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  • US Taliban to have direct peace talks

    The US has decided to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meet is due to take place in the coming days in Qatar's capital, where the Taliban have opened their first official overseas office, BBC reported. US officials told reporters the first formal meeting between the US and Taliban representatives was expected to take place in Doha ...

  • Champions Trophy Srinath match referee for first semifinal

    Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath was Tuesday appointed the match referee for the first Champions Trophy semifinal between England and South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday. Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker are the on-field umpires while Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis have been appointed as third and fourth umpires, International Cricket COuncil (ICC) said. Englishman Chris Broad has ...

  • Assange Fit enough to stay in Londons Ecuadorean embassy for another five years

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he is fit enough to spend another five years in the Ecuadorean embassy. According to the Guardian, Ecuador foreign minister Ricardo Patino said that neither London nor Quito was showing any signs of backing down and Assange's situation is totally 'unjust'. Assange who has been holed up in the embassy for nearly a year faces prosecution over sexual ...

  • Confident Tredwell backs England to win major Champions Trophy

    England off-spinner James Tredwell has said that he is confident that England can win the ICC Champions Trophy tournament this year, which is the country's first 50-over tournament, nearly 40 years after the first one was staged here. Alastair Cook's side are two games away from landing the tournament, with Sunday's nail-biting win over New Zealand in Cardiff, in what was effectively a ...

  • Clarke says disgraced Warner could miss Ashes over bar-room brawl with Root

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that disgraced opener David Warner may miss this summer's Ashes after his bar-room brawl with England's Joe Root. The left-hander has been suspended until the first Ashes test by Cricket Australia (CA) and fined 11, 500 dollars after throwing a punch at Root in a Birmingham pub, following Australia's loss to England in their ICC Champions Trophy ...


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Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

Not since John Boormans ambitiously misguided and deranged 1977 sequel to The Exorcist has there been a film of more straight-faced metaphysical silliness than M. Night Shyamalans Lady in the Water. And rarely has a film so deserved an auteurist possessive credit b ... ...

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  • Wind turbine to be built near Queen Mothers castle

    A wind turbine is to be built near the Scottish home of the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother despite planning officials admitting that it will have an "unwelcome" visual ...

  • Vladimir Putin may allow Assad to go if power vacuum in Syria is avoided

    Vladimir Putin with G8 leaders. The Russian leader has agreed to let President Assad of Syria go on certain conditions. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty ...

  • England stun NZ in Junior World Cup semi

    A controversial 74th minute try to Tom Smallbone has helped England stun NZ in this morning's Junior World Cup rugby semi-final in Vannes in France. England won 33-21 and were helped considerably by Smallbone's five pointer, which was awarded on video review by the TMO, from a ruck near the NZ line, despite no clear evidence of a try. Until then, NZ were well in the match, having ...

  • William Hague 14-pint-sized politico

    A 16-year-old William Hague addressing the Conservative party conference at Blackpool in 1977. Behind him is Margaret Thatcher. Photograph: Frank ...

  • Tax avoidance clampdown wins support of G8 leaders

    David Cameron takes questions from journalists at the G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Stefan ...

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