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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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Laws of Attraction

Laws of Attraction

Although it probably looked on paper like the wheezy misfire that it is, it's completely understandable why Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore would want to star in Laws of Attraction. After all, these are two gifted actors who have been playing the same type of role for ... ...

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  • Riots prompt focus on Swedens poor immigrant suburbs

    Almost a week of rioting in parts of Stockholm has highlighted social problems among the mainly immigrant communities in poor areas of Swedish cities. Heavy police reinforcements meant Friday night was relatively calm, but there was still some violence for the sixth night running. For the first time there was also trouble, notably arson attacks, outside the capital. The rioting is not on the ...

  • Survey reveals parents pay €15k to child minders

    According to a new survey parents are paying as much as EUR15,000 a year to child minders.A report complied by the Irish Independent reveals the extent of the burden on Irish families to meet childcare costs.The findings shows the cost of childcare is forcing many women to give up their jobs or work part-time.The survey outlines the wide variation in fees charged across the country with parents ...

  • Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station

    Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Thursday.Roskomos spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko told AFP that since the US space shuttles stopped supplying the jointly manned station in the wake of the February 2003 Columbia disaster Russia had been shouldering ...

  • Experts predict next European pensions market trends

    Realistically, it is unlikely that Europe will see the evolution of a pan-European pensions market within the next ten years, say leading pension experts in a survey by Allianz Global Investors AG (AllianzGI). With the vast majority of European pension schemes shifting towards defined contribution (DC), cost calculability has been at the forefront of these amendments, said AllianzGI. ...

  • Mercer expands its services to wealth managers across Europe

    European wealth managers can now benefit from Mercer’s expertise with the launch of a new service aimed specifically at private banks, family offices, fund platforms and insurance ...

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