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'Alice' stays on top in box office earnings
LOS ANGELES- Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" retained the box office lead for the third week running, pulling in 34.5 million dollars for the weekend, industry figures showed Sunday. Starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska, the live-action, 3-D version of Lewis Carroll's children's classic, has earned 265.7 million dollars since its release, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported. The surprise of the weekend was "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," 20th Century Fox's newly released live action adaptation of the...
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'Alice' stays on top in box office earnings
2010-03-21
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2010-03-21
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2010-03-21
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2010-03-21
Majority of Israelis see Obama as fair: poll
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Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity
2010-03-20
Black and white meets new technology at photo show
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Reef could provide clues to evolution: Australian scientists
2010-02-24
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Greenland's ice cap melting faster than expected: experts
2010-02-24
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Canadian polka king decries Grammy snub
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Mexico to host World Environment Day in June 2009
Mexico City - Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN...
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Jackson doctor denies manslaughter charge
LOS ANGELES, Soo Youn - Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty here Monday after being charged...
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China goes gourmet with foie gras
YANQING, Francois Bougon - China's ever-growing taste for luxury goods is extending into the...
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Canada finds possible US Air Force plane lost in 1942
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2009-08-07
OTTAWA- Canadian underwater archeologists accidentally discovered what they believe to be the wreck of a US Air Force airplane that sank in the Saint Lawrence seaway in 1942, the Parks Canada divers...
Last of Steinway piano-making family dies
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New York - Henry Ziegler Steinway, the last member of the family to have had a role in running the legendary piano-making business, has died,...
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New Polanski appeal cites improper court dealings
LOS ANGELES- Filmmaker Roman Polanski has launched a fresh appeal to drop child sex charges from the 1970s, offering details of what his lawyers called improper dealings by prosecutors and the judge, court documents showed Friday. Polanski's...
German opera singer held over fishy disappearance
BERLIN- A German opera singer was in custody on Friday on suspicion of killing her husband and of getting someone to impersonate him in order to get her hands on his money, police said. Pensioner Hermann Hilss, 71, a keen fisherman, was reported...
New book by Bob Marley's son strains legend's family ties
MIAMI- A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years by the reggae star's widow. Ky-Mani Marley's "Dear Dad" hit booksellers' stands February 6, when the late...
Rights prize for Myanmar, anti-pollution films
GENEVA- Films about dissident journalists in Myanmar and dangerous river pollution in French Guiana won the top prizes at a human rights film festival and forum in Geneva, organisers said on Sunday. Danish director Anders Hogsbro Ostergaard won...
Aga Khan's Islamic wonders on show in Germany
BERLIN - More than 200 items from the Aga Khan's collection of over 1,000 years of Islamic art, one of the world's largest and most valuable, went on show in Germany on Wednesday for the first time. The paintings, drawings, ceramics and wood...
Bold new Gaza play skewers Fatah and Hamas
GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- A new play has shocked audiences in the Gaza Strip by shouting out what many in the Hamas-ruled territory mutter behind closed doors -- that Palestinian politicians are a bunch of crooks. The biting comedy entitled...
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Goya, modern masters rub shoulders in Milan
MILAN- Spanish painter Francisco Goya rubs shoulders with modern masters such as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso in an exhibit that opened Wednesday at Milan's Palazzo Reale. "Goya and the Modern World" brings together 184 paintings, drawings and engravings. It sets out to show how "Goya was...
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French conductor aims to brings Western music to China
BEIJING, Joelle Garrus - Michel Plasson has led some of the world's greatest orchestras, from Berlin to Paris to...
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Obama ends frenetic vacation
OAK BLUFFS, Stephen Collinson - US President Barack Obama headed back to Washington Sunday after a week-long vacation...
Science
Male pregnancy and abortion: The sex life of pipefish
PARIS- A skinny little fish called the pipefish is high on the list of wildlife oddities, for the male of the species...
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Some clinical trials exclude gays and lesbians: study
WASHINGTON - Some clinical trials financed by the US federal government and pharmaceutical labs exclude gay and lesbian...
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Paris Hilton minimized in beer ad relaunch
RIO DE JANEIRO- A provocative beer ad showing American celebrity Paris Hilton in suggestive poses has been recast and...
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'The Hurt Locker' rules on historic Oscars night
HOLLYWOOD, Rob Woollard- Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with...
Heritage
Canada finds possible US Air Force plane lost in 1942
OTTAWA- Canadian underwater archeologists accidentally discovered what they believe to be the wreck of a US Air Force airplane that sank in the Saint Lawrence seaway in 1942, the Parks Canada divers said Thursday. The divers said in a statement that they were carrying out routine work in an...
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Priest blames Holy Wine for drink-driving
ROME- An Italian priest caught driving over the alcohol limit pleaded to police that it was only because of the Holy Wine he had drunk as part of the...
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French chefs to the rescue of Polish cuisine
OLSZTYN, Damien Simonart- French chefs are cooking up a sophisticated new style of cuisine and service in Poland's Warmia-Mazurian lake district, a tourism magnet for sailing and watersports, all courtesy of the European Union. Dressed in white aprons and armed with cell phones, eight...
Entertainment
Charlie Sheen enters rehab: spokesman
LOS ANGELES- Troubled actor Charlie Sheen, who is facing criminal charges arising from an alleged assault on his wife, has entered a rehabilitation center, his spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Stan Rosenfield said "Two and a Half Men" star Sheen "will take some time off" from filming the hit series....
Environment
British ads banned over climate change claims
LONDON- Britain's advertising watchdog has banned two government adverts for overstating the threat from climate change, it said on Wednesday. The adverts used nursery rhymes including "Jack and Jill" to highlight the impact of global warming, but the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said...
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Paralympics: Vancouver hopes to become top accessibility city
VANCOUVER, Deborah Jones - Civic leaders hope the 2010 Paralympics will make Vancouver a world leader in disabled accessibility, but experts are divided on whether the games help regular disabled people. Having the high-profile Paralympics in town "means that you have to walk the walk as well as...
Society
Technology, tradition combine in Asian 'gendercide'
NEW DELHI, Ben Sheppard- While having a scan, a pregnant woman in India is not allowed to learn the gender of her unborn child. But her bill might be presented in a file coloured blue or pink -- and the meaning is clear. The method of skirting around the law is one of many reasons why 85 million...
Fashion
From the hunt to the boudoir: Galliano's libertines for Dior
PARIS, Sarah Shard - From the exhilaration of the hunt to the seduction of the boudoir, John Galliano's collection for autumn-winter for Christian Dior on Friday was inspired by 18th century libertines. Picking up the theme of riding habits from his haute couture collection for summer, he built...
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