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London Film Festival names Russian Arctic drama best movie (AFP)

October 27th, 2010

Dawn breaks over Houses of Parliament in central London. Russian director Alexei Popogrebsky's icy Arctic drama AFP - Russian director Alexei Popogrebsky’s icy Arctic drama “How I Ended This Summer” won the best film award at this year’s London Film Festival.


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Pope names 24 new cardinals (AP)

October 20th, 2010

FILE - This April 4, 2008 file photo shows Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington D.C., during a lecture on 'Unifying Religious Threads that Provide a Common Ground for Peace', in Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Archbishop Wuerl is one of the 24 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 during has weekly general audience at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)AP - Pope Benedict XVI named 24 new cardinals Wednesday, putting his mark on the body that will elect his successor and giving a boost to Italian hopes to regain…

SKorean president names new prime minister (AP)

August 8th, 2010

In this undated picture released on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, South Korean's new Prime Minister Kim Tae-ho gestures while speaking in South Korea. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has named former provincial governor Kim as his new prime minister as part of a Cabinet reshuffle. (AP Photo/ Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak named a former provincial governor as his new prime minister on Sunday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.


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UK names judge to lead inquiry into torture claims (AP)

July 6th, 2010

AP - Britain will hold a judge-led inquiry into allegations that its spies were complicit in the torture of terror suspects held by the U.S. and other allies.

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Japan’s new ‘grass-roots’ PM names Cabinet (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Japanese incoming Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kan is set to name his new Cabinet later Tuesday, keeping key members in place as the ruling party looks to restore voter trust and revive the struggling economy after its former leader abruptly quit last week. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan’s new prime minister named his Cabinet and vowed to tackle the country’s burgeoning debt Tuesday, but analysts said with elections looming he will be hard pressed to…

New Japan PM names familar Cabinet (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Japanese incoming Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kan is set to name his new Cabinet later Tuesday, keeping key members in place as the ruling party looks to restore voter trust and revive the struggling economy after its former leader abruptly quit last week. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan’s incoming prime minister named his new Cabinet on Tuesday, keeping core members in place to address the country’s deep economic and foreign policy issues but adding several…

New Japan government names familar Cabinet (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Japanese incoming Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Kan is set to name his new Cabinet later Tuesday, keeping key members in place as the ruling party looks to restore voter trust and revive the struggling economy after its former leader abruptly quit last week. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan’s incoming government named its new Cabinet on Tuesday, keeping core members in place to address the country’s deep economic and foreign policy issues but adding several fresh…

Gazan names baby Erdogan, after Turkish PM (AP)

June 6th, 2010

Palestinian newborn Rajab Erdogan is held by his father in front of a Turkish flag for members of the media, at their home in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Younis , Sunday, June 6, 2010. The baby was born on Saturday and was named by his father in honor of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The push for an binternational/b inquiry puts Israel under further pressure to explain how its attempt to stop the aid ship flotilla from breaching a tight blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza turned deadly, with 9 activists killed, including 8 Turks and a U.S. citizen of Turkish origin. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - A Gaza man swept up in the pro-Turkey sentiments washing over the seaside strip has named his son after the Turkish prime minister.


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Pope names envoy, commission to reform Legionaries (AP)

May 1st, 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2004 file photo, Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum Christi movement, at the Vatican. Speaking at Rome daily La Repubblica, Rev. Luis Garza Medina, the No. 2 official in the Legionaries of Christ, has broken his silence on the eve of a Vatican meeting to discuss the fate of the order following revelations that its late founder led a double life, saying he only realized the accusations against Rev. Marciel Maciel were true in 2006, when the Vatican ordered the founder to spend the rest of his life in penance and prayer. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)AP - The Vatican denounced the “immoral” double life led by the late founder of the Legionaries of Christ on Saturday and said a papal envoy and special commission would…

Afghan president names new election panel chief (AP)

April 17th, 2010

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines sleep in a patrol base they rent from Afghani farmers in the area of Karez-e-Sayyidi, near Marjah district, Helmand province April 17, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT)AP - Afghanistan’s president appointed a new head for the country’s election commission on Saturday, replacing a chairman accused of ignoring fraud during last year’s presidential vote.


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