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Headlines for April 15, 2012
TALIBAN-CLAIMED ATTACK TARGETS EMBASSIES, PARLIAMENT IN KABUL
Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaultingWestern embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in thewest, witnesses and officials ...ISRAELI POLICE INSTRUCTED TO DETAIN PRO-PALESTINIAN "FLY-IN" ACTIVISTS
Israel deployed hundreds of police Sunday, April 15 at its main airport to detain activists flying in to protest the country's occupation of Palestinian areas, defying vigorous Israeli government ...JAPAN MULLS LENDING $60 BILLION TO IMF
Japan is considering lending about $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund to help strengthen a global firewall against contagion from the European sovereign debt crisis, AFP reported citing Kyodo ...UN CEASEFIRE MONITORS TO ARRIVE IN SYRIA ON APRIL 15 EVENING
An initial team of UN ceasefire monitors is due to arrive in Syria on Sunday, April 15 evening and will be deployed on Monday, the spokesman for international mediator Kofi Annan said, according to Reuters.
...MEL GIBSON'S "GET THE GRINGO" TRAILER RELEASED
A new trailer for Mel Gibson's "Get the Gringo" flick, coming exclusively to DirecTV on May 1, was released, The Wrap reported.
In the movie, Gibson plays Driver, an American criminal who crashes ...AT&T'S ONLINE SOLD OUT IF NOKIA LUMIA 900
AT&T's online store indicated that the wireless carrier is temporarily sold out of both the cyan and the black matte versions of the Nokia Lumia 900, Neowin reports.
That would seem to corroborate ...EGYPT'S RULER TO MEET POLITICIANS AS KEY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GET DISQUALIFIED
Egypt's military ruler will hold talks with political leaders on Sunday, April 15 after next month's presidential election was thrown into further turmoil with the disqualification of key candidates, ...FCC PROPOSES $25,000 FINE ON GOOGLE OVER "OBSTRUCTING A PROBE"
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $25,000 fine on Google Inc., GOOG -4.06% accusing the search giant of deliberately obstructing an investigation into whether the company violated federal ..."HYSTERIA" PERIOD COMEDY TRAILER HITS THE WEB
Sony Pictures Classics posted a new trailer for Hysteria, a period comedy directed by Tanya Wexler about the discovery/creation of the vibrator in the name of medical science. The film's title refers ...900 HECTARES OF FORESTS BURNING IN SIBERIA
Over 900 hectares of forests are on fire in Siberia, the Emergencies Ministry's regional center reported on Sunday, April 15, RIA Novosti reported.
"Seventy hot spots of forest fires at an area of 18,687 ...TALIBAN ATTACK PAKISTANI PRISON, FREE 380 INMATES
Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, April 15 freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least ..."PRISON BREAK" STAR'S "DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM" THRILLER TO BE PRODUCED
Voltage Pictures and Killer Films will produce a new project based on an original screenplay by Wentworth Miller called The Disappointments Room. Voltage's Nicolas Chartier and Zev Foreman will produce ...INTEL'S "LETEXO" SLIDING ULTRABOOK SHOWCASED AT IDF 2012 BEIJING
During IDF 2012 Beijing, Intel showcased a hybrid Ultrabook prototype sporting Windows 8 and a sliding screen. The latter feature allows it to transform into multiple form factors: a tablet, an all-in-one ...PARIS HOSTS DUELING RALLIES BETWEEN LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
France's two leading presidential candidates are holding dueling rallies in the capital a week before the country heads into the voting booth, The Associated Press reported.
Polls show conservative ...CREDIT SUISSE BANK MAY CUT 5,000 JOBS - SWISS PAPER
Swiss bank Credit Suisse could announce the loss of up to 5,000 jobs in its investment banking business at its forthcoming first-quarter results, Reuters reported citing a Swiss newspaper.
Citing an ...SYNOPSYS FOR TARANTINO'S STAR-STUDDED "DJANGO UNCHAINED" REVEALED
Sony Pictures and the Weinstein Company released a synopsis Friday for Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. The follow-up to Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, the film tells the story of a slave in the ...MASS-MURDERER BREIVIK FEARED TO USE TRIAL TO SHOWCASE RADICAL VIEWS
The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts Monday, April 16 amid worries that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.
According ...PARAMOUNT LANDS TINA FEY'S "THE INTERN" COMEDY
Paramount Pictures is making a deal to finance and distribute The Intern, which Nancy Meyers will direct from her script, with Tina Fey attached to star. Scott Rudin will produce.
Fey will play the founder ...CHAOS AT THE CASINO TO FEATURE OVER DOZEN ARMENIAN FIGHTERS
Chaos at the Casino will feature over a dozen Armenian fighters with local connections across three different fighting disciplines - boxing, mixed martial arts and Muay Thai, Glendale News-Press reports.
...HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS ARAM KHACHATURIAN'S WORK
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra's sixth Masterworks program of the season is an opportunity to admire signal works by three composers who were absolute masters of their craft, able to manipulate all parts ...RUBEN GAZARIAN TO CONDUCT ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN ISTANBUL
Sergio Tiempo, a pianist of Argentinean and Venezuelan origin, will come to Istanbul for a concert with an international team along with him. The Zurich Chamber Orchestra, founded after World War II, ...
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