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Woman accused of tossing shoe at Clinton released

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>LAS VEGAS: An Arizona woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet (18 meters) toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S. Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Friday.</b></span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, was given a misdemeanor disorderly conduct summons and freed after she was booked at the Clark County jail, according to a Las Vegas police arrest report.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"Ms. Ernst appeared to be in an agitated state but aware of what she had just done," the report said.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Ernst could face up to a year in the county lockup if she is convicted of violating a county ordinance during the Thursday incident at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">She is accused of bypassing security and walking quickly toward a rope line about six rows from the front of a conference audience. </span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Police say she reached into a purse, removed the shoe and threw it overhand toward the stage.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Clinton ducked and wasn´t struck. She appeared startled but quickly cracked a couple of jokes before continuing her keynote speech to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The audience applauded. Ernst was ushered by security guards out of the ballroom with her hands in the air and sat calmly afterward on a sofa in a hallway.</span><br />
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">She wore a blonde wig, blue dress and thong sandals. She told an Associated Press reporter she threw a shoe and dropped some papers but did not identify herself or explain the action.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Security officers ushered reporters and photographers away. A jail booking photo, taken later, shows Ernst with short brown hair.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">She couldn´t immediately be reached Friday. It wasn´t clear if she had a lawyer.Brian Spellacy, Secret Service supervisory special agent in Las Vegas, said an orange and black athletic shoe was recovered from the stage.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Clinton has Secret Service protection because former presidents and their spouses are covered for their lifetime, Spellacy said.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Authorities said Ernst wasn´t a credentialed conference attendee and wasn´t supposed to have been in the ballroom, which had more than 1,000 people.</span></div>

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2-legged Washington dog charms millions with video

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Duncan was born with deformed rear legs that were amputated to remove the dead weight.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The 9-month-old boxer belongs to Amanda Giese and Gary Walters, who run a nonprofit animal rescue called Panda Paws Rescue out of their home in the Clark County community of Felida.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The Columbian reports the couple took Duncan to Rockaway Beach on the Oregon coast in March and took the video of Duncan racing across the sand and chasing sticks.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Giese says they initially tried to fit Duncan in a special wheelchair, but he hated it and can do without it.AP</span><br />
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Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 13

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>KABUL: Officials say a car packed with explosives blew up and killed 13 people including nine insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.</b></span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Dind Mohammad Darwesh, spokesman for the governor of Logar Province, said it was probably a case of militants killed by their own weapon. He said it appeared the car was being prepared for a terror attack but that investigations are ongoing.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">He said Sunday that those killed in the blast included nine insurgents, plus two women and two children who were nearby. </span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Darwesh had no further details. The area is a Taliban stronghold, and dangerous for journalists to independently verify claims.</span><br />
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Obama, Hollande speak out on Iran sanctions

