French first lady makes acting debutThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:31AMPARIS -- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on Tuesday made her acting debut with Hollywood star Owen Wilson in a Woody Allen film being shot in Paris.
Taib Mahmud: through the looking glassThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:01AMBy Pak Bui Abdul Taib Mahmud is surrounded by sycophants. They hang on his every word and extol his every move. The media, controlled by the government and its affiliated logging firms, invariably report his policies and speeches as works of genius. The Borneo Post reported that Taib had delivered a “keynote address” to the Said Business [...]
At least 14 killed, 29 injured in Iraq attacks - SummaryThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:42AMBaghdad - Several Iraqi cities saw separate attacks on Thursday in which at least 14 people were killed and 29 injured. One police officer was killed and two bodyguards were injured by a bomb targeting a motorcade in the al-Qayara district of the northern city of Mosul.
At least seven killed, 21 injured in Iraq attacks - SummaryThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:57AMBaghdad - Several Iraqi cities saw separate attacks on Thursday in which at least seven people were killed and 21 injured. One police officer was killed and two bodyguards were injured by a bomb targeting a motorcade in the al-Qayara district of the northern city of Mosul.
Greene's Son Present At Kilpatrick's DepositionThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:28AMFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is giving a deposition inside of a U.S. District Courtroom in Detroit for a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a slain Detroit stripper.
7 people killed in Iraq's violenceThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:24AMSeven people were killed and 29 others injured in separate attacks in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the police said.
‘Kajínek’ – gripping story of convicted killer who maintains his innocenceThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:09AMA new film hits the cinema screens next week about the Czech Republic’s most notorious prisoner - Jiří Kajínek. In 1998, Kajínek was sentenced to life in prison for the gangland killings of a Plzeň businessman and one of his bodyguards, a crime he’s always denied committing. His daring escapes from several of the country’s high security prisons – and persistent doubts about the conviction – have ...
Sarkozy histrionics delay Bruni's acting debutThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:54AMFamily life ensures a film role for the French first lady does not go to script.
Carla Bruni Irritates Woody Allen!Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:01AMFRENCH First Lady Carla Bruni isn’t winning any brownie points with Woody Allen! The leggy brunette — wife of Nicolas Sarkozy — plays a museum curator in Allen’s new film Midnight in Paris. And according to reports, Bruni required at least 35 takes to film a dialogue-free scene that required her to simply walk in and out [...]