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  • Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted

    NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

  • US president calls for more embassy security funding US president calls for more embassy security funding

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has called for more security at American embassies around the world, urging Congress to help him "as a partner" to fully fund the State Department in this regard. By seeking Congress support for stepping up the security at embassies, Obama has turned the tables on Republicans amid criticism that the government's response to Benghazi attack on a US ...

  • Bomb blasts in Iraq kill scores of people Bomb blasts in Iraq kill scores of people

    BAGHDAD - Scores of people were killed in Iraq Friday, in a day marked by several bombings including two outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba after Friday prayers, killing at least 43 worshipers in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. One bomb exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of Baquba while a second ...

  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

    NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

  • Russian cruise missiles sent to Syria Russian cruise missiles sent to Syria

    WASHINGTON - Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in a move that underscores its support to the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Al Assad in the war-torn Arab nation, officials citing credible intelligence reports said here. The New York Times reported Friday that the new missiles sent to Syria have an advanced radar system that makes them "more effective". ...

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The Amazing Spider-Man [Blu-Ray]

All the gnashing of teeth regarding how unnecessary it seems to reboot the Spider-Man franchise given that the last entry in Sam Raimis trilogy (20022007) was released only five years ago is a lot of sound and fury signifying absolutely nothing when you consider th ... ...

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  • Criminal probe sought against Indo-Canadian politician

    A criminal investigation has been sought against an Indo-Canadian member of legislative assembly (MLA) of the ruling Progressive Conservatives party in the Canadian province of Alberta in a case of ethics violation. Leader of the opposition Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has requested the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of ...

  • Merrygold Brown to work together

    JLS band member Aston Merrygold is said to be in talks with rapper Chris Brown for a collaboration on his debut solo album. "Aston is a huge fan of Chris. He'd love to get his inputs on the new album. After meeting him a couple of times, he decided to approach him. Chris was open to the idea of working together," thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying. After bumping into Brown a couple of ...

  • New boxing champion accused of doping

    Hours after winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight title, Guillermo Jones was hit by a scandal when a former champion accused him of doping to give himself unnatural stamina in the knockout win over Denis Lebedev. Panamanian fighter Jones, 41, reclaimed the belt when the referee stopped the fight in the 11th round after Lebedev was knocked down Friday. At the time, the ...

  • Paltrow changed diet post dads cancer diagnosis

    Actress Gwyneth Paltrow chose to eat healthier food after her late father was diagnosed with cancer 15 years ago. "I began to consider the effects of food when my father was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998. I started to research anti-cancer diets in hopes that he would try to hit it from all angles," usmagazine.com quoted her as saying. "Good whole foods are the way we have eaten for ...

  • Radcliffe puts behind Harry Potter image

    Actor Daniel Radcliffe says he has finally put his "Harry Potter" image behind him. He is ready to do a gay sex scene in his forthcoming film "Kill Your Darlings". "Filming the sex scene in new film 'Kill Your Darlings' was definitely a moment of, 'Yes, I'm moving on'," Radcliffe said on the "The Graham Norton Show", reports dailystar.co.uk. "Kill Your Darlings", directed by John Krokidas, is ...

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