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Gunman kills eight in Czech Republic
Eight people were shot dead in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, the town\'s mayor said on Czech Television.Reuters Afghanistan-Pakistan Bureau Chief Dies in Islamabad
The Reuters news agency says Maria Golovnina, its bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 34.Thailand jails two on royal insult charge over play
Thailand on Monday sentenced two people to jail terms of 2-1/2 years for insulting royalty in a university play, amid a campaign ...Oscars 2015: Polish movie Ida wins best foreign film
Black-and-white Polish drama "Ida" won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Sunday, capping a successful awards season run in which ...Arquette, Simmons win supporting honors at Oscars
The 87th Academy Awards is a night of firsts for many of the nominees and the show\'s host but has so far ...Kuwait court hands down two years jail sentence for insulting emir
A Kuwaiti appeals court on Sunday sentenced an opposition politician to two years in jail for insulting the country\'s ruler, local media ...Poet laureate Philip Levine dies at age 87
Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. ...Football art auction raises millions for charity
A London auction of football-themed works raised more than $4 million for children\'s charities on Thursday, including a portrait of Barcelona star ...Sudanese forces rape 221 women, girls in mass attack
Sudanese army troops raped at least 221 women and girls in a Darfur village in a series of organized, house-to-house attacks last ...Ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex ring trial
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who was tipped to become French president before being accused of sexual assault by a New ...




