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'Real Lord Of The Flies' shipwreck to become major movie
Life, AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» The remarkable story of six boys stranded on a remote island that has been dubbed the "Real Lord Of The Flies" is to become a Hollywood movie, it was announced recently.
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Emerging from obscurity: 2019's unforeseen history-makers
AFP, Published on 04/12/2019
» PARIS: Of the many people who made history in 2019, some surprised themselves and the world by emerging from obscurity to make their mark, though one remains anonymous for the time being -- "The Whistleblower" behind the impeachment probe into US President Donald Trump.
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'Fall of the ogre': Depardieu sparks #MeToo moment in French cinema
AFP, Published on 14/12/2023
» PARIS - For more than a year after rape allegations against French actor Gerard Depardieu, the film industry shrugged its shoulders and the cinematic legend with more than 200 titles to his name continued working.
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50 years on, the enduring myth of Stockholm Syndrome
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» STOCKHOLM - "Get down to the floor! The party begins!" Shouting in English, Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a Stockholm bank on August 23, 1973, high on drugs, agitated and waving a submachine gun.
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German cabinet approves belt-tightening draft budget
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» BERLIN: Germany's coalition government approved a draft of next year's budget Wednesday after fractious negotiations, aiming to impose deep cuts after years of big spending while giving defence a boost.
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QR code menus spark love-hate row in Rio, and beyond
AFP, Published on 09/06/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Leafing through the leather-bound menu at a classic Rio de Janeiro restaurant, the tile-floored, wood-paneled Armazem Sao Thiago, 28-year-old Paula Cardoso says something that amounts to heresy in this establishment: "I prefer QR code menus."
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Arsenal silence doubters with statement win over Man Utd
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» LONDON - Premier League leaders Arsenal have had their title credentials questioned all season but their last-gasp win against Manchester United has silenced many of the remaining doubters.
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US vows to defend space with Japan, deploy mobile Marines as China worries grow
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday that attacks in space would invoke its defence treaty with Japan and announced the deployment of a more agile Marine unit in its ally as alarm grows over China.
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Kevin Spacey denies sex assault charge in US court
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» NEW YORK: Disgraced movie star Kevin Spacey takes the stand at his New York trial, rejecting as "not true" accusations he sexually assaulted fellow actor Anthony Rapp when he was a minor.
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Victims turned activists: Iraqi women battle abuse
AFP, Published on 02/01/2022
» BAGHDAD - After a day's work in an Iraq public sector job, Azhar offers legal support to women who are victims of domestic abuse, something she knows well given her experience with a brutal husband.
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