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Hunger Games vs. Harry Potter
And this has nothing to do with the box office. Lionsgate's senior vice president for business affairs and litigation Liat Cohen has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Harry Potter Alliance's Imagine Better Project over its charitable campaign "Hunger...
Tags: Movies, The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter (fictional character), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment
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U.N. report stokes concern over Iran's nuclear programme-EU
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran's expansion of sensitive nuclear activity breaks United Nations resolutions and increases concerns about whether its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, the European Union said on Thursday. A U.N. nuclear agency...Tags: International Organizations, Nuclear Power, Iran, Nuclear Policy, European Union
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Global shares sink, following 7.3 percent drop in Japan's Nikkei
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may soon scale back its stimulus program....Tags: Auto Trends, White House, Robin Williams, Chuck Hagel, Nike, Inc.
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Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay,...Tags: White House, Prisons, Al-Qaeda, The Wall Street Journal, Elections
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Yen climbs against dollar, euro as stocks slide
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen advanced sharply against the dollar and the euro on Thursday after a slide in stocks sparked by a drop in Chinese factory activity prompted a rush for the safe-haven Japanese currency . China's factory activity shrank for the...Tags: G20 Summit, Government Ministers, National Government, White House, ING Group
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Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria
World NowJERUSALEM -- Israel fired warning shots into Syria on Sunday after an apparently errant mortar shell struck an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights, the latest example of regional spillover from Syria’s civil unrest. The Syrian mortar caused... -
U.N.: 11,000 refugees pour out of Syria in 24 hours
World NowEleven thousand refugees have poured out of Syria in just 24 hours, a staggering spike as violence surges near the border, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. The Friday deluge is more than triple the usual numbers of 2,000 to 3,000 people... -
Exclusive: Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions - U.N
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U....Tags: Metal, Science and Technology, Iran, Glencore International AG, Tehran (Iran)
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M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit
ReutersGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President...Tags: International Organizations, Joseph Kabila, International Economic Institution, Rwanda, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region displaces 300,000: U.N. aid chief
ReutersOUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday. The...Tags: Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sudan, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions
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Proliferating scandals expose truth about Obama
Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it's obvious President Barack Obama is in need. Our president must find his happy place again, away from irritating...
Tags: Political Dissent, White House, News Media, U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation
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