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"Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit blind Chinese activist
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday. ...
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Insight: Hardly "Incredible India"
Reuters
By Alistair Scrutton and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Frustrated executives while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never come, and civil servants play video games in their offices - growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis ...
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Special Report: Libya - divided it stands
Reuters
By Alastair Macdonald and Oliver Holmes TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya plans an election next year. Whether it gets there could well turn on incidents like the three-day battle along Highway 1 last month. It began in the evening of November 10, a Thursday. ...
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"Artist" leads Golden Globes. Do Oscars await?
Reuters
By Bob Tourtellotte BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec 15 (Reuters) - Silent movie "The Artist" painted a pretty picture at the Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, leading all movies with six nods, including best film comedy or musical in the race to ...
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Manning wondered how the world would see his leaks
Sydney Morning Herald
... had been heartened by the reaction to the leaking of top-secret - and highly damaging - video footage of a laughing US helicopter crew gunning down 11 people in Baghdad, among them a photographer and his driver from the Reuters news agency. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Meet world's shortest woman: She's 24.7 inches tall
msnbc.com
Amge was certified by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman in the world with an average measurement of 24.7 inches. (Stringer/india / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation The largest gathering of people dressed as leprechauns was 262 ...
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msnbc.com
Tainted moonshine kills more than 120 in India
Los Angeles Times
(Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters / December 15, 2011) By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Indian officials ordered a criminal investigation Thursday after more than 120 people died within 48 hours of drinking tainted bootleg alcohol in the state of West ...
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Los Angeles Times
Insight: Hardly “Incredible India”
DAWN.com
Reuters NEW DELHI: Frustrated executives while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never come, and civil servants playvideo games in their offices – growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis of confidence behind India's economic ...
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DAWN.com
VIDEO | All-chocolate theme park opens in China
CBC.ca
World Chocolate Wonderland — a theme park of lifelike chocolate exhibits — has opened in Shanghai, China. Everything on display, including Chinese dragons and replicas of the famous Terracotta Warriors, is made from chocolate, Reutersreports. ...
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ANALYSIS | Who wants to take on Vladimir Putin?
CBC.ca
(Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)According to Harding, "The Kremlin system is a pretend world. So you have pretend political parties in a pretend parliament, you have a pretend opposition and you have oligarchs who are pretend presidential candidates. ...
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World Trade Body Agrees To Russia Becoming Member
Salon
... hundreds of thousands of sensitive items: Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, State Department cables and a classified military video of a 2007 American helicopter attack in Iraq that killed 11 men, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. ...
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Facebook rolls out 'Timeline' feature to all users
DAWN.com
Photo by Reuters SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday began transforming profile pages into interactive digital scrapbooks that let members of the world'sleading online social network tell the stories of their lives. The “Timeline” feature being rolled ...
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Magnetic Man Attracts 50 Spoons to his Body to Break Guinness Record [PHOTOS ...
International Business Times
Elchyev, 39, balanced steel spoons on his body in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “Most spoons on a human body," in Tbilisi. He even magnetized a car hood to his body, with a man sitting on it. Photo Credit: Reuters. ...
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International Business Times
Fearing Persecution, Egypt's Christians Back Parties Most Likely to Beat Islamists
TIME
Egypt's tourism revenues have already dropped by one third this year, Reutersreported on Tuesday. The country's ancient heritage sites — many of them located in Upper Egypt — have fared worse in the tourist trade than have Egypt's picturesque beach ...
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Christopher Hitchens dead at 62
Washington Post (blog)
(SHANNON STAPLETON - REUTERS) Christopher Hitchens is no longer with us . The incredible essayist, expert wordsmith and profound thinker is flat out my favorite writer of any kind, of all time. Last night, he lost his public battle with esophageal ...
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange Has Approved Nokia's Request to Delist
Broadcast Newsroom
Nokia's technological and design innovations have made its brand one of the most recognized in the world. For more information, visithttp://www.nokia.com/about- nokia This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of ThomsonReuters ...