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to come down like "a ton of bricks" on firms that violate sanctions against Iran, speaking at a joint news conference with French President Francois Hollande, who defended a trip by French businesses executives to Tehran.</b></span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The United States and France are among the countries that signed an interim nuclear agreement with Tehran. The agreement halts progress on the Islamic republic's nuclear program in exchange for easing international sanctions. Talks on a final deal begin next week in Vienna, Austria.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Speaking on companies doing business with Iran in violation of sanctions still in place, Obama said, "We will come down on them like a ton of bricks" if they don't hold up their end.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The Obama administration has objected to the interest French businesses have shown in Iran since the sanctions were eased. More than 100 French executives visited Tehran last week, a trip Secretary of State John Kerry told his counterparts in Paris was "not helpful."</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Hollande said he told the French businessmen that sanctions remain in effect and no commercial agreements can be signed without a long-term, comprehensive nuclear deal. But he said he's not president of the French employer's union and companies make their own travel decisions.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The United States and France also have been working to end the violent civil war in Syria, a former French colony. But peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces have gained no traction.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Obama acknowledged that Syrian peace talks are far from reaching their goal.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"There's enormous frustration here," he said of the negotiations.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">An agreement to strip Syria of its chemical weapons stockpiles is being carried out. But there are concerns on both sides of the Atlantic that Syria is stalling on its obligations.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">When Obama threatened a military strike against Syria following a chemical weapons attack there last year, France was the only European ally ready to join that effort.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Obama said the United State and France have rebuilt a relationship that "would have been unimaginable even a decade ago," after President George W. Bush launched an unpopular war against Iraq.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">There has been some tension between the U.S. and its allies in Europe and elsewhere following revelations that their leaders had been subject to spying from the National Security Agency.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Obama said there is no country with which the United States has "a no-spy agreement." But he says the United States endeavors to protect privacy rights as it collects foreign intelligence.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Hollande said he and Obama "clarified things" about the spying revelations and "mutual trust has been restored."</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"That mutual trust must be based on respect for each other's country but also based on protection, protection of private life, of personal data, the fact that any individual, in spite of technological progress, can be sure that he's not being spied on. These are principles that unite us," Hollande said.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Obama also announced that he's accepted Hollande's invitation to travel to France for the June 6 ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The remarks came at an hour-long news conference in the midst of an official state visit, held as Hollande is facing romantic upheaval that resulted in his showing up stag to the White House. The 59-year-old ended his relationship last month with girlfriend and French first lady Valerie Trierweiler after it was revealed that he was having an affair with an actress.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The White House has carefully avoided any mention of Hollande's personal drama and has moved forward with a grand welcome reserved only for America's closest allies.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">On a cold February morning, Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and a military honor guard welcomed Hollande as he arrived on the South Lawn of the White House. The two leaders shook hands before a cheering crowd, many waving American and French flags, and greeted two American military veterans who served in France during World War II.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Following the arrival ceremony, Obama and Hollande held a private meeting in the Oval Office before appearing before the press in the East Room. And the Obamas were to fete Hollande during an opulent state dinner that night, where celebrities guests were to dine on American caviar and wine and enjoy a performance by singer Mary J. Blige</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">A French reporter asked if France has now become the top U.S. ally in Europe, beating out Britain. "I have two daughters," Obama replied. "And they are both gorgeous and wonderful, and I would never choose between them. And that's how I feel about my outstanding European partners."</span><br />
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Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th victim in India

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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>LUCKNOW: Forest officials say a tiger has killed its 10th human victim in a month while evading hunters on its trail in northern India.</b></span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Deputy Director Saket Badola of the Jim Corbet National Park says the female tiger was outside its normal territory and prowling near villages on the border between the northern Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Badola says the big cat mauled a 50-year-old man as he was collecting firewood Sunday night near the village of Kalgarh. The animal ate parts of the man´s leg and abdomen before being scared away by villagers waving shovels and metal rods.</span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Meanwhile, three hunters hired to kill the animal were having trouble tracking its pug marks in dense forests. (AP)</span><br />

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LUCKNOW: Forest officials say a tiger has killed its 10th human victim in a month while evading hunters on its trail in northern India. Deputy Director Saket Badola of the Jim Corbet National Park says the female tiger was outside its normal territo…

102-year-old cyclist sets world record

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES: Age hasn´t slowed cyclist Robert Marchand. The 102-year-old Frenchman broke his own world record in the over-100s category Friday, riding 26.927 kilometers (16.7 miles) in one hour, more than 2.5 kilometers better than his previous best time in the race against the clock two years ago.</b></span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">By way of comparison, the current overall world record for one hour is 49.700 kilometers (30.882 miles) set by Czech Ondrej Sosenka in 2005.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Marchand, a retired firefighter and logger, also holds the record for someone over the age of 100 riding 100 kilometers (62 miles). He did it in four hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds in 2012.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Marchand received a standing ovation and was mobbed by dozens of photographers and cameramen at the finish line in France´s new National Velodrome, a 74-million-euro ($100 million) complex that officially opened its doors Thursday.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The athlete smiled and raised his arms at the finish, supported by two assistants. "It was very good, but at the end it started to become very hard!" he said.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">He said he couldn´t have done it without the public´s support. "You have to know there are people who came from 600 kilometers away to see me today! It is incredible. That´s all I can say," Marchand said. (AP)</span></div>
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES: Age hasn´t slowed cyclist Robert Marchand. The 102-year-old Frenchman broke his own world record in the over-100s category Friday, riding 26.927 kilometers (16.7 miles) in one hour, more than 2.5 kilometers better than h…

