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Escalating civil war in Syria major focus of G8 summit
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The escalating civil war in Syria and the deepening divisions between the western powers and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war-torn country are to be the focus of the G8 summit that opened here Monday. Putin is likely to attack US President Barack Obama over his move to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime. "The EU is convinced that we are ...
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US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer
WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening. They agreed to close ...
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Prime minister of Czech Republic quits over aide scandal
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, once known as 'Mr Clean Hands' in a country troubled by corruption, was forced to resign after his chief of staff was accused of abusing the state security apparatus to spy on three people including the First Lady. The announcement threw the Czech Republic into political chaos. Necas will stay on as caretaker leader until a new ...
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UK foreign officials including Medvedev spied at 2009 G20 meetings
LONDON - Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed secrets of the US intelligence, has disclosed that Britain's electronic intelligence agency spied on foreign politicians and officials who attended the London G20 summit in 2009, a news report said. The disclosures by The Guardian may cause diplomatic tension as they coincide with the latest G8 summit being hosted by London in Northern ...
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Putin refutes allegation he stole Super Bowl ring
MOSCOW - Robert K. Kraft, an American business magnate and New England Patriots football team owner, has alleged that Vladimir Putin took away his Super Bowl ring in 2005, an accusation that has sparked a minor international controversy The Russian president however denied the allegation about the diamond-encrusted sporting prize that he says was gifted to him by the football team ...
Movie Review
Bully
At this point, Lee Hirschs Bully is probably better known to the general public as distributor Harvey Weinsteins latest means of garnering free publicity by manufacturing a fight against the MPAA than it is as a crusading documentary about the potentially lethal ramifications of chronic bully ... ...
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Goya drawing to be auctioned off in London
The Goya drawing "Si yerras los tiras!" (If you miss the mark!), a political allegory in which the figure may be King Ferdinand VII, will be sold at auction July 2 in London, Christie's said. The drawing, which is expected to sell for between 1.2 million and 1.7 million euros ($1.6 million to $2.2 million), is from the artist's "Black Border Album" and belongs to a private collector. The album ...
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Mexico to discuss deals worth $150 mn at Paris Air Show
The governor of the Mexican state of Queretaro said Monday that he planned to discuss seven aviation investment projects worth $150 million with different companies during the 2013 Paris Air Show. Jose Calzada said in a press conference at the Le Bourget exhibition centre that he had about 15 meetings planned with aviation and aerospace companies. The governor will be meeting with Canada's ...
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Gisele Bndchen unveils new lingerie line
Brazilian model Gisele Bndchen unveiled her new line of lingerie in Sao Paulo over the weekend, with its seductively vibrant colours, delicate lace, transparencies and a wink at eroticism. Her new line, Gisele Bndchen Intimates, was shown at the Brazil Fashion Salon that opened Sunday and where fashionistas can see the styles of bikinis and lingerie that Sao Paulo designers have come up with ...
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Half of NASAs new astronaut class are women
NASA announced Monday that it has selected its first new contingent of potential astronauts in four years and half of them are women. The four men and four women who were chosen from among more than 6,100 applicants "will receive a wide array of technical training at space centers around the globe to prepare for missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and Mars", NASA said in a statement. The ...
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18 Ibero-American films to be screened in Shanghai
Ibero-American films will not compete in the Shanghai International Film Festival, or SIFF, but will be represented with 18 films in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Basque and Catalan, among the more than 300 selected for event. Latin presence will therefore show a sharp drop from 2012, up to now the biggest showing by the Ibero-American film industry, when it had two movies competing - Spain's ...