm not sure if I want my own," The Times newspaper quoted Lewis as saying. The 28-year-old, who rose to fame after winning the third season of "The X Factor" in 2006, credits her mother Maria for giving her a sense of independence, reports ...

  • US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia

    A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been banned from entering Russia. The New York Times said Moscow-based Thomas Firestone, who works for the Baker amp; McKenzie law firm, was declared persona non grata when returning to Russia from a trip abroad May 5. No official explanation for the incident was available. Baker amp; McKenzie confirmed the expulsion ...

  • Man held for sexually assaulting girlfriend in Italy

    Police in the central Italian city of Perugia Monday arrested a 22-year-old Congolese migrant on suspicion of sexually assaulting his Italian girlfriend after she refused to have sex with him. Doctors said the 20-year-old girl will need 30 days to recover from the injuries she sustained in the attack Sunday. The girl has bruises all over her body and a fractured right eye socket that will ...

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Kagemusha [DVD]

Kagemusha [DVD]

By 1980, as he was entering the fifth decade of his career as a film director, Akira Kurosawa was probably best known outside of his native Japan for his samurai films, including Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), and Sanjuro (1962). W ... ...

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  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Talibans talks offer should be taken seriously Nawaz Sharif

    The Taliban's offer for peace talks should be taken seriously as every issue cannot be solved through use of power and bullet, Pakistan's prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif said Monday. Holding negotiations was the only way to effectively solve problems, he said. "We have lost several lives, our economy is deteriorating. If the Taliban offer us an option to have dialogue, we should take it ...

  • Four killed in twin blasts in Russias North Caucasus

    At least four people were killed and 35 others injured Monday in twin car bombings in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said. Two cars were blown up, one after the other near the court bailiff service headquarters in Makhachkala, capital city of Dagestan republic, Xinhua quoted a government spokesperson as saying. No one was killed in the first explosion. Two policemen and one bailiff ...

  • Terror attack foiled in Moscow

    Police killed two suspected militants and detained another in a special operation outside Moscow Monday, preventing a terror attack in the capital, the National Anti-terrorism Committee said. The special operation took place in Orekhovo-Zuyevo in the Moscow region. "The militants were besieged in the course of a special operation, but opened fire after they were asked to surrender. Two of them ...

  • Three Syrian refugees die in Jordan

    Three Syrian refugees, including a 10-year-old boy, have died in Jordan, the country's official Petra news agency said Monday. Two Syrians died from injuries they sustained while fleeing the civil war in their country, while the young boy died of an illness at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp. Three other refugees who were shot while crossing over to Jordan last week have been admitted to Al-Mafraq ...

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