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  • Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted

    NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

  • US president calls for more embassy security funding US president calls for more embassy security funding

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has called for more security at American embassies around the world, urging Congress to help him "as a partner" to fully fund the State Department in this regard. By seeking Congress support for stepping up the security at embassies, Obama has turned the tables on Republicans amid criticism that the government's response to Benghazi attack on a US ...

  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

    NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

  • 60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...

  • Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

    The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

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The Pillow Book

Those who are already die-hard fans of British filmmaker Peter Greenaway may find cause for celebration in his newest film, "The Pillow Book." Those who hate his work will find more reason to despise him and call him pretentious and banal. And those who have never been exposed to his work will probably just be confused. Like all Greenaway's films, "The Pillow Book" is nothing if not a visual marve ... ...

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  • US Russian Missile Shipments to Syria Very Unfortunate

    The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a miscalculation. The ...

  • Indian American Vivek Ranadive buys US basketball team

    Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into a global brand. "It's going to be exciting," he told the USA Today after securing an agreement to buy 65 percent of the Kings from the Maloof family for a National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

  • Three held for murders of Indian-origin couple in Guyana

    Police in Guyana have detained three people in connection with the double-murder of an Indian-origin businessman and his wife in the South American nation. A bodyguard and a handyman are among the three people detained in connection with the murders of Totaram Mootoo and his wife Bhagmattie here May 10, Kaiteur News reported Friday. The couple had died in an explosion in their house at the ...

  • Demi Moore demanding Ashton Kutcher pay for home renovations

    Demi Moore wants Ashton Kutcher to pay for renovations to her apartment in New York as part of their divorce settlement. Sources told TMZ that the apartment is worth somewhere between 25 - 40 million dollars. This comes after it was revealed that the couple - who announced their split in November 2011 - are locked in a battle over 10 million dollars, with Demi asking for the eight-figure sum ...

  • Google Glass popular only among 10 percent Americans

    only one in 10 Americans are keen in wearing Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear' according to a survey conducted by YouGov. The report, entitled the 'Google Glass Adoption Forecast' commissioned by BiTE Interactive, found that even though Google Glass was competitively priced, 38 percent of respondents still wouldn't wear them, the New ...

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