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  • Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama

    WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

  • Two civilians among 13 dead in Pakistan car bomb Two civilians among 13 dead in Pakistan car bomb

    QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 13 people, including two civilians, were killed in a car bomb targeting a police vehicle in western Pakistani city of Quetta Thursday, police officials said. The bombing also injured at least 20 people in the capital of Baluchistan province, riven by Islamist militancy and a violent separatist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the ...

  • Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

    JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

  • Meeting of Syrian opposition leaders begins in Istanbul Meeting of Syrian opposition leaders begins in Istanbul

    ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and ...

  • Helen Mirren rallies for military charity

    Veteran actress Helen Mirren has urged people to back a military support charity after a soldier was brutally murdered on London streets. A 25-year-old Army Drummer named Lee Rigby was killed in Woolwich, south east London Wednesday. When he breathed his last, Rigby was wearing a t-shirt promoting Help For Heroes, a charity for troops injured in conflicts. Now "The Queen" star is urging fans ...


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Movie Review

Monster

Monster

Like last years Dahmer, Patty Jenkins Monster is a daring film that attempts to find the humanity in a notorious serial killer. In this case, the film searches beneath the leather-thick skin of Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of murdering seven of her johns in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Jenkins doesnt try to construct an easy psychological framework by de ... ...

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  • Perry strikes romance with agent

    Singer Katy Perry, who has been single since splitting from John Mayer earlier this year, is said to have struck up a romance with her agent Michael Kives. "Katy and Michael have been hooking up. They were friends first, but Katy leaned on Michael for emotional support after her break-up with John," a source told America's Star magazine, reports thesun.co.uk. Perry, 28, has been friends with ...

  • Pakistani plane forced to land near London two held

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's ...

  • Two held over Pakistani planes mid-air alert

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's Manchester city. Police ...

  • Srinivasans rise testifies Indian communitys contributions to US

    Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has hailed Indian-American Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's Senate confirmation as a top US judge as yet another proof of the Indian community's "sterling contributions to the US society and India-US relations". Srinivasan's confirmation as a judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital, "considered among the most important positions in the US ...

  • Siberian polar bear to undertake mating trip

    A male polar bear in Russia's Siberia region is to be transferred from one zoo to another in a bid to produce offspring, a zoo official said. The polar bear -- Sedov -- has been resident at the Krasnoyarsk zoo since 2004. He was transferred from a zoo in St. Petersburg when he was just two years old. The polar bear is to be sent to mate at the request of a zoo in Stary Oskol, in the nearby ...

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