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  • Spanish judge issues warrants for U.S. troops
    A Spanish judge issued arrest warrants for three U.S. soldiers on Thursday in connection with the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq in 2003, reopening a long-running legal battle, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.
  • Woman charged with baby murders
    French prosecutors said Thursday they charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and killing eight babies in northern France.
  • Athens tense after strikers ordered back to work
    The Greek capital was tense Thursday after the government ordered truck drivers back to work following a three-day strike.
  • Spain’s Catalonia bans bullfighting
    Catalonia became the first mainland Spanish region to ban bullfighting after its parliament voted Wednesday to outlaw the tradition on animal cruelty grounds.
  • Germany indicts former Nazi camp guard
    Germany has indicted a former Nazi death camp guard for the murders of more than 430,000 Jews, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said.
  • Police question French labor minister in L’Oreal probe
    French Labor Minister Eric Woerth is being questioned by police in connection with their investigation into the finances of L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, France, said Thursday.

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Cinenews - new films this week

  • Horn of Plenty
    New movie by Juan Carlos Tabio with Jorge Perugorria, Enrique Molina, Paula Ali.
  • Knight & Day
    New movie by James Mangold with Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise.
  • Splice
    New movie by Vicenzo Natali with Adrien Brody, Saray Polley.
  • Teza
    New movie by Haile Gerima with Aaron Arefe, Abeye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun.
  • The Fourth Kind
    New movie by Olatunde Osunsanmi with Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson.
  • The Last Airbender
    New movie by M Night Shyamalan with Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Cliff Curtis, Noah Ringer.
  • Yo, Tambien
    New movie by Antonia Naharro with Lola Dueñas, Isabel Garcia Lorca.

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  • Historic 10,000m gold for Britain’s Farah
    Long-distance runner Mo Farah claimed a historic 10,000-meter gold for Britain in the final event of the opening day of the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.
  • Sudan rebels seize Russian helicopter
    Rebels in the Sudanese territory of Darfur have seized a helicopter with four Russian crew members and five Sudanese passengers, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
  • Court sets ex-Bosnian leader free
    Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic will not be extradited to Serbia, a British court ruled Tuesday, setting him free. Ganic was arrested at Heathrow Airport in March at Belgrade’s request.
  • Blix: U.S. was ‘high on military’ over Iraq
    Hans Blix, the former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, was expected to testify Tuesday before Britain’s inquiry into the Iraq war.
  • Ferrari boss slams F1 ‘hypocrisy’
    Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has leapt to the defense of the Italian Formula One team following Fernando Alonso’s controversial win at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, accusing its critics of hypocrisy.
  • British PM Cameron calls Gaza ‘prison camp’
    British Prime Minister David Cameron called Gaza a “prison camp” on Tuesday, a blunt description from a major Western leader about the besieged Palestinian territory.
  • Barcelona owes $716M as losses mount
    Barcelona’s money problems are worse than expected, according to the Spanish champions’ financial vice-president Javier Faus.
  • BP CEO Hayward to step down in October
    BP’s Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, the man who headed oil company throughout the three-month-long Gulf Oil disaster, will step down on October 1, the company said Tuesday.
  • UK policeman faces disciplinary over G-20 death
    The officer who pushed a man that later died at last year’s G-20 protests in London, England, will face disciplinary proceedings for gross misconduct, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson said Tuesday.
  • Israel IDs missing ‘copter crash soldiers
    Israel has identified six military personnel who are missing after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania Monday during a joint military exercise.

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  • Meet the Kick-Ass Women of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch
    « Previous | Next » Director Zack Snyder leaves his guy-heavy 300 in the ancient dust with his girl-powered Sucker Punch. The surreal, hyperviolent fantasy stars Vanessa Hudgens, Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung and Carla Gugino…
  • Rainn Wilson Dons Red Tights as Super’s DIY Hero
    Rainn Wilson sports a man-in-tights look for Super.Image courtesy Super Contrasting with big Hollywood superhero movies hyped at Comic-Con International, Super director James Gunn took over Hall H on Friday to present a DIY man-in-tights character that…
  • Comic-Con Costumes: Don’t Forget the Pee Hole!
    See Also: Zombie Sharks and Double Rambos: The Best Booty From Comic-Con’s Secret Stash Comic-Con 2010 Touts Tron, Goes Green Marvel Assembles Avengers at Comic-Con, Including New Hulk Mark Ruffalo
  • Zombie Sharks and Double Rambos: The Best Booty From Comic-Con’s Secret Stash
    « Previous | Next » Comic-Con isn’t all movie trailers and face stabbing. It’s actually a collection of cool artwork, awesome T-shirts, and great swag. You just have to know where to look. Above: Futurama. Black Light. Posters. (Sold out.)…
  • Gods Smile Upon Mighty Thor at Comic-Con
    Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Odin (Anthony Hopkins) have some family issues to work through in Thor. SAN DIEGO — Any doubts about Thor, the upcoming movie based on the Norse god comic book character, got seriously hammered Saturday when Marvel Studios…
  • Comic-Con ‘Eye-Stabbing’ Leaves 1 Injured, 1 Jailed
    SAN DIEGO — An altercation in Comic-Con International’s crowded Hall H resulted in one attendee being rushed to a hospital Saturday and another being booked on assault with a deadly weapon. Word of a man being “stabbed in the eye”…
  • Marvel Assembles Avengers at Comic-Con, Including New Hulk Mark Ruffalo
    Avengers assemble at Comic-Con! SAN DIEGO — Samuel L. Jackson brought the full lineup of The Avengers movie onstage Saturday at Comic-Con International. The big casting news: Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner and Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye….
  • Comic-Con 2010 Touts Tron, Goes Green
    See Also: Charmer Ryan Reynolds Sees Hero for the Ages in Green Lantern Photos: Tron: Legacy Party Draws Stars to Flynn’s Arcade Green Hornet Promises Buddy Flick, ‘Big Fights’
  • Charmer Ryan Reynolds Sees Hero for the Ages in Green Lantern
    SAN DIEGO — Ryan Reynolds says he took on the role of Green Lantern protagonist Hal Jordan because he was drawn to the story of a tough guy who undergoes a life-changing transformation. “I felt the Green Lantern was this amalgamation between…
  • Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch Rocks the Girl Power
    SAN DIEGO — Director Zack Snyder hit it out of the sex-and-violence ballpark Saturday when he unveiled the trailer for his upcoming movie Sucker Punch at Comic-Con International. The director of Watchmen and 300 began work on this original story…
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