Isabella Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival jury
Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the international jury at the 61st Berlin Film Festival from February 10-20, organizers said on Monday. "It's fantastic that Isabella Rossellini will…
Amazon trying to launch TV, movie subscriber service, says WSJ
Amazon is seeking to launch a service that would give paying subscribers unlimited access to television shows and movies over the internet, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday. The newspaper,…
MySpace gets in tune with Facebook
MySpace on Monday began letting users synchronize updates with Facebook, the social networking superstar that supplanted the firm that once ruled in that arena. "This new sync functionality is part…
Low-profile lawyer Molcho heads Israel peace talks team
JERUSALEM: Yitzhak Molcho, Israel's point man at the new Middle East talks, is a lawyer who shuns the limelight but has experience negotiating with the Palestinians on behalf of Prime…
Bollywood to make film on life of Jesus
It's a subject that has attracted directors from Cecil B. Demille to Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson. Now Bollywood is getting in on the act with a film about the…
Saeb Erakat: media-savvy veteran of Mideast peace talks
RAMALLAH: Saeb Erakat, tapped to lead the Palestinian negotiating team in fresh peace talks that start Thursday, has long been both the savvy spokesman of the moderate leadership and a…
Investigations continuing into suspected ‘terrorist’ plot
THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors on Wednesday declined to give any details on the progress of their investigation into the actions of two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of terrorism.…
Tony Blair in new memoir: I cried for Iraq war victims
Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn't regret the Iraq war — although he wept for its victims — and carries revelations about the politician's alcohol…
No attacks from Kuwait against other states, says minister
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait plans to buy Patriot missiles from the United States but will not allow its territory to be a launch pad for attacks, the defense minister said in…
US deaths in Afghanistan hit record in 2010
KABUL: The number of US soldiers killed in the Afghan war in 2010 is the highest annual toll since the conflict began almost nine years ago, according to an AFP…