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Influential U.S. film critic Roger Ebert dies at 70

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

(Reuters) – Roger Ebert, who was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and became an unlikely TV star while hosting a movie

Argentina flash floods claim more lives

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

Catastrophic flash floods have killed 57 people in the province of Buenos Aires, while hundreds more remain homeless, officials say. The worst hit is the

Amazon murders: Two convicted of 2011 Brazil killings

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

A judge in Brazil has found two men guilty of the murder in 2011 of two activists in the Amazon rainforest. The men were sentenced

South Korea ‘deploys warships to track North missiles’

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

South Korea has deployed two warships with missile-defence systems, reports say, a day after the North apparently moved a missile to its east coast. Military

Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief in ‘drugs arrest’

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

The former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau has been arrested and is being transferred to the US, local media have reported. Rear Admiral Jose

Nigeria moots amnesty for Boko Haram Islamist rebels

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a panel to look into the possibility of granting an amnesty to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

US unemployment drops by just 88,000 in March

YoopyaApr 5, 2013June 17, 20230

US unemployment fell by just 88,000 in March, the lowest decline for nine months, official data has shown. The number was much weaker than the

Queen honoured with Bafta award for film and TV support

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

The Queen has received an honorary Bafta for her lifelong support of the British film and television industry. The actor Sir Kenneth Branagh presented her

Obama ‘offering to cut US pensions’ for deficit deal

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

US President Barack Obama is prepared to offer cuts to Americans’ pensions to strike a deficit deal with Republicans, a White House official says. In

Junior Nkwelle stabbing: Girl and boyfriend detained

YoopyaApr 5, 20130

A 14-year-old girl who “set up” a boy to be stabbed by her boyfriend after she felt she had been disrespected has been sentenced for