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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 ...

  • Bomb blasts in Iraq kill scores of people Bomb blasts in Iraq kill scores of people

    BAGHDAD - Scores of people were killed in Iraq Friday, in a day marked by several bombings including two outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba after Friday prayers, killing at least 43 worshipers in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence. One bomb exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of Baquba while a second ...

  • 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 ...

  • Russian cruise missiles sent to Syria Russian cruise missiles sent to Syria

    WASHINGTON - Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in a move that underscores its support to the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Al Assad in the war-torn Arab nation, officials citing credible intelligence reports said here. The New York Times reported Friday that the new missiles sent to Syria have an advanced radar system that makes them "more effective". ...

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Solaris (1972) [Blu-Ray]

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Andrei Tarkovskys Solaris is a pulsating, frustrating, enigmatic science fiction masterpiece, a film of great metaphysical weight that demands multiple viewings and an open mind. It is a brooding, introspective work in which the vast reaches of space seem restricted in contrast to the ... ...

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  • New boxing champion accused of doping

    Hours after winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight title, Guillermo Jones was hit by a scandal when a former champion accused him of doping to give himself unnatural stamina in the knockout win over Denis Lebedev. Panamanian fighter Jones, 41, reclaimed the belt when the referee stopped the fight in the 11th round after Lebedev was knocked down Friday. At the time, the ...

  • UN agency says 1.5 mln people have fled from war-torn Syria

    The United Nation's refugee agency has said that more than 1.5 million people have fled the conflict in Syria. Most of the people have fled to Jordan and Lebanon, but not have all been registered yet, meaning the true total is likely to be far higher, UNHCR said. The agency said that the situation in Syria has deteriorated dramatically over the past four months. According to the BBC, the UN ...

  • Pak team management players calling for retirement of nothing left to offer Afridi

    The Pakistan team management and some players of the national team have said that former captain Shahid Afridi should retire from international cricket as he is 'finished' and has 'nothing left to offer anymore'. Afridi was handed an Rs. 360,000 monthly contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) despite being overlooked for the ICC Champions Trophy that takes place in England and Wales next ...

  • America Ferrera graduates 10 years after starting college

    Actress America Ferrera graduated from the University of Southern California, 10 years after beginning her International Relations course. "Graduation day! Congratulations to everyone in the Class of 2013!" she said Friday on Twitter. Ferrera tweeted the joy of her achievement this week: "At last it's happening! It's taken me 10 years, but I feel great." Born in Los Angeles of Honduran ...

  • Federer Nadal in semis of Italian Open tennis

    World No.3 Roger Federer moved one step closer to his first title this season when he beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 7-6 (2) to advance to the semifinals of the Italian Open tennis. Both player, facing off for the first time, held serve until Federer broke Janowicz's final service game of the first set here Friday, reports Xinhua. The world 24-ranked Pole fought back in the second set and broke ...

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