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Oil falls back as Europe concerns weigh
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
... Singapore) Get the Latest videos from NZ and around the World as the news breaks in all the key markets. Quotes delayed, except where indicated otherwise. Delay times are 15 mins for NASDAQ, NYSE and Amex. See also delay times for other exchanges. ...
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Noel movie mania
St. Thomas Times-Journal
By QMI AGENCY AND REUTERS This says it all: Two Steven Spielberg moviesare coming out in the same week. There are nine big-studio movies yet to open nationwide in 2011, all between Friday and Christmas Day. Four heavyweights alone hit theatres this ...
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Angelina Jolie: proud to be like Po
Sydney Morning Herald
Not just because they are beautifully made and fun, but because they are movies that families, and specifically her family, can sit down and watch together. “It's the film my kids love,” Jolie explains. “And as I travel around the world it's the film ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
PRECIOUS-Gold hovers at 2-1/2 month lows as selling resumes
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
* Gold hovers near 2 1/2 month lows * Fund selling resumes * Bullion breaks inverse correlation with dollar (Updating with comment, prices) By Josephine Mason NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Spot gold prices hovered at 2 1/2 month lows close to $1560 an ...
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Tunisia Lifts Warrant Summoning Arafat's Widow
Salon
The military intelligence complex an hour outside Washington where the WikiLeaks case goes to court this week is known as a cloak-and-dagger sanctum off-limits to the rest of the world. That reputation is only partly true. In many ways, Maryland's Fort ...
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RIP Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 - GOP debate wrap: Romney back on top ...
Politico
http://on.wsj.com/uDHcGc GETTING RICH IN CONGRESS - Reuters/Breaking Views' Daniel Indiviglio: “A fuel subsidy proposal, if passed, would enrich Representative Nancy Pelosi because of her stake in a 'green' firm that stands to benefit. ...
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Swiss prez calls up Gilani over abducted couple
Northern Voices Online
The couple were sized from the Loralai district, Reuters reported. The Pakistan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the abduction. Two videos which Reuterswas given by the Taliban show the couple pleading for their lives and appealing for the ...
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Afternoon thoughts from the Trading Room – 3.30pm
IG Markets CFD Trading
On another note, Reuters is reporting, citing EU diplomats that the next EU summit is scheduled to be held on February 7 to 8, so if we do see risk assets deteriorating through January, this will again come into focus as the next 'key date' to which ...
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Lies, Damned Lies & Enviro-Fraud
Canada Free Press
How it was that a Reuters photographer was able to Photoshop billowing smoke into a picture ‚Äòproving' an Israeli airstrike had hit civilian targets? How the German newspaper Bildt and others ran a staged shot of an ‚ÄòIsraeli' soldier carrying a dead ...
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Myanmar Seeks Final Peace Pacts With Ethnic Rebels
Salon
Myanmar is the only country in the world where ethnic conflict has continued for six decades and the world looked down upon us. Thus we have vowed to try our best to achieve peace with armed ethnic groups.” He led a government delegation that met on ...
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Hardly 'Incredible India'
Reuters India
By Alistair Scrutton and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Frustrated executives while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never come, and civil servants play video games in their offices - growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis ...
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Tech universe: Best of 2011
New Zealand Herald
Light refracts through the water in the bottle and spreads around 60 watts of light inside. The bleach helps prevent algae build-up, keeping the water clear for several years. MacGyver would be proud. Reuters video shows how it's working in Indonesia. ...
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Imprisoned Activist's Daughter Detained In Bahrain
Salon
The military intelligence complex an hour outside Washington where the WikiLeaks case goes to court this week is known as a cloak-and-dagger sanctum off-limits to the rest of the world. That reputation is only partly true. In many ways, Maryland's Fort ...
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Adele Named Billboard Top Artist Of 2011
KOvideo
Meanwhile, Billboard's editor Tye Comer shared his thoughts on Adele with Reuters. “Her success is really inspiring because it shows that there is still room in the music industry for an artist to make it with true, raw talent. ...
