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Western governments say Nigerian extremists executed 7 hostages
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded. The group, Ansaru, announced Saturday...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Government, Nigeria, France, William Hague
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Fallon will inherit declining empire! Disney shutters LucasArts.
After the coffee. Before remembering to record NBC's "Hannibal." The Skinny: For some reason my DVR didn't record "Modern Family" last night but it did capture some good discounts on QVC. You don't need me to tell you that today's headlines include a...
Tags: Memorial Day, QVC (tv network), Entertainment, Discovery Communications, Inc., Oprah Winfrey
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J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' gets earlier British release date
Paramount Pictures is moving up the British release date for director J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek: Into Darkness" from May 17 to May 9, but the studio has not yet said whether the sequel's domestic debut also will be changed. While it is rare, it is not...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Simon Pegg, Skyfall (movie), J.J. Abrams, Jon Stewart
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The funniest books in Britain? Wodehouse Prize shortlist announced
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction announced its shortlist Thursday, with five novelists competing for the title of Britain's funniest author with the book that "best captures the comic spirit of P.G. Wodehouse," the author of, among...
Tags: Justice System, Literature, Arts and Culture, David Campbell, French Literature
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Syrian rebels must give up arms before talks, Assad says
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels must give up their weapons before the government will agree to hold peace talks with them, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview published Sunday. “We are willing to negotiate with anyone,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry, Political Dissent, Rebellions, National Government
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: Social Sciences, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kim Jong Un, David Cameron, Labour Party (UK)
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Saudi Arabia's punishment by paralysis condemned as 'grotesque'
Alarmed by reports that Saudi Arabia will paralyze a man as punishment for allegedly stabbing a friend who ended up paralyzed, Britain urged the kingdom Thursday to abandon the “grotesque punishment.” The Saudi Gazette reported last week...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Punishment, International Law, Politics, Justice and Rights
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Kate Hudson, Matthew Bellamy 'will get married,' but no plans yet
Kate Hudson said she and boyfriend Matthew Bellamy of Muse will get married, but there doesn't seem to be a rush yet. Hudson, 33, was interviewed by Elle UK ahead of her latest thriller "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," out in limited release April 26....
Tags: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, Muse (music group)
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: Social Security, Back Pain, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, NPR
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Richard Burton's native Wales is courting Hollywood
As legendary actor Richard Burton was honored this week with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his native Wales took full advantage of the occasion to shine a spotlight on itself. “Richard Burton is part of a proud history of the...
Tags: Television, Robin Hood, Entertainment, Sherlock (tv program), Richard Burton
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Letters: Drop the apostrophe?
Re "Squiggle sparks a squabble," March 28 Although "squiggle" is not a term I would have used, as I have more than a proprietary interest in the subject, the improper use of the apostrophe is a continuing personal irritant. And as a regular victim of...
Tags: Michelle Rhee, George Bernard Shaw, BBC, England, Central Intelligence Agency
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PASSINGS: Bruce Reynolds
Bruce Reynolds, 81, mastermind of the "Great Train Robbery" in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration and pop-culture fame, died Thursday after a brief illness, said his son, Nick. In August 1963, Reynolds was part of a gang that...
Tags: Theft, Punishment, Prisons
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