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"A Separation" builds Iranian Oscar hopes
Reuters
Farhadi told Reuters that recognition in the West had been gratifying and that he hoped the Oscar buzz will inspire filmmakers in other parts of the world. "Under difficult conditions you can make films," he said. "If filmmakers from my country can ...
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Hello Heidi to bye bye bunga bunga in 2011 odd news
Reuters UK
By Paul Casciato | LONDON (Reuters) - Bunga Bunga, Zenga Zenga, a tweeting cobra and other wacky news capped a year that saw the capture of America's most wanted man and the overthrow of dictators. 2011 was filled with animal antics that began with the...
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Syrian forces clash with protesters in key cities – live updates
The Guardian
11.24am:This video posted on Youtube earlier today purports to show the start of a demonstration in the Hamediya neighbourhood of Hama, Syria. . 11.20am: Reuters is reporting that the anti-government Free Syrian Army has been ordered to stop offensive ...
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The Guardian
UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday Dec 30
Reuters
SCOTTY GROUP The video telecoms equipment firm holds an extraordinary general meeting. TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for: * 3000 Xtra : visit* BridgeStation: ...
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Net Insight wins significant expansion order for nationwide digital TV and ...
Reuters (press release)
Net Insights Nimbra(TM) platform is the industry solution for video, voice and data, reducing operational costs by 50 percent and enhancing competitiveness in delivery of existing and new media services. More than 130 world class customers run mission ...
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CORRECTED - Air traffic alert after Alaskan volcano spews ash cloud
Reuters
(fixes metric conversion in third paragraph) * Air traffic between N.America, Asia could be affected * Last significant eruption was in 2001 By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian islands erupted ...
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Van Halen unveils new tour with Roth aboard
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | World News | Friday, December 30, 2011 LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - Veteran rockers Van Halen unyeiled plans on Monday for a tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth returning to the stage. In a video posted on the...
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No Twitter gaffes for Kim Jong-Un
Montreal Gazette
By Daniel Rook, Reuters December 30, 2011 10:08 AM While Kim's death was mocked overseas on Twitter as an "epic loss to golf", few North Koreans are likely to see the remarks. The Internet is virtually banned, there's no free press and listening to ...
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Jewish Democrats doubt Republicans' Israel support
Jerusalem Post
By REBECCA ANNA STOIL AND REUTERS Jewish voters in America are perceived by both parties to be a key demographic in the 2012 presidential elections, and Republicans other than Paul have vied with each other to sound most supportive of Israel. ...
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Perth woman Emma Kelly, 23, found after four days lost in Argentina
NEWS.com.au
A Reuters video report said she was found yesterday, local time, severely dehydrated and suffering wounds, Fairfax Media reported. "She was very stressed. Three days in the mountains without water, without food, without warm clothes - it's no small ...
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Obama Has United the World ... in Opposition to Bad U.S. Tax Policy
Cato @ Liberty
Discussing the impact in Canada, Reuters notes, “The new regulation has drawn criticism from the world's banks and business people about its reach and costs. …'Hundreds of millions of dollars spent on developing compliance processes to target Canadian ...
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PRECIOUS-Gold up 2 pct in rebound rally, eyes 11th yearly gain
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
(Recasts, updates prices, market activity; new byline, changes dateline, previously LONDON/SHANGHAI) * Gold up nearly 10 pct on year, but suffers Q4 loss * Technical "death cross" could spark more losses By Frank Tang NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Gold ...
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US aircraft carrier in drill zone: Iran
China Daily
Some US analysts have doubted Iran's ability to block the strait, saying the country's navy is not large enough for a sustained physical blockade of the Strait, but it does have mine-laying and missile capabilities, according to Reuters. ...
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Kings of Leon Finish 2011 with Baby News: Caleb Followill Expecting First Child
International Business Times
(PHOTO: REUTERS / Lucas Jackson) In November, the Kings of Leon received two Grammy Award nominations for their fifth studio release, "Come Around Sundown," including Best Rock Album. The band is also up for a Best Long Form Music Video award for their ...
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International Business Times
The Morning Fix: Legendary East goes south; year-end box office
Los Angeles Times
Reuters and the Hollywood Reporter have the news. Mission to win again: With no newmovies opening nation-wide, Tom Cruise is likely to top the box office over New Year's weekend just like he did over Christmas. Perhaps the bigger question is whether ...
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2011 Retrospective: The people who left us this year
Montreal Gazette
Reuters sports photographer based in Montreal had covered the Grand Prix race and suffered a heart attack while driving home June 11. He was 43. Betty Fox. The mother of one-legged runner Terry Fox, she established the Terry Fox Foundation that raises ...
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Deaths that made headlines in '11
Calgary Herald
Shaun Best Reuters sports photographer based in Montreal, had covered the Grand Prix race and suffered a heart attack while driving home. He was 43. Laura Ziskin Film producer who made Julia Roberts a star and brought Spider-Man to the big screen. ...
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iPad 3 Won't Have January Release Date: Rundown of Apple Rumors So Far
International Business Times
19, Reuters reported a massive explosion at Apple supplier Pegatron, which was producing iPad 3 casings. 61 workers were injured, and Chief Financial Officer Charles Lin reported that the factory wasn't likely to be up and running for a product refresh ...
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International Business Times
Terror Group Boko Haram Is A Growing Concern to U.S.
Examiner.com
(Jim Garamone, “Ham Cites Terror Group Issues in Africa, www.defense.gov9/15/11) Tim Cocks of Reuters suggests that the most recent attacks “strike at historic internal religious and regional divides that have often threatened the integrity of Africa's ...
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American union UAW takes on German giants in battle to organise
The Guardian
Specifically, Reuters has learned, the union is going after US plants owned by German manufacturers Volkswagen and Daimler, seen as easier nuts to crack than the Japanese and South Koreans. It's a battle the UAW cannot afford to lose. ...
