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News for Thursday, 6 Jan 2011

Franco all set for directorial debut

James Franco is all set to make his debut with the big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy`s `Blood Meridian`. The actor is also keen to direct a movie based on...

Kabul toughens stance against security firms

KABUL - Kabul said on Thursday that President Hamid Karzai ordered his government to intensify efforts to disband private security firms, the latest twist in a saga that has pitted...

US sending 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - The United States is sending an additional 1,400 Marines to southern Afghanistan to help counter a Taliban offensive ahead of mandated US troop reductions, a Pentagon official said...

Belgium mired in language-driven political crisis

BRUSSELS - Divided Belgium headed into political and economic fog on Thursday after leaders of its Dutch and French communities missed a fresh chance at ending three years of instability.

US woman held in Iran ‘with spy equipment in teeth’

TEHRAN - Iranian officials have arrested an American woman on spying charges after she tried to enter the country from Armenia "with spying equipment in her teeth," Fars news agency...

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo has ‘blood on his hands’: rival

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president accused incumbent Laurent Gbagbo of masterminding a campaign of rape and murder of his supporters as the deadly stand-off's toll rose further.
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210 killed in Ivory Coast unrest: UN

ABIDJAN - At least 210 people have been killed in Ivory Coast since a presidential stand-off escalated in mid-December, the United Nations mission in the crisis-hit west African nation said...

Nigerians vote in ‘test’ poll amid security

ASABA - Nigerians voted on Thursday in a key state governor's ballot seen as a test ahead of April's nationwide elections, with massive security deployed amid fears of further violence.

Hungary admits ‘bad start’ to EU presidency

BUDAPEST - Hungary stood firm against French and German criticism of its media law on Thursday, which threatened to tarnish its presidency of the European Union after an already less...

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