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Syria death toll hits 5000 as insurgency spreads | Reuters
AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces shot dead 17 people in Syria on Tuesday and... killed at least four people in a murderous rampage. Simon Hanna reports. Video.... but the SANA news agency said security forces killed several members of an... Both Russia and China see the demise of dictatorships in the world as an ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7B90F52011121...
Afghan attacks will not start sectarian war: U.S. Ambassador | Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - This week's deadly sectarian attacks in Afghanistan will not kick off a ... The dangers of De-Occupy Your House · Video: Tax cheats are cheating you ... "I do not see this turning into a sectarian conflict, just looking at the reaction on .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest internationalmultimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-afghanistan-attacks-america-idUSTRE...
Hospital fire kills at least 84 in eastern India | Reuters
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A fire tore through a seven-story private hospital in the ... a low ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-india-fire-idUSTRE7B80EH20111209
U.S. citizen jailed for insulting Thai monarchy | Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was jailed for two-and-a-half years on Thursday for insulting the ... Related News ... Related Video. Video ... of the sentence and say it supported the freedom of expression everywhere in the world .... For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/ fulldisclosure/ ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-thailand-lesemajeste-idUSTRE7B707U...
U.S. official says Iran becoming a pariah state | Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Monday said the situation over Iran's nuclear ... World ». EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to ... Department senior adviser for non-proliferation and arms control, told a news... If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-iran-sanctions-idUSTRE7B40EI20111...
Pakistan army believes NATO attack planned: reports | Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A senior Pakistani military officer said a NATO air strike killing 24 Pakistani troops on the ... World stocks rise from 3-week low | Video ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-pakistan-nato-idUSTRE7B808S20111...
Bombs hit Shi'ite pilgrims In Iraq, kill 32 | Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs tore through crowds of Shi'ite pilgrims ...joins a low-key flag ceremony in Baghdad, marking the end of the war in Iraq.Video ... "I could only hear the screams of women and I could only see the bodies of .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-iraq-violence-idUSTRE7B40Z820111...
New Yemen cabinet meets; Nobel winner says Saleh ... - Reuters
SANAA/OSLO (Reuters) - Fighting overshadowed the first meeting on ... A Yemeni activist, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, said the conscience of theworld should ... State news agency Saba said Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ... For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/ ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-yemen-idUSTRE7B907420111210
Syria says pipeline blown up by rebel saboteurs | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian pipeline carrying crude from oilfields in the east of the... according to anti-government activists and the official news agency SANA. ... in Syria nine months ago, inspired by a wave of revolt across the Arab world. ... If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7B51KB201112...
Qaeda says holding French spies among 5 hostages | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing has claimed responsibility for ...Related Topics. World ». By John Irish. PARIS | Fri Dec 9, 2011 1:22pm EST ... If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-qaeda-hostages-idUSTRE7B81IE2011...
New U.N. climate deal struck, critics say gains modest | Reuters
DURBAN (Reuters) - Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing ... Analysis: World still in arrears on climate change pledges ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-climate-idUSTRE7B41NH20111211
At least 23 dead in intensifying Syria violence | Reuters
MF's Corzine said to know of customer-backed loan | Video ... BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 23 people were reported killed in Syria Saturday as violence .... If you seea comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency,...
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7AM0QA20111203
Syria says would like to accept Arab deal | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said it had conditionally approved an Arab League peace... joins a low-key flag ceremony in Baghdad, marking the end of the war in Iraq.Video ... Syria is facing Arab and international sanctions in response to its violent ... television made it the headline news story, even as the death toll mounted. ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7B30G0201112...
Gingrich worse against Obama than Romney:Reuters/Ipsos poll ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich holds a 10-point lead in the fight for the Republican ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSTRE7BD0AI2...
Iran army declines comment on MP's Hormuz ... - Yahoo! News
News: TEHRAN (Reuters) - A member of the Iranian parliament's National Security... Gulf to shipping at the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil transit channel in the world, ... 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/ a/p/us/news/editorial/3/2c/ .... Get breaking news, videos, blogs and more at ABC News. ...
news.yahoo.com/iran-army-declines-mps-hormuz-exercise-re...
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