Hundreds of snakes found in US home

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna says officers found between 300 and 400 pythons after searching the house early Wednesday after neighbors complained of a rotting stench.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Bertagna says some of the snakes are alive and some are dead. He says the pythons were kept in plastic bins throughout the five-bedroom house, along with mice and rats.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Bertagna says 53-year-old schoolteacher William Buchman was arrested for investigation of neglect in the care of animals.</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Bertagna says animal control officials had tried to work with Buchman for several months but sought a warrant after they were not allowed inside the home. (AP)</span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday to set up a championship decider against No. 8-seeded Stan Wawrinka.</b></span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Nadal now has won 23 of his 33 matches against Federer, including nine of 11 in the majors. </span></div>
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The 27-year-old Spaniard is one victory away from being the first man in the Open era to win all four majors at least twice, and from joining Pete Sampras in second place on the list of all-time Grand Slam winners with 14.</span></div>
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MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday to set up a championship decider against No. 8-seeded Stan Wawr…

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<b>JEDDAH: Saudi activists say police have detained two women in Riyadh caught breaking an official ban on females driving.</b><br />
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The activists say the women were stopped Wednesday afternoon and taken to a local police station where their male relatives were also called in.<br />
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Saudi activists launched a campaign starting last September renewing calls to allow women the right to drive in the conservative kingdom. In recent situations where women were caught driving, their male relatives were asked to sign statements saying they would not allow the women to drive again.<br />
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The activists, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern for their security, say Wednesday's detentions are unique because the women have been detained hours longer than usual without being released. (AP)</div>

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JEDDAH: Saudi activists say police have detained two women in Riyadh caught breaking an official ban on females driving. The activists say the women were stopped Wednesday afternoon and taken to a local police station where their male relatives were…

Indian parents get life for killing teen, butler

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<b>NEW DELHI: A court sentenced two married dentists to life in prison Tuesday for killing their 14-year-old daughter and their housekeeper, resolving a 5-year-old case that dominated headlines and polarized Indians.</b><br />
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Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, from the New Delhi suburb of Noida, had reportedly broken down in tears when they were convicted Monday and vowed to appeal the verdict.<br />
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Defense lawyer Rebecca John said after Tuesday’s sentencing that the case against the Talwar’s, based largely on circumstantial evidence, amounted to a "witch hunt" and said "there has been a serious miscarriage of justice in this case.<br />
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"The couple came under suspicion soon after their daughter, Aarushi, was found dead in her bedroom, her throat slit with surgical precision. Police initially named the Talwar’s missing Nepali housekeeper as the prime suspect, until his lifeless body was found a day later on a terrace above Aarushi’s room.<br />
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The double-murder became one of the most closely-watched whodunits in recent memory in India, with dramatic turns by police and prosecutors seizing national headlines and launching debates over details of the case.<br />
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"Such crime comes under the rarest of rare cases," prosecutor Naresh Yadav said. "So they should be awarded maximum punishment.<br />
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NEW DELHI: A court sentenced two married dentists to life in prison Tuesday for killing their 14-year-old daughter and their housekeeper, resolving a 5-year-old case that dominated headlines and polarized Indians. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, from the N…

Warhol painting fetches record $105mn at NY auction

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<b>NEW YORK: A prized 1963 Andy Warhol painting that captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash sold for $105 million Wednesday at a New York City auction, setting a record for the famed pop artist, Sotheby's said.</b><br />
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The 8- by 13-foot painting titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" depicts a twisted body sprawled across a car's mangled interior. It has only been seen once in public in the past 26 years. The buyer wasn't immediately identified.<br />
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The previous Warhol auction record was set in 2007 when "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)" sold for $71.7 million. An iconic Warhol called "Coca-Cola (3)" sold for $57.2 million Tuesday at Christie's auction house.<br />
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The high bidding came just a day after the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction went for $142.4 million to conclude six minutes of feverish bidding at Christie's. The hefty price tag for a 1967 Francis Bacon triptych called "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" shattered the previous world record - nearly $120 million paid for Edvard Munch's "The Scream" at a 2012 Sotheby's sale.<br />
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Christie's said the winning bid went to Acquavella Galleries. It is believed that the New York City gallery was buying it for an unidentified client.<br />
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Buyers from Asia, the Middle East and Russia play a big role in the contemporary art market, said Richard Feigen, an art dealer and collector whose Manhattan gallery, Richard L. Feigen & Co., has works spanning from the 14th century to contemporary art.<br />
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"The demand for seminal works by historical important artists is truly unquestionable, and we will keep witnessing new records being broken," said Michael Frahm, a contemporary art adviser and partner at the London-based Frahm Ltd. "This is the ultimate trophy hunting."<br />
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Christie's said Tuesday's sale brought in more than $691.5 million, the highest total for any single auction in history. (AP)</div>

