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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ gets more sequels: Third and fourth movies set
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“The Amazing Spider-Man” is gearing up for more cinematic adventures. Sony announced Monday that the third and fourth installments of […]... -
After 20 years, hunt for fugitive Sicilian Mafia boss intensifies
ROME — Each day, Giacomo Di Giralomo makes a point of asking, "Where are you, Matteo?" on his talk radio show, which is broadcast across western Sicily. It's a question that the police are asking with greater urgency as they seek Matteo Messina...
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Bulgarians rally against government in power for two weeks
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Thousands of Bulgarian protesters demanded the resignation of their new Socalist-led government on Sunday, but the prime minister dismissed the prospect of stepping down as "highly irresponsible" and "destabilising". The two-week-old...Tags: Sofia (Bulgaria), Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria, Government, Politics
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Valley Police Beat: Man arrested after incident involving gun
Staff Write, Copy EditorEL CENTRO — An altercation at a home in the 1000 block of North 18th Street led to the arrest of a 24-year-old male for having a concealed firearm and threatening to commit bodily injury. Jonathan Marin of El Centro is alleged to have entered the...Tags: Theft
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Relationship between Czech PM and aide at heart of graft scandal
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - A corruption scandal rocking the Czech government involves power and money but also, at its heart, questions about the nature of the relationship between the prime minister and a trusted female aide. Jana Nagyova, who runs Prime...Tags: Czech Republic, Prosecution, Petr Necas, Government, Politics
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Britain moves on tax dodges ahead of G8 summit
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain turned up the pressure on other rich economies to clamp down on secretive money flows at a summit next week by pressing its overseas tax havens into a transparency deal and announcing new disclosure rules for British firms....Tags: Summits, Government, Politics, David Cameron, G8
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Pope fills key post in Vatican bank overhaul
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a key appointment to the Vatican bank on Saturday, part of a clean-up of the institution which has a history of murky financial dealings and is being closely watched by the European money-laundering watchdog....Tags: Francis I, Benedict XVI, Vatican City, Italy
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Rugby-Sumo wrestlers help Welsh grapple with Japanese culture
ReutersJune 14 (Reuters) - In an attempt to stay ahead of the pack, Six Nations champions Wales are taking scrummaging tips from sumo wrestlers. The Welsh are midway through a two-test series against Japan and are eyeing ways to improve ahead of the second...Tags: Wrestling, Sumo Wrestling, Sports
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Journalist Alfredo Corchado says it's 'Midnight in Mexico'
Journalist Alfredo Corchado has had a front seat to many of the most important events of recent Mexican history. In the 1980s he covered the protests in Northern Mexico that foreshadowed the end of one-party rule, and he was later a Mexico City...Tags: Mexico, Book, Journalism, Mexico City, Crime, Law and Justice
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Straight-shooter prosecutors shake Czech political scene
ReutersBy Michael Winfrey and Jana Mlcochova PRAGUE, June 14 (Reuters) - Six years after he was thrown off a high-profile bribery trial and sacked from his job, Czech High State Prosecutor Ivo Istvan is now on the verge of toppling the government with the Czech...Tags: Czech Republic, Bribery, European Union, Prosecution, Petr Necas
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Trial of accused mobster "Whitey" Bulger turns to bookmakers
ReutersBOSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Testimony in the murder and racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will shift on Friday to some of the small-time Boston bookmakers from whom the accused mob boss's gang demanded tribute payments. His trial on charges...Tags: Murder, Justice System, Trials, Wanted (movie), Police Investigations
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Czech leader clings on after close aide charged with graft
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was clinging to office on Friday after prosecutors accused a close aide of being at the center of a corrupt web of political favors and secret surveillance. The leader of a junior partner in the...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Social Sciences, Lawyers, National Government
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