73-yr-old former actress to challenge Sarkozy for French Presidency
October 18th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): Brigitte Bardot, the sixties sex symbol, has announced that she could be running for French president in the next election in 2012.The former actress turned animal activist ... Read more...
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Britain losing battle against Islamic extremists, claims French ‘burka ban architect’ MP
October 16th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): French MP Jacques Myard, who is the architect of the burka ban in the country, has said that Britain is 'losing the battle against Islamic extremism' by failing ... Read more...
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ABC cancels the TV show ‘My Generation’
October 3rd, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After just two episodes, ABC has canceled its documentary-style drama “My Generation”. It is not readily clear what program the network intends to replace the program with. The ... Read more...
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Jimmy Smits Gets His Own Show On NBC
September 16th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) TV veteran Jimmy Smits has returned to the American TV screens with the latest offering from NBC called 'Outlaw'. Jimmy Smits plays a charming playboy who ... Read more...
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French Senate bans Muslim face veils in public
September 15th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Sept 15 (ANI): French senators have voted for a bill banning face veils in public places. They voted 246 to one in favour of the bill, already passed in the lower ... Read more...
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Varma takes death threats in his stride
September 2nd, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K Jha
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) It seems Ram Gopal Varma is not worried about the death threats he is getting as he is moving around in Hyderabad unescorted and ... Read more...
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Ram Gopal Varma Gets Death Threats, Won’t Accept Security
September 1st, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 1, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In spite of the security threat Ram Gopal Varma is at this very moment moving around in Hyderabad unescorted. He is visiting his mother in ... Read more...
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French cities warning tourists to cover themselves up
August 16th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): Cities in France have issued a warning to tourists who go topless, some even threatening transgressors with fines of up to 38 euros.The ban on tourists walking round ... Read more...
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US allows ‘jailbreaking’ of iPhone
July 27th, 2010 - 8:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 27 (DPA) New government rules announced Monday will allow iPhone users to unlock, or "jailbreak," their phones without violating the law.
The amendments to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act will ... Read more...
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Two French Muslim women marched out of swimming pool for wearing burkinis
July 23rd, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 23 (ANI): Two Muslim women wearing specialised bathing suit, or burkinis, were marched out of a public swimming pool in FranceThe women jumped into the water wearing garments that ... Read more...
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Mugabe says no to gay rights in Zimbabwe
July 18th, 2010 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Harare, July 18 (DPA) President Robert Mugabe has vowed that the new constitution currently being drafted in Zimbabwe will have no provision for gay rights, state radio reported Sunday.
Mugabe, like most other ... Read more...
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67 percent Britons want burqa ban
July 18th, 2010 - 5:52 am ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) A majority of Britons - around 67 percent - want to see the burqa banned in the country.
Earlier in the week, members of parliament in France voted to ... Read more...
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Spanish senate calls for nationwide burqa ban
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 23 (DPA) The Spanish senate Wednesday approved a motion urging Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government to ban Islamic all-body veils in public places.
The government needed to take legal ... Read more...
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Is Abhishek Being Made The Scapegoat For ‘Raavan’’s Failure?
June 23rd, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): There has to be something really flawed about a film which is based on 'Ramayana', has Mani Ratnam at the helm of affairs, stars the Bachchan ... Read more...
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Abhishek-Aishwarya Take Underwater Vows
June 15th, 2010 - 12:03 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It has literally been a case of jumping from the fire into the water for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. If fire is a recurrent motif in ... Read more...
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Spanish city bans full veils in public buildings
May 28th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lerida (Spain), May 28 (DPA) The Spanish city of Lerida Friday banned women from wearing veils that fully cover the face in its public buildings.
Lerida, which has 135,000 inhabitants, is the first ... Read more...
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Stuntmen association,’Rakta Charitra’ makers at loggerheads
May 24th, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) The producer of Vivek Oberoi's "Rakta Charitra" and Bollywood's stuntmen association have locked horns over the fee issue."Rakta Charitra" is being made simultaneously ... Read more...
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Robin Hood was a Yorkshireman, claims Russell Crowe
May 18th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 18 (ANI): According to Russell Crowe, Robin Hood was a Yorkshireman.While talking about his role in the new epic Robin Hood, the New Zealand born Oscar winner said he ... Read more...
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Ram Gopal Varma lends voice to ‘Rakta Charitra’
May 17th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Doning multiple roles at a time, that of a writer, producer and director, Ram Gopal Varma is extending his versatility by lending his voice to the ... Read more...
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Topless Page 3 babes to battle new UK MP’s cover-up plan
May 15th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 15 (ANI): A Liberal Democrat MP, who hates Page 3, has been appointed as Equalities Minster.During her election campaign, Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone, 58, warned that she would "love to ... Read more...
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Actor, 8, settles Robin Hood ‘from Nottinghamshire or Yorkshire’ feud!
May 13th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 13 (ANI): Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire both claim to being home of the legend of Sherwood Forest, but the actor who plays a young Robin in the upcoming film has declared ... Read more...
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Jindal supports Haryana’s caste councils
May 9th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal Sunday supported the Haryana khap panchayats' (caste councils) demand for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same 'gotra' ... Read more...
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Ram or Raavan? Southern superstar Vikram plays both
April 25th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Southern superstar Vikram is playing Raavan and Rama in Mani Ratnam's new film! Confused? So was the actor, who plays opposite roles in the ... Read more...
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Southern Superstar Vikram Traumatized By Raavan
April 24th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Tamil superstar Vikram who makes his debut in Hindi with Mani Ratnam's Raavan is a traumatized man.While in the ... Read more...
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French woman fined for driving while wearing Islamic veil
April 23rd, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 23 (DPA) A French woman who was driving while wearing an Islamic full-body veil was stopped by police in the city of Nantes and fined 22 euro ($29), Europe 1 ... Read more...
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Russell Crowe nearly pulled out of Robin Hood
April 8th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 8 (ANI): Academy Award winner Russell Crowe, who is set to hit the big screen as Robin Hood in his upcoming movie, says he nearly pulled out of what ... Read more...
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Crowe nearly quit ‘Robin Hood’ over script issues
April 6th, 2010 - 1:46 am ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Hollywood star Russell Crowe nearly quit his role in the upcoming "Robin Hood" movie after the first draft of the script painted the legendary British outlaw as ... Read more...
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Robin Hood, money-lender?
March 7th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 8 (IANS) Robin Hood may have been a moneylender to the poor rather the selfless giver that he is thought to be, a new book suggests.
In fact, the English hero ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama supports ban on bullfighting in Spain
February 19th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Feb 19 (DPA) The Dalai Lama has given his backing to a planned bullfighting ban in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, the animal rights association ADDA said Friday.
There was "considerable ... Read more...
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Two out of three Brits want ban on burkhas
February 1st, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): Two out of three Britishers believe burkhas should be banned in public.A survey suggests that the veil, worn by some Muslim women, is unpopular in Britain with 64 ... Read more...
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U2’s No Line On The Horizon tops Rolling Stone’s Best Albums of 2009 poll
December 10th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): U2's latest album 'No Line On The Horizon' has emerged as the topper in Rolling Stone magazine's Best Albums of 2009 poll.The release is U2's 12th music album, ... Read more...
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Calls for ban on ‘Russia slandering’ film Ivan the Terrible
November 28th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 28 (ANI): Experts are calling for a ban on the Russian drama 'Tsar' based on the bloody life and times of Ivan the Terrible.Historian Vyacheslav Manyagin turned to Russian President ... Read more...
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Shotgun gets rid of moustache for ‘Rakta Charitra’ (With Images)
November 3rd, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) Bollywood veteran and politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has maintained his moustache throughout his 36-year-old film career, has now got rid of it for Ram Gopal Varma's "Rakta ... Read more...
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Depp identifies with ‘Public Enemies’ role
July 3rd, 2009 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
London, July 2 (IANS) Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is finding similarities between himself and his character from his new movie "Public Enemies" because of the contrasting jobs he has done before ... Read more...
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Iran to outlaw as punishment by stoning
June 23rd, 2009 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 22 (IANS) Iran plans to outlaw stoning as a form of punishment, the country's IRNA news agency reported Monday.
The head of the parliament judiciary commission Ali Shahrokhi said some traditional ... Read more...
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