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NEW YORK: A prized 1963 Andy Warhol painting that captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash sold for $105 million Wednesday at a New York City auction, setting a record for the famed pop artist, Sotheby's said. The 8- by 13-foot painting title…

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<b>WASHINGTON: Seeking to improve a rocky relationship, President Barack Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday pledged cooperation on the security issues that have strained ties between their nations. But the sources of the long-standing tensions did briefly bubble to the surface.</b></div>
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Speaking alongside Obama at the White House, Sharif said he raised the issue of American drone strikes during their two-hour meeting, ``emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes.'' For his part, Obama made no mention of drones, which have stoked widespread resentment in Pakistan where many believe the targeted strikes by the armed unmanned aircraft kill large numbers of civilians.</div>
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Despite the Pakistani concerns, the U.S. has shown no indication it is willing to abandon the attacks, even though the number has dropped in the past couple of years.</div>
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Wednesday marked the first time Obama and Sharif have met since the Pakistani leader took office in June. And the mere fact that the talks took place was seen as a sign of progress after a particularly sour period in relations between the security partners.</div>
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Obama acknowledged that there will always be some tension between the U.S. and Pakistan, but said he and Sharif agreed to build a relationship based on mutual respect.</div>
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``It's a challenge. It's not easy,'' he said. ``We committed to working together and making sure that rather than this being a source of tension between our two countries, it can be a source of strength.''</div>
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Washington has warmly welcomed Sharif, who arrived on Sunday for his first visit to the U.S. capital since taking office.</div>
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He dined with Secretary of State John Kerry and other top U.S. officials and was hosted at a breakfast meeting Wednesday at Vice President Joe Biden's residence.</div>
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A military honor guard also lined the driveway leading to the West Wing of the White House as Sharif arrived for his meeting with Obama.</div>
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Beyond drones, the other hot-button issues on the agenda for Wednesday's meeting included plans for winding down the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and the longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan.</div>
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Both leaders agreed on the need for a stable and secure Afghanistan after combat missions formally conclude there at the end of next year.</div>
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Pakistan's conflict with India over the disputed region of Kashmir was also a central topic of the talks. Obama praised Sharif for seeking to end tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.</div>
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``Billions of dollars have been spent on an arms race in response to these tensions,'' Obama said.</div>
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``Those resources could be much more properly invested in education, social welfare programs on both sides of the border between India and Pakistan.''</div>
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Sharif said he was committed to cooperation with India, including on Kashmir. The Pakistani leader also invited Obama to visit Pakistan, but the U.S. president did not publicly accept the offer.</div>
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Obama cancels Asia trip because of shutdown

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<b>WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama cancelled a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown, the White House announced late Thursday.</b><br />
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<b>Obama had already shortened the trip from four countries to two. The White House announced earlier in the week that Obama would be unable to visit Malaysia and the Philippines because the partial shutdown of the federal government was impacting personnel needed to set up the stops.</b><br />
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<b>The White House had held out hope that the president could attend to economic summits in Indonesia and Brunei. But he decided to skip the entire trip to stay in Washington to continue pressing for a budget bill that would reopen the government.</b><br />
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<b>``The cancellation of this trip is another consequence of the House Republicans forcing a shutdown of the government,'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. </b><br />
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<b>Obama had been due to depart Washington late Saturday night.</b><br />
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<b>The White House said Obama called the Sultan of Brunei and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday night to express his regret.</b><br />
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama cancelled a trip to Asia next week because of the government shutdown, the White House announced late Thursday. Obama had already shortened the trip from four countries to two. The White House announced earlier in …

