Trailer: 50th anniversary James Bond film collection

Trailer: 50th anniversary James Bond film collection

Trailer: 50th anniversary James Bond film collection

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST

All the Bonds. All the girls. All the action. A trailer for the upcoming box set commemorating the golden anniversary of James Bond was released on January 10, along with an announcement about the definitive 22-film collection, due in fall 2012.

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U.S. drone attacks kill at least 4 in Pakistan - officials

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:34 AM PST

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials and tribesmen said, the latest strikes in a resumption of the air campaign.

Some Chinese aggrieved find inspiration in rebel village

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:54 PM PST

WANGGANG, China (Reuters) - As China gears up for a leadership transition, a small fishing village that stood up to official corruption and rural land grabs has become a touchstone for other communities striving to fight back against grassroots abuses.

Syria rejects Arab plan as "flagrant interference"

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:57 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria rejected on Monday a proposal by Arab League foreign ministers that President Bashar al-Assad hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, saying the plan was part of a "conspiracy against Syria."

VIDEO: Saudis leave Arab league mission

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:29 PM PST

Saudi Arabia has pulled out of the Arab League monitoring mission in Syria, criticising Damascus for failing to act to stop violence against protesters.


Santorum sticks around and gives grief to Gingrich

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:49 PM PST

CORAL SPRINGS, Jan 23 — He may not have much money or a ground game to speak of in Florida but Republican Rick Santorum will not pull out of the presidential race — much to the chagrin of rival Newt Gingrich and probably to the delight of a bruised Mitt Romney. After Gingrich scored a resounding win in the South Carolina primary yesterday, the ...

Giffords leaving US Congress to recover from shooting

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

PHOENIX, Jan 23 — Representative Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, last year, said yesterday she will step down this week from the US Congress to focus on her recovery. "I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona I will step down this week," Giffords said, posting the ...

Enraged Benghazi residents feel ignored, forgotten

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:17 PM PST

BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan 23 — The university professor, dressed immaculately in a pinstripe suit and waistcoat, points in despair to the crumbling buildings and rubbish-strewn streets of Libya's second city Benghazi. "You can see around you that there is no change. There has been no money spent on infrastructure and salaries are not being paid," said ...

Arab League proposes new plan for Syrian transition

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:28 PM PST

CAIRO, Jan 23 — Arab League foreign ministers proposed yesterday that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad hand over power to a deputy and set up a new unity government, after their earlier peace plan failed to end 10 months of bloodshed. They said the League would ask the UN Security Council to endorse its new plan. It appeared highly ...

Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria’s Kano

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:41 PM PST

KANO, Jan 23 — Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said yesterday, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos. A coordinated series of bomb blasts and shooting sprees mostly ...

VIDEO: Arab League calls for Syria 'unity'

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:14 PM PST

The Arab League has called for a national unity government in Syria, aimed at ending the bloodshed in the country.


Some Chinese aggrieved find inspiration in rebel village

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:42 PM PST

WANGGANG, China (Reuters) - As China gears up for a leadership transition, a small fishing village that stood up to official corruption and rural land grabs has become a touchstone for other communities striving to fight back against grassroots abuses.

Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament to hold first session

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 06:13 PM PST

CAIRO, Jan 23 — Egypt's parliament sits for the first time today since Hosni Mubarak was deposed after a historic election that put Islamists, repressed under the former president, in the driving seat. The Muslim Brotherhood's party was the biggest winner in the first free vote in decades. It has vowed to guide Egypt in the transition to civilian ...

Megaupload kingpin tells NZ court he is innocent

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:55 PM PST

AUCKLAND, Jan 23 — The founder of online file-sharing website Megaupload argued in a New Zealand court today he was innocent on charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him. Kim Dotcom (picture), a German national, also known as Kim Schmitz, argued for bail saying through ...

Doomed liner’s captain trades blame with shipowners

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST

GIGLIO, Jan 23 — The operators of the Costa Concordia faced questions over their share of the blame for the shipwreck, as divers recovered another body from the stricken liner yesterday, bringing the known death toll to 13. Captain Francesco Schettino is accused of steering the 290 meter-long cruise ship too close to shore while performing a ...

Saudi urges pressure on Syria, withdraws monitors

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:07 PM PST

CAIRO, Jan 23 — Saudi Arabia said yesterday it was withdrawing its observers from Syria after an Arab monitoring mission failed to end 10 months of bloodshed, and called on the international community to exert "all possible pressure" on Damascus. Hundreds of Syrians have been killed since the observers began their work in late December and ...

US aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:28 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 — A US aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident yesterday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway. The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln completed a "regular and routine" passage through the strait, a ...

VIDEO: China's likely dragon baby boom

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 06:29 PM PST

Many couples in China are keen to have a baby in the auspicious Year of the Dragon - but could this put public services under pressure?


Romney to right tax "mistake" after U.S. primary loss

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 06:19 PM PST

Columbia, South Carolina (Reuters) - Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals as he bids to regain the upper hand in the volatile Republican presidential race.

China's oil imports from Iran jump

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:52 PM PST

BEIJING, Jan 23: China's crude-oil imports from Iran last year were up 30% from 2010, to 27.76 million metric tons, China's General Administration of Customs reported Saturday. That works out to about 557,000 barrels a day.

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