Pettyfer ‘idolised’ ‘I Am Number Four’ team
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Alex Pettyfer has described working with Hollywood icons Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay and D.J. Caruso as a “lifelong dream”. The Wild Child actor stars as the titular character in forthcoming blockbuster I Am Number Four, which is directed by Caruso and produced by the Jurassic Park and Transformers masterminds. Speaking to Collider, Pettyfer confessed to [...]
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Queen Elizabeth II becomes great grandmother
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BUCKINGHAM Palace says Queen Elizabeth has become a great-grandmother. Autumn Phillips, wife of the queen’s grandson, Peter Phillips, has given birth to a baby girl. Read more
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Former Israeli president convicted of rape
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JERUSALEM — Former President Moshe Katsav was convicted Thursday of raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister, the most serious criminal charges ever brought against a high-ranking official in Israel and a case that shocked the nation. Read more
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Ten most memorable political quotations of 2010
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You had to see it to believe it. From a Delaware Senate candidate’s witchcraft talk to Sarah Palin’s word-crafting skill, 2010 was a year of classic political quotations. Don’t… Read more
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Building bridges & burning whins
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Farmer Darrell Anderson burns whins in the hills on the outskirts of Menstrie in Perthshire. Fires are lit to clear undergrowth so that lambs don’t get trapped. I had hoped that this silhouette might work with a piece about the… Read more
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English-language magazine provided bomb tips to 9 terror suspects, British say
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LONDON – Nine men arrested in Britain on terrorism charges last week found inspiration and bomb-making instructions in an English-language Internet magazine published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, British investigators reportedly said. Read more
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S. Korean president faces conflicting pressures as he toughens N. Korea response
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SEOUL – The latest provocations from North Korea and the resulting rightward swing in South Korean public opinion have transformed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s strategy for dealing with the peninsula’s troublemaker. The old method: Act with caution. The new method: Get tough. Read more
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Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. The voluntary recall, which was announced late Friday by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, affects hundreds of [...]
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Despite Argentina’s efforts, artifacts of Juan Peron, Evita in private hands
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BUENOS AIRES – Like a devoted curator, Mario Rotundo affectionately recounts the history of each of the objects in his musty apartment as if they were museum pieces, from the jazz LPs to a book some two centuries old to the size-9 wingtips neatly lined up in a row. Read more
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Somalis are desperate for a new life, but refugees face a dangerous road
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GALKAYO, SOMALIA — Deka Mohamed Idou sat under a tree, exhausted after a grueling six-day journey. She touched her belly, yearning for her unborn child to kick. Read more
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