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The Guardian
Q&A, 1 pm ET
Washington Post (blog)
Khaled al-Tamimi told Reuters. Tamimi called the incident “a trivial problem that . . . occurs every year.” In past years, the priests have brawled over who owns which altars, passageways and chandeliers, and how to do repairs, according to news ...
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Why a whistle-blowing US soldier is my Man of the Year
Belfast Telegraph
One of the items supplied to WikiLeaks by Manning was the 'Collateral Murder' video, depicting soldiers machine-gunning a group of civilians from an Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007, killing 12. Two of victims were Reuters journalists. ...
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PRECIOUS-Gold heads into new year with final quarter loss
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
Technical analysis suggested that spot gold could rebound to $1588 during the day, saidReuters market analyst Wang Tao. The 20-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average for the first time since 2009, forming what some analysts call a ...
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Oil dips, choppy, heads for 3rd straight yearly gain
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
(Additional reporting by Emma Farge and Randy Fabi in Singapore; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Andrea Evans) Get the Latest videos from NZ and around theWorld as the news breaks in all the key markets. Quotes delayed, except where indicated otherwise ...
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Air traffic alert after Alaska volcano spews ash cloud
WBFO
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted violently early on Thursday, spouting an ash cloud 15000 feet into the sky and prompting an air-traffic alert, scientists said. ...
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Iran to fire long-range missiles in drill: agency (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf on Saturday, a semi-official news agency reported, a show of force at a time when Iran has threatened to close shipping lanes if the West imposes sanctions on its oil ...
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NewsDaily: North Korea declares no policy change under new leader
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news ... 29, 2011 (Reuters) — North Korea warned on Friday South Korea and "other foolish politicians around the world" should not expect it to change its policies, a day after the reclusive state finished the mourning period for its late leader Kim Jong-il. North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un looks on during the memorial for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, in this still image taken from video December 29, 2011. ...
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Jyoti Amge becomes the world's shortest woman | Video | Reuters.com
Video · Dive like a dolphin with the Flyboard jet-pack Fri, Dec 16 2011(01:01) ....Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../jyoti-amge-becomes-the-worlds-shortest-...
Tears and snow at Kim's funeral | Video | Reuters.com
More Videos. Video · Funeral procession for Kim Jong-il 1:18am EST(01:07) ....Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/video/.../tears-and-snow-at-kims-funeral?...
China to start work on world's highest airport | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will start work on the world's highest airport next year, ...airport in Qamdo town at 4334 meters (14219 ft), Xinhua news agency reported . ...stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-china-tibet-airport-idUSTRE7BQ09M2...
French breast implant fears spread around world | Reuters
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Fears over the safety of breast implants made by a now defunct ... Wall Street ends 5-day rally on renewed concerns about Europe | Video ...We're looking at 300000 to 400000 potential victims in the world," said .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-breast-implants-fears-idUSTRE7BL0N...
China to start work on world's highest airport | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will start work on the world's highest airport next year, in Tibet's ... Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze | Video ... the airport in Qamdo town at 4334 meters (14219 ft), Xinhua news agency reported. ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-china-tibet-airport-idUSTRE7BQ09M2...
France leads world as gloomiest over economy: poll | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - France leads the world as the most pessimistic country in terms of the economic outlook, with the lowest recorded score in more than 30 years, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-france-poll-idUSTRE7BM07Y201112...
Mexico arrests drug dealer linked to boss Guzman | Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico captured a suspected drug trafficker with links to the country's most ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedianews agency, ... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com,video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE7BS03120111...
Gunpowder warehouse blast kills 17 in Myanmar: police | Reuters
YANGON (Reuters) - At least 17 people died and 80 were injured after an early morning ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-myanmar-blast-idUSTRE7BR1FC2011...
World economy to trudge on in 2012 despite Europe: Reuters poll ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe faces another year of dismal economic ... Many of theworld's biggest developed economies are heading into recession, global ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-wrapup-2012-polls-idUSTRE7BM1BN...
Jyoti Amge becomes the world's shortest woman | Video | Reuters.com
Video: Video Gallery ... Jyoti Amge becomes the world's shortest woman (1:49) ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
uk.reuters.com/.../jyoti-amge-becomes-the-worlds-shortest-w?...
Cuba to free 2900 in sweeping amnesty | Reuters
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will release 2900 prisoners in the coming days for humanitarian reasons in a sweeping ... Related Video. Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-cuba-prisoners-idUSTRE7BN00A2011...
Mexico police arrested over torture video | Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested five policemen on Monday on ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-mexico-police-idUSTRE7BQ04F2011...
Arab observers fan out across Syria | Reuters
(Reuters) - Arab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government ... This still image taken from video off a social media website uploaded as.... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7BO0B6201112...
Clinton concerned over democracy in Hungary: report | Reuters
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has voiced concerns over democratic ... Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump | Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-hungary-usa-idUSTRE7BQ0P1201112...
Suspected kidnappers killed in China's restive west | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in China's restive far-western Xinjiang region killed ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-china-xinjiang-hostage-idUSTRE7BS0...
Fuel pipeline blast kills 11 in Colombia | Reuters
DOSQUEBRADAS, Colombia (Reuters) - A huge explosion at a gasoline and ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-colombia-pipeline-idUSTRE7BN01O2...
North Korea's new leaders lash out at South Korea and allies |Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sounded a bellicose note in its first communication with the ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-korea-north-idUSTRE7BT04S201112...
Snow and tears mark funeral for North Korean leader | Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters) - The world watched anxiously on Wednesday as North Korea ... Video ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-korea-north-funeral-idUSTRE7BQ0SS...

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