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  • UK defends security services over Woolwich murder UK defends security services over Woolwich murder

    LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

  • $2.6 mn necklace spirited away at Cannes Film Festival $2.6 mn necklace spirited away at Cannes Film Festival

    CANNES - A second suspected jewellery heist was reported at the Cannes Film Festival, with a single necklace by Swiss jeweller De Grisogono worth nearly $2.6 million reported missing. In the case of the first gem loot at the Cannes Film Festival, thieves literally tore out a safe filled with roughly $1 million-worth of jewels from a hotel room. The second time around the event took place ...

  • World becoming dangerous for refugees, warns Amnesty World becoming dangerous for refugees, warns Amnesty

    LONDON - Global rights body Amnesty International has said that the world is "increasingly" becoming "dangerous place" for refugees due to inaction on human rights. The London-based group in its annual report cited the increasing number of refugees around the world, and highlighted the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. It said that the number of ...

  • UEFA head warns players to stop walking off pitch despite racial abuse

    The head of European football has told players not to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused, saying that any decision to stop a match should be left to the referee. The comments of UEFA president Michel Platini came after AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli, who was subjected to 'monkey chants' in a recent match against Roma, had vowed that he would leave the pitch if he was abused in ...

  • Russia plans four spacecraft launches in 2014

    Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under the Sea Launch programme, an official said. Corporation president Vitaly Lopota said that after 2014, Energia will be able to make five or more launches a year. Next year's launches will be the first since one of Sea Launch's Zenit vehicles carrying an Intelsat-27 ...

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A Fish Called Wanda [DVD]

A Fish Called Wanda [DVD]

A Fish Called Wanda is the greatest Ealing Studios comedy never made at Ealing Studios. Bought by the BBC in 1959, after which it shifted entirely to television production, Ealing had its golden age in the 1950s when it produced a string of pitch-perfect pitch-black ... ...

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  • Facebook Phones poor U.S. sales feedback delays Europe launch

    Facebook Phone's disappointingly poor customer feedback in the United States has resulted in the delay of its launch in Europe. The HTC handsets, which run Facebook's enhanced Home software, designed to replace the phone's home screen with FB feed and chat options, has flopped with users. EE, a UK mobile operator, confirmed that poor customer feedback is the reason why the phone's Europe ...

  • Germanys Greens probe 1980s paedophilia link

    14/04/2013 19:09 CET With federal elections in Germany less than four months away, the Greens hoping to gain more seats in the Bundestag by getting to grips with a controversial issues that has plagued the party. The Greens have asked a prominent political scientist to investigate accusations that party members wanted to legalise paedophilia in the 1980s. Some argue the party’s image ...

  • Russia The Day the Inspectors Came

    This is how it is in today's Russia, one year since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency. Over the last twelve months, the authorities have introduced a sweeping set of restrictive new laws. In addition to raids on nongovernmental groups, they are harassing, intimidating and imprisoning political activists. Government critics and even charities that can in no way be thought of as ...

  • Rome March for Life Marks 35 Years of Legal Abortion in Italy

    When We Lose Right to Life, We Lose All Rights, Says March SpokespersonBy Ann SchneibleROME, May 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) - "We have to stand up for our next generation," said Rome's March for Life spokesperson, Virginia Nunziante, in an interview with ZENIT.Thirty-five years after the legalization of abortion in Italy, thousands of pro-life advocates are expected to gather in Rome ...

  • BRUSSELS Belgium — The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee ...

    BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by December. EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg called Friday's decision a "milestone ...

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