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Veterans cap Cannes race amid buzz for lesbian tale 0 commentsFilm Industry

Veterans cap Cannes race amid buzz for lesbian tale

May 25, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Cinema heavyweights Roman Polanski and Jim Jarmusch wrapped up the Cannes Film Festival race Saturday, as speculation raged whether a shockingly explicit lesbian love story could capture a top prize.

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African Union opens 50th anniversary celebrations 0 commentsNews

African Union opens 50th anniversary celebrations

May 25, 2013 at 8:15 am

African leaders on Saturday opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa’s myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made.

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Mexico sees fewer drug crime deaths 0 commentsNews

Mexico sees fewer drug crime deaths

May 25, 2013 at 3:05 am

The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday.

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Ivorian student anger over university revamp 0 commentsNews

Ivorian student anger over university revamp

May 24, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Last year’s reopening of Ivory Coast’s universities was a grand affair, turning the page on a bloody leadership crisis that had forced their closure with new lecture halls, added student housing and sprawling sports fields.

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Iranian filmmaker makes it to Cannes amid secrecy 0 commentsFilm Industry

Iranian filmmaker makes it to Cannes amid secrecy

May 24, 2013 at 4:02 pm

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed in 2010 for anti-regime propaganda, told the Cannes Film Festival on Friday he knew his latest picture would also come under fire in his own country.

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Berlusconi’s alleged call-girl says she lied 0 commentsNews

Berlusconi’s alleged call-girl says she lied

May 24, 2013 at 12:50 pm

The alleged call-girl at the centre of a trial against Silvio Berlusconi told a courtroom on Friday that she had previously lied to investigators about raunchy parties hosted by the billionaire tycoon.

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US panel rejects Motorola bid to block Xbox imports 0 commentsInternet

US panel rejects Motorola bid to block Xbox imports

May 24, 2013 at 4:39 am

The US International Trade Commission sided with Microsoft in a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Mobility that could have led to Xbox 360 videogame consoles being banned from import.

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US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders 0 commentsNews

US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders

May 24, 2013 at 2:38 am

The Boy Scouts of America said it will allow openly gay youths to join the organization but maintain a ban on gay adult leaders, after a vote at its annual meeting in Texas.

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Cannes goes from bling to crisis with US road movie 0 commentsFilm Industry

Cannes goes from bling to crisis with US road movie

May 23, 2013 at 4:57 pm

Cannes turned its back on bling Thursday with a road movie set in today’s crisis-ravaged American Midwest, featuring the latest standout performance by a star from Hollywood’s 1970s golden age.

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Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps 0 commentsInternet

Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps

May 23, 2013 at 4:57 pm

Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan’s online maps.

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