Foxtrot, rumba and romance: scoring 'The Artist'

Foxtrot, rumba and romance: scoring 'The Artist'

Foxtrot, rumba and romance: scoring 'The Artist'

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:38 AM PST

(STRASBOURG, France-AFP) - With no pesky dialogues to get in the way, scoring a silent movie like "The Artist" may sound like a musician's treat -- but in many ways it's harder, says the Oscar-nominated composer Ludovic Bource. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Al Qaeda kill 26 as new Yemeni leader is sworn in

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:18 AM PST

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A suicide bombing claimed by al Qaeda killed at least 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen on Saturday, hours after the newly-elected president was sworn in and said the battle against the Islamists was a "national duty."

Australia’s Gillard set to win prime ministerial vote

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:22 PM PST

CANBERRA, Feb 26 — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was poised to win a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd tomorrow despite polls showing a government under her leadership would be decimated at the next elections due by late 2013. Gillard said she was confident she would win the prime ministerial showdown against Rudd and hoped the ...

Magnitude 6.8 quake hits Russian Siberia near Mongolia border

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:02 PM PST

SINGAPORE, Feb 26 — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit 58 miles east of the Russian city of Kyzyl in the Tuva region of Siberia around 0617 GMT near the Mongolian border at an estimated depth of 7.3 miles, the US Geological Survey said today. — Reuters  

Robert Kennedy son charged in maternity ward tussle

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:59 PM PST

NEW YORK, Feb 26 — The son of slain US Senator Robert Kennedy is facing misdemeanour charges stemming from a confrontation with two nurses that occurred as he was trying to take his newborn baby for fresh air, his attorney said yesterday. Douglas Kennedy, 44, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of harassment ...

Shock, horror! Murdoch’s Sun wants his readers back

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

LONDON, Feb 26 — Rupert Murdoch bid to grab back the huge audience his News Corp lost when it closed Britain's best-selling News of the World over a phone-hacking scandal with a new Sunday edition of his Sun tabloid filled with gossip, girls and celebrities.  With a front page splashing on a female TV presenter's birthing difficulties — "My heart ...

Australia's Gillard set to win prime ministerial vote

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:48 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was poised to win a leadership vote against rival Kevin Rudd on Monday despite polls showing a government under her leadership would be decimated at the next elections due by late 2013.

VIDEO: Syrian holds vote despite violence

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:52 PM PST

The Syrian government is holding a national referendum on a new constitution, amid continuing violent unrest and a boycott by the opposition.


Hong Kong as a woman: Louis Vuitton launches international film series

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:47 PM PST

Louis Vuitton launched a new short film series February 22 hoping to capture the essence of different cities from across the globe in relation to gender.

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VIDEO: Should Neapolitan pizza be Unesco-protected?

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:52 PM PST

Pizza-makers in Naples believe their product should be added to the Unesco's 'intangible' cultural heritage list.


Death toll mounts as Syria holds referendum

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:01 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government kept up its onslaught on Homs and other towns, with at least 100 killed according to human rights campaigners, as the country prepared to hold a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution.

VIDEO: Bin Laden's compound demolished

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:38 PM PST

Pakistan is demolishing the compound where US forces killed Osama Bin Laden, in the city of Abbottabad, residents and police say.


US democracy activists to go on trial in Egypt

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:10 PM PST

CAIRO, Feb 26 — Dozens of democracy activists including 16 Americans go on trial in Egypt today in a politically charged case which has set off a crisis in relations between Cairo and Washington and threatened US$1.3 billion (RM3.91 billion) in annual US military aid. Forty-three foreign and Egyptian non-profit workers — including the son of the ...

Syrians trapped in Homs as evacuation talks flounder

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST

BEIRUT, Feb 26 — The Red Cross said yesterday it was still unable to evacuate civilians from the embattled Baba Amro district of Homs, as the Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held area into a fourth week. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said there were "no concrete results" from its negotiations with both ...

Libya and France boost military cooperation

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 05:48 PM PST

TRIPOLI, Feb 26 — Libya and France have agreed to look into boosting maritime security and controlling the North African country's borders, their defence ministers said yesterday. On a visit to Tripoli, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet met his Libyan counterpart Osama al-Juwali to discuss the issues and sign a letter of intent to boost ...

Obama backs NATO security steps after deadly Afghan attack

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 — President Barack Obama yesterday backed steps by NATO's commander in Afghanistan to protect US service members there after the killing of two US officers in the Interior Ministry, and welcomed President Hamid Karzai's call for calm, the White House said. Obama spoke to US General John Allen after NATO withdrew all staff ...

Taliban militants say they shot down US drone

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

PESHAWAR, Feb 26 — A US drone crashed yesterday in North Waziristan, not far from the Afghan border, Pakistan intelligence officials said, while Taliban militants said they had shot it down. Taliban militants led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur said they had collected wreckage of the destroyed drone and would provide its pictures to the media today. "The ...

American officers killed in Afghan Interior Ministry

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:17 PM PST

KABUL, Feb 26 — Two American officers were shot dead at close range in Afghanistan's Interior Ministry yesterday, a US official said, as rage gripped the country for a fifth day over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base. NATO recalled all staff working at ministries in the Afghan capital, Kabul, following the attack, with its top ...

Two killed in blaze at Brazil Antarctica base

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Brazil's research station in Antarctica on Saturday, killing two navy personnel and forcing the evacuation by helicopter of about 40 other people, the government said.

Senegalese to vote in test of nation's stability

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:58 PM PST

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade faces re-election on Sunday, having defied opposition efforts to block him from standing and warnings that his candidacy risked destabilising the usually tranquil West African state.

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