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Roman Polanski Called into Court Over 1977 Child Sex Crime

Ut World February 18, 2015 0

Filmmaker Roman Polanski will attend a court hearing in Poland next week that will consider a U.S. extradition request over a 1977 child sex crime conviction, his lawyer said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the court, in the southern city of Krakow, said the hearing would take place on Feb. 25. Continue Reading

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Modi’s Vow for Protection of All Religions in India

Ut World February 18, 2015 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Tuesday to protect all religious groups, an apparent response to a series of attacks on Christian institutions in New Delhi fuelling concerns that minorities are being targeted by Hindu zealots. Critics say that Modi’s government, which is led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has failed to protect religious Continue Reading

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Ceasefire Agreement Doesn’t Help the Most Intensive Fighting

Ut World February 17, 2015 0

Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse. The European Union kept pressure on Russia and the rebels by announcing a new list of separatists and Russians targeted with sanctions, […]Continue Reading

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Successful Weekend Opening for Fifty Shades of Grey

Ut World February 16, 2015 0

Fifty Shades of Grey,” the widely anticipated adaptation of the best-selling novel about a kinky relationship between a businessman and a college student, took in $81.7 million in ticket sales to soar to the top of U.S. and Canadian weekend box office charts.The film, which stars James Dornan and Dakota Johnson as the libidinous couple, […]Continue Reading

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Jackie Chan’s Son Appears in Public First Time After Jail Sentence

Ut World February 16, 2015 0

Jaycee Chan, son of movie star Jackie Chan, began the process of rehabilitating his image on Saturday as he appeared in public for the first time following a six-month jail sentence on drug charges and apologized for his actions. Speaking softly and wearing a dark-colored suit and collarless shirt, the 32-year-old entertainer told reporters in […]Continue Reading

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India and U.S. to Put in Efforts to Stop Illgeal Money Transfers

Ut World February 13, 2015 0

India and the United States vowed to step up joint efforts to halt illicit money flows after revelations that Iranian oil export revenues had been siphoned out of an Indian bank in a suspected money- laundering scheme. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the case centering on state-controlled UCO Bank had not come up as part […]Continue Reading

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China’s President to Visit Pakistan

Ut World February 13, 2015 0

China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Pakistan this year in what will be the first trip by a Chinese head of state to its western neighbour in nine years, as Beijing looks to take a bigger role in South Asia.China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the announcement on Thursday in Pakistan’s capital, where he spoke […]Continue Reading

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Ut World February 12, 2015 0

A treasure trove of objects that were supposed to have been left behind after the first moon landing have turned up in the closet of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the lunar surface, the Smithsonian Institution has said. Armstrong died in August 2012 and his wife, Carol, found the items from the […]Continue Reading

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Burglar Calls Police for Help

Ut World February 12, 2015 0

A Seattle burglary suspect who tried to evade capture by crawling inside an apartment building’s ventilation ducts got stuck and had to be rescued by authorities, police said on Wednesday .Residents in a downtown Seattle apartment building called police on Monday evening to report hearing what sounded like a person “destroying washing machines” with a Continue Reading

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Inflation Higher Due to Increased Prices in Food

Ut World February 11, 2015 0

Rising food prices are expected to have pushed retail inflation slightly higher last month, but weaker demand prompted factories to slow output in December, a Reuters poll showed. The uptick in inflation is unlikely to change forecasts for more interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India, after it made its first cut for […]Continue Reading