Tycoon plans $8 billion Chinese Hollywood

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<b>QINGDAO:  China's richest man plans to spend 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) to build the country's version of Hollywood in the northeastern city of Qingdao.</b><br />
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In a glitzy, star-studded red carpet event on Sunday, Wang Jianlin said his company, Dalian Wanda Group, will build a state of the art film studio complex in a bid to dominate China's rapidly growing movie market.<br />
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The Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis's 20 studios will include a permanent underwater studio and a 10,000 square-meter (108,000 square-feet) stage that Wang said would be the world's biggest. The facility will also include an Imax research and development center, cinemas and China's biggest film and celebrity wax museums. The first phase is planned to open in June 2016 and it will be fully operational by June 2017.<br />
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A yacht marina, eight hotels and a theme park will be built to attract tourists.<br />
The company has signed a preliminary deal with "a number of global film and television giants and talent agencies" to shoot about 30 foreign films a year. It did not name the companies.<br />
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Wang also hopes to attract more than 50 Chinese production companies to make at least 100 domestic films and TV shows a year at the studios, where sets will simulate locations from Europe, the Middle East and China's Ming and Qing dynasties.<br />
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Dalian Wanda, which operates cinemas, hotels and department stores in China, last year bought the US cinema chain AMC for $2.6 billion and snapped up British yacht maker Sunseeker in June this year.<br />
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The tycoon's red carpet event in Qingdao underlined his outsized ambitions for China's entertainment industry. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Travolta and Leonardo DiCaprio rubbed elbows with Chinese stars including Zhang Ziyi, Jet Li and Tony Leung at the event in Qingdao, best known for Tsingtao Brewery founded when Germany colonized the city a century ago.<br />
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Wang's success in attracting the A-list actors to his launch, held the same day as the Emmy entertainment awards show in Los Angeles, also highlights how the center of gravity in the global film industry is shifting to the east.<br />
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In an interview, Wang boasted of his plans to expand in China's movie market, which overtook Japan to become the world's second biggest after ticket sales rose 36 percent last year to $2.7 billion.<br />
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"There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base, and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world," said Wang, Wanda's founder and chairman. "As long as we build the film production park and produce better content, we'll certainly be the most successful company in this industry."<br />
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He predicted China's film market would become the world's biggest in five years, and compared it to a big cake that foreign studios would love to share.<br />
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Hollywood has been eager to expand distribution in China as domestic box office revenue stagnates. But the Chinese government tightly controls the market, allowing in only 34 foreign films per year for national distribution. At least 14 of them must be made in 3-D or for the big-screen Imax format.<br />
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Wang was named China's richest person earlier this month with a fortune of $22 billion by the Hurun Report, which follows China's wealthy. Forbes also said Wang rose to the top spot on its China rich list, with his estimated fortune rising to $14 billion.<br />
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QINGDAO: China's richest man plans to spend 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) to build the country's version of Hollywood in the northeastern city of Qingdao. In a glitzy, star-studded red carpet event on Sunday, Wang Jianlin said his company, Dalian …

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<b>HARARE: Younis Khan reached his double century with a six and Pakistan immediately declared its second innings on 419-9, a lead of 341 over Zimbabwe on day of the first test on Friday.</b><br />
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Younis just made it to 200 not out before the planned declaration from captain Misbah -ul- Haq, leaving Zimbabwe way behind and just over three sessions to survive in the series opener.<br />
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Younis hit 15 fours and three late sixes in his double hundred, and shared century partnerships with Misbah and Adnan Akmal (64) to lift Pakistan out of trouble after the tourists trailed by 78 runs following the first innings.<br />
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Younis was almost solely responsible for the turnaround, facing 404 balls and taking Pakistan from 23-3 early in its second innings to a position of dominance. (AP)<br />
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HARARE: Younis Khan reached his double century with a six and Pakistan immediately declared its second innings on 419-9, a lead of 341 over Zimbabwe on day of the first test on Friday. Younis just made it to 200 not out before the planned declaratio…

Pakistani bowler Fawad Ahmed almost in Ashes as Australia changes law

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<b>CANBERRA: The Australian government has introduced legislation to Parliament that could clear the way for Pakistani legspinner Fawad Ahmed to play for Australia in the forthcoming Ashes series against England starting July.</b><br />
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<b>The 31-year-old is a permanent resident of Australia after being accepted as a refugee, but needs to  be an Australian citizen to become eligible for selection to Australia's test team.</b><br />
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<b>Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor introduced an amendment to citizenship law on Thursday that would give him discretion to make Ahmad a citizen.</b><br />
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<b> </b>All major political parties have already given in-principle support, meaning the bill will likely become law next week. (AP)<br />
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CANBERRA: The Australian government has introduced legislation to Parliament that could clear the way for Pakistani legspinner Fawad Ahmed to play for Australia in the forthcoming Ashes series against England starting July. The 31-year-old is a perm…