Honoured at Cannes, Bertolucci evokes 3D inspiration

Honoured at Cannes, Bertolucci evokes 3D inspiration


Honoured at Cannes, Bertolucci evokes 3D inspiration

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:13 AM PDT

(France, Cannes-AFP) - Hollywood behemoth "Avatar" inspired Bernardo Bertolucci to make a film in 3D after years away from directing, the Italian veteran revealed Wednesday as he received a special award at Cannes. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Taliban bin Laden revenge bombing kills 80 in Pakistan

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:38 AM PDT

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 80 people at a paramilitary force academy in the northwest on Friday, and vowed further bloodshed in retaliation for the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid in the country.



VIDEO: Zurich votes on 'suicide tourism'

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:31 AM PDT

People in Zurich vote this weekend on measures which could restrict or even ban foreign access to assisted suicide centres.


Indonesia battles forest fire on Sumatra

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Indonesia has sent 120 firefighters to battle blazes from peatland areas that are causing unhealthy levels of pollution in neighbouring Malaysia, an official said Friday.

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Japan to help TEPCO pay nuclear victims

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Japan launched a rescue plan Friday to help nuclear plant owner TEPCO foot the bill for the Fukushima disaster, and started the shutdown of another atomic plant to prevent a similar calamity.

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More than 40 injured in China bank blast

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:59 PM PDT

More than 40 people were injured Friday after a disgruntled former employee ignited a petrol bomb at a bank in a Tibetan-inhabited region of northwest China, local authorities said.

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German economy grows by 1.5 percent in first quarter

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:55 PM PDT

The German economy grew by a quarterly 1.5 percent in the first three months of the year according to seasonally corrected figures released on Friday, bringing Europe's biggest economy back to pre-crisis levels.

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VIDEO: Spanish quake town to hold funerals

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:51 PM PDT

An open-air funeral mass will be held in Spain on Friday for the nine people who died in Wednesday's earthquake in Lorca.


Suicide bombing kills at least 69 in Pakistan

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 69 people at a paramilitary force academy in northwest Pakistan on Friday, in what Pakistani Taliban militants said was retaliation for the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden in the country.



Cut down outdoor activities: health ministry

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Members of the public have been advised to cut down outdoor activities due the haze.

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Pakistani Taliban claim attack on paramilitary academy

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:48 PM PDT

MIRANSHAH, May 13 — Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility today for a suicide bomb attack on paramilitary academy in a northwestern town that killed at least 69 people. "It's the first revenge for the martyrdom of ... bin Laden. There will be more," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location. US ...



VIDEO: US and Pakistan relations 'in crisis'

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US ambassador to the UN and Afghanistan, says he finds it difficult to believe that Pakistan was not aware of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.


China bank bomb injures 39, six seriously

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A petrol bomb set off on Friday by a disgruntled former employee at a rural bank in a Tibetan region of northwestern China's Gansu province caused 39 injuries, Xinhua news agency and the local government said.



Suicide bombing kills at least 69 in Pakistan

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at at least 69 people at a paramilitary force academy in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a police official said, in the first major attack since Osama bin Laden was killed in the country.



Making marriage work: Conflict resolution

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:09 PM PDT

The Chinese have a saying that even the teeth can sometimes bite the tongue. It is an apt saying to remind us that even in the closest and most intimate of human relationships – marriage, there will be times when conflict will arise.

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Red wine offers clue to superconductive future

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:52 PM PDT

Japanese scientists at a boozy office party stumbled across a discovery they hope will help revolutionise efficient energy transmission one day: red wine makes a metal compound superconductive.

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Sony battles to regain trust after data breach

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Japanese entertainment and technology giant Sony faces a battle to regain the trust of millions of consumers after online networks integral to its strategy were hacked, say analysts.

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India's ruling Congress sees gains in state polls

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Vote counting was underway Friday in five Indian states, with the ruling Congress party expected to make key gains despite a series of damaging corruption scandals.

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70 killed as Taliban claim bin Laden revenge

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Pakistan's Taliban Friday claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden's death as at least 70 people were killed in a suicide and bomb attack on paramilitary police.

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Aere death toll rises to 31 in Philippines

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:48 PM PDT

The Philippine death toll from tropical storm Aere rose to 31 people, the government said Friday.

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