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Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...
Two civilians among 13 dead in Pakistan car bomb

QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...
Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...
Meeting of Syrian opposition leaders begins in Istanbul

ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and ...
Two killed in Pakistan blast

At least two people were killed when a blast destroyed a vehicle at a seminary in Pakistan's Peshawar city Friday, Geo News reported. According to witnesses, the powerful explosion devastated a car speeding out of the seminary. It was not clear if it was a suicide attack or an improvised explosive device that went ...

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Robert Flaherty was never a conventional documentary filmmaker, and his films, although routinely referred to as documentaries, were often highly fictionalized works that used real-life settings and people for the purpose of evoking deep, primal mythologies. Although they often appeared spontaneous, his films are thoroughly constructed to achieve exactly what Flaherty wanted. To a journalistic pu ... ...

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Real Madrid sign Casemiro

Spanish football club Real Madrid has exercised its option of signing Sao Paulo loanee Casemiro on a permanent deal. The 21-year-old joined the Spanish giants on loan in January and made his Liga debut in a 3-1 victory over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu April 19, reports Xinhua. A series of impressive performances for Real Madrid Castilla in Spain's second tier convinced club president ...
Itd be cute to have a boy Khloe Kardashian

Socialite Khloe Kardashian says she wants a son when she and basketball player-husband Lamar Odom finally start a family. "They always say you don't care, and I really don't know if I do care...But I think it would be fun to have a boy because Lamar is a basketball player," contactmusic.com quoted Kardashian as saying. "(I want) to take him to the games and dress him and up and be like 'oh, ...
Atletico Mineiro hold Tijuana to 2-2 draw

Second-half substitute Luan struck an injury-time equaliser to earn Atletico Mineiro a 2-2 draw against Tijuana in their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal first leg. Colombian striker Duvier Riascos opened the scoring for the Mexican club at the Estadio Caliente after a slick one-two with compatriot Dayro Moreno in the 13th minute Thursday, reports Xinhua. The home side then made it 2-0 early in ...
Highway bridge collapses in Washington

A number of vehicles and people fell into a river when a highway bridge collapsed in Washington state, officials said. But no death was reported. The four-lane bridge links Seattle with the rest of the US Pacific Northwest and Canada, Xinhua reported Friday. The incident took place Thursday. Three people were rescued and shifted to hospitals. It was not clear what caused the ...
Paris Hilton to record second album

Socialite Paris Hilton, who released her first album "Paris" in 2006, has secured another record deal for herself. Hilton will be represented by rapper Lil Wayne's empire Young Money Management for the new album, reports mirror.co.uk "This is a lot different than my first album. It's really going to be house music," said the 32-year-old. Her single "Stars are blind" from the first album ...

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Russia to spend $8 billion on 2018 World Cup

Russia is expected to spend no more than $8 billion to fund the 2018 football World Cup, a steep fall from the previously estimated $16.6 billion, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.

"All parameters that could have been cut have been cut. The last figure that (Sports Minister Vitaly) Mutko ... came to me with was 250 billion rubles ($7.94 billion)," Xinhua quoted Shuvalov as saying.

The government would choose "optimal" programme for infrastructure rather than the "maximal" one the sports ministry proposed in April.

Shuvalov said the new budget was the "very minimum, with it they've squeezed out absolutely everything. There is nothing going to waste," he added.

The final figure is to be announced in June when President Vladimir Putin signs off on the sports ministry's World Cup preparations programme.

Ten of Russia's 12 World Cup arenas are being built from scratch, with Moscow' Luzhniki Arena, which hosts the opening game, a semifinal and the final, undergoing an $800 million refurbishment.