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House of Flying Daggers (Movie review)
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 Opened in limited release on December 3, 2004 (New York City and Los Angeles, 145 screens) House of Flying Daggers is a martial-arts action/romance film. Contents 1 Cast and crew 2 Plot 3 Production notes 4 External links
Turkish planes bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
Thursday, July 24, 2008File:December 2007 bombing of northern Iraq.jpg Turkey’s military said in a statement posted on their website that warplanes bombed thirteen Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets overnight in northern Iraq. In what the statement termed an “intensive strike,” Turkey targeted PKK hideouts along the Turkish frontier which is known as a major stronghold for the PKK. The statement […]
Hamilton wins ‘incredible’ Bahrain race, F1’s 900th Grand Prix
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Sunday saw Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton win the Bahrain Grand Prix after an “incredible” race he spent battling with teammate Nico Rosberg. It was F1’s 900th ever World Championship Grand Prix. The two Mercedes drivers were neck-and-neck throughout the race, with Hamilton usually in front. Rosberg started from pole position after Hamilton made a mistake […]
Global markets plunge
Friday, October 10, 2008 Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply with several seeing the biggest drop in their history. Asian markets saw the biggest sell-off. The Nikkei dropped 9.62% to reach a 20 year low. Japan also saw a collapse of a mid-size insurance company, Yamato Life Insurance Company, which declared bankruptcy. The Hang Seng, which was one […]
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their investigation secret; and, that with […]
U.S. Housing prices down 9% since February
Sunday, June 26, 2005 The median house price in the United States plunged 6.5% in May to $217,000. In February of 2005, the median price of a home was $237,300. The Economist newspaper said in its June 16th issue; “In other words, it looks like the biggest bubble in history.” by way of reference to what is happening with housing […]
US Secretary Rice responds to European enquiries on alleged CIA prisons
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun to address concerns raised by the EU, the Council of Europe, and several member countries about the CIA’s detention practices upon her arrival in Germany for a European tour that began Tuesday. “As a matter of US policy, the United States’ obligations under the U.N. Convention […]
Australian Senate to decide sport footage ownership
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 An inquiry set up by the Australian Senate will decide where footage taken at sporting events can run. “The potential precedents for this are enormous,” said the head of a major news agency. “This will set a global benchmark — it has been coming to a head for a long time.” The inquiry was set up […]