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News for Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Osama bin Laden’s death may help Afghan peace

The killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by an elite US team has sapped Taliban morale and encouraged fighters to join peace talks, while piling pressure on insurgent...

Tanks shell Syrian border town

Tanks shelled a Syrian border town for the fourth day on Wednesday in a military campaign to crush demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad, under mounting Western pressure to stop his...

Maoists kill seven policemen in India

Seven Indian policemen were killed in a Maoist rebel landmine blast in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday, as the insurgents called for a 48-hour strike in...

The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick's mad and magnificent film descends slowly, like some sort of prototypical spaceship: it's a cosmic-interior epic of vainglorious proportions, a rebuke to realism, a disavowal of irony and...

Depp, Queen Elizabeth are cousins?

Johnny Depp might be upset about being left off the royal wedding guest list now that it's been revealed that he and Queen Elizabeth are reportedly distant cousins. According to...

Sony says cannot guarantee security after hack

Sony chief Howard Stringer has warned he can no longer guarantee the security of the electronics giant's gaming network in the "bad new world" of cybercrime after one of the...

Beyonce, Madonna honour Oprah

The stars came out to honor Oprah Winfrey in a pair of spectacular farewell shows taped in front of 13,000 ecstatic fans Tuesday as the talk show queen wraps up...

Nigeria adapts Sesame Street

A yam-loving muppet and another who's HIV positive romp about a set filled with an old drum of oil, a raffia basket and a heap of ubiquitous hot red peppers....

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