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Whoever would have thought that in the fight for top TV Christmas ratings, two dog-themed programmes would have been placed so prominently in the schedule?
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After four decades of building Ghanas democratic culture, the New Patriotic Party leader, Nana Akufo-Addo will retire in shame and not in dignity, a member of governments communication team has said.
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Even though he's currently deep in post-production with his latest film, the rom-com Baggage Claim, with Paula Patton, Djimon Hounsou, Taye Diggs and Derek Luke, writer/director David Talbert (First Sunday) already has his next film project all set. Talbert will write and direct the feature film Preacher's Son for the L.A. based, newly created, independent film and television production company Ironic Prods. The story deals with a young man, who, due to certain circumstances, is forced to steal $200,000 from his father's church. He then, in turn, sets out on a series of bank robberies to get back the money before anyone at the church notices. Of course complications...
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It was made without much advance publicity, considering who's in it and who directed it, but here's the trailer for the action thriller Dead Man Down, starring Noomi Rapace, Colin Farrell and Terrence Howard. The film revolves around Beatrice (Rapace), a mysterious woman who blackmails a criminal, Victor (Farrell), to kill an underground New York crime boss Hoyt (Howard) who wants him dead for revenge for a previous violent act against her. Turns out that Victor is Hoyt's right hand man, so there's your dramatic conflict for you. The film was directed by Swedish director Niels Arden Oplev who directed Rapace in the original (and still the best) The Girl with the...
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Human rights groups urge government to stop giving money to countries such as China and Iran
Human rights groups have urged the government to heed the recommendations of an influential parliamentary committee that has told the government to stop funnelling money into anti drug-trafficking programmes in countries that administer the death penalty.
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Online rejoicing at the end of Pakistan's three-month ban on YouTube was short-lived on Saturday, as the government reimposed the ban shortly after it was lifted.
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M. Lynx Qualey, blogger, who is interested in Arab and Arabic literature, wrote a series of posts introducing acclaimed Arab poets, novelists, and short-story writers' favorite Arab reads of 2012. She started with a list of nonfiction books, then followed by a list for poetry [En] and fiction [En]. Written...
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Maryanne Gabbani, a Canadian expat and blogger, wrote a new blog post entitled "Don't Mess With Egyptian Women" to mention two stories she heard recently which, took place in the village she's living in. She starts her story by noting her observation on women in her village: The women of...
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A Russian passenger jet overshot the runway at Vnukovo airport near Moscow on Saturday and crashed into a highway, killing at least two people, according to media reports, pictures and video of the episode.
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M. Lynx Qualey, blogger, who is interested in Arab and Arabic literature, wrote a series of posts introducing acclaimed Arab poets, novelists, and short-story writers' favorite Arab reads of 2012. She started with a list of nonfiction books, then followed by a list for poetry [En] and fiction [En]. Written...
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Maryanne Gabbani, a Canadian expat and blogger, wrote a new blog post entitled "Don't Mess With Egyptian Women" to mention two stories she heard recently which, took place in the village she's living in. She starts her story by noting her observation on women in her village: The women of...
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An argument to redraw the borders? Summary of a paper by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou:
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