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  • Pakistani toll in Siachen avalanche rises to 128

    The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen Saturday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. On April 7, 2012, at least 140 soldiers of the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and a few civilians ...

  • Sarabjit death probe Pakistani official may visit India

    A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said. Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, died May 2 after a group of Pakistani prisoners attacked him April 26 Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit was on death row since 1990 ...

  • Chinas Premier to Visit India

    NEW DELHI Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ...

  • Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi

    A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...

  • Thousands of Thai Red Shirts mark deadly crackdown

    Around 20,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok Sunday to mark the third anniversary of a bloodycrackdownon anti-government protests which exposed Thailand's deep divisions, police ...

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Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pp le Moko is the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star. It was hardly his first rolehe had already played in a dozen movies since 1930, and he would eventually star (that is, play the lead role) in dozens and dozens of films over his multi-decade career. Deviously handsome in an unconventional way, Gabin excelled at conveying confidence and authority, even when trapped ... ...

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  • North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters - NBC40.net

    By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing recent tension, including near-daily ...

  • Harry Potters Quidditch invented after Rowling had tiffwith her boyfriend

    J K Rowling had with her boyfriend, in a Manchester hotel room, resulted in the idea that led to creation of the most gripping sport in 'wizarding world'. Quidditch - the sport which is one of the most famous elements of ...

  • Factory owner barred from leaving Bangladesh

    DHAKA, Bangladesh -; The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer ...

  • Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into Vietnamese. Foreign governments and a leading pay TV trade group have urged the Vietnamese government to modify the decree, saying it is tantamount to ...

  • Chinese premier arrives in India for talks

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday afternoon on the first stop of his maiden foreign trip, for talks on issues ranging from an unresolved border dispute to a festering trade-imbalance.Li, who brought with him a large Chinese delegation, will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday and meet other Indian leaders including from the main opposition BJP ...

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