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  • No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

    LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

  • Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

    ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

  • Woman jailed in Italy for dumping baby in toilet

    A court in Rome Tuesday sentenced a young Romanian woman to four years in prison on attempted murder charges after she abandoned her newborn baby inside a toilet in a restaurant. Andreia Grancea, 21, gave birth to the baby in the restaurant in Rome in December last year. She fled the scene, and the baby was rescued by two girls who entered the toilet minutes later. The case is similar to the ...

  • Europe will regret arming Syrian rebels says Assad

    Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Europe that it will live to regret arming rebel factions in the Syrian conflict. The move to arm the rebels would lead to the "export" of terrorism to the continent, The Independent daily quoted the president as telling German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Assad rejected Western claims that his forces had deployed chemical ...

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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [DVD]

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me [DVD]

When "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" was released in the spring of 1997, it wasn't meant to be the massive cult phenomenon it turned into. But, after $50 million at the box office and more than three million videos sold, it was inevitable that a se ... ...

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  • Spanish cyclist Rodriguez eyes Tour de France crown

    Spanish cyclist Joaquin 'Purito' Rodriguez believes that he is one of the main contenders to win the Tour de France beginning at the end of June. The 34-year-old Spaniard has managed podium finishes in the Giro de Italia and Vuelta de Espana races, to highlight his credentials and the fact that he has evolved from a rider who would always be a threat in one day races as a result of his ability ...

  • Motorists happy to take longer route to avoid traffic stress

    Motorists in Germany are ready to take longer journey times and even detours if it helps them to avoid traffic situation, a new study has revealed. The study carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS in cooperation with the Technische Universitat Berlin involved 120 motorists, who agreed to provide information about their driving habits and attitudes towards ...

  • Colombian Poet wants to sell testicles for $20K to travel Europe

    A Colombian poet is selling his testicles to pay for his upcoming European tour. Rafael Medina Brochero, 52, wants 20,000 dollars for his private parts - so he can travel the continent with his "Poetry for Peace in Colombia" show. Speaking to Caracol Radio, the Magdalena author, who's had 11 books published, said that he would hand over his balls to the first person that offered him the cash, ...

  • Teen Dutch footballers father convicted for kicking match official to death

    Six teenage footballers and one of the player's fathers have been convicted for attacking a linesman, who was kicked to death following an under-17 game in the Netherlands in December 2012. According to Sky News, five of the players were each given two-year terms in youth detention and a sixth got one year, while another player, who is 15 years old, was sentenced to 30 days detention for ...

  • Soon a car that makes stopping at traffic lights history

    A car maker from Germany is developing a technology that calculates the amount of time before an upcoming set of traffic lights turn red, and tell driver the ideal speed needed to navigate roads and intersections. Audi in Germany has joined forces with Berlin authorities in a trial that taps into the city's central traffic management system, Stuff.co.nz reported. Audi Germany technology and ...

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