A French film that pays tribute to the silent movie era leads in nominations for the Golden Globes, a high-profile Hollywood award that recognizes the year’s best achievements in film and television. The Artist, a silent movie shot in black and white, received six nominations. They are Best Comedy or Musical, Best Actor for a [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 13, 2011
Row over Muslim reality TV show
12 December 2011 Last updated at 18:46 GMT The Amen family of Dearborn includes a fiance who is converting from Catholicism Home improvement retailer Lowe’s is facing criticism after removing advertising from a reality TV show showcasing American Muslims. The company pulled ads from All-American Muslim after complaints from the Florida Family Association. The cable [...]
December 8, 2011
Doubt on basketball’s ‘hot hands’
7 December 2011 Last updated at 18:59 GMT The team examined records from men’s and women’s US basketball games The idea of a basketball player’s ability to successfully shoot a series of hoops – so-called “hot hands” – may be on shaky ground. A study in the journal Nature Communications shows the opposite of what [...]
December 2, 2011
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November 20, 2011
US campus pepper spray outcry
20 November 2011 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An officer appeared to spray the protesters at close range A US university says it is launching an investigation into the use of pepper spray by riot police trying to clear a demonstration. Video of the incident at [...]
November 20, 2011
November 19, 2011
UN Supports Burma’s Selection to Chair ASEAN
At the East Asia Summit Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for the decision by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, to choose Burma to chair its meetings in 2014. Ban said the military-led government in Burma has long been a source of concern for the international community because of [...]
November 18, 2011
Fukushima, Tokyo saw fewer births in April-June amid radiation fears
November 18, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Fukushima, Tokyo saw fewer births in April-June amid radiation fears 18 Nov 2011 The number of births between April and June fell significantly in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima Prefecture as well as Tokyo and two neighboring prefectures, while more deliveries were recorded in northern and western Japan further away from [...]
November 16, 2011
Net giants fight US piracy bill
16 November 2011 Last updated at 13:09 GMT Google chairman Eric Schmidt said SOPA amounted to “censorship”. Web firms including Google and Facebook have written to the US government in opposition to a proposed bill to combat piracy. Alongside AOL, Twitter and eBay they claim that the Stop Online Piracy Act poses huge risks to [...]
November 10, 2011
First nationwide Emergency Alert System test hits a few glitches
Washington (CNN) — Problems were reported across the country during the first-ever nationwide test Wednesday of the Emergency Alert System, designed to allow the president to address the American people during a national emergency. Some television and radio stations did not air the planned 30-second test at all. Some that aired it stayed with the [...]
November 9, 2011
US, China, Russia to Join Asian Leaders For Summit in Bali
Next week (November 14-19), leaders from 18 nations will gather in Indonesia’s island, Bali, for the sixth annual East Asia summit. The regional economic and security forum has steadily gained in importance in recent years and this year for the first time includes the leaders of the United States, Russia and China. The host nation [...]
November 9, 2011
Herman Cain addresses accusations: as it happened
Herman Cain has bowed to the inevitable and will today address the mounting accusations of sexual misconduct aimed against him – most recently the graphic charges of sexual assault made by Sharon Bialek – as the controversy threatens to engulf his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Cain holds two events today: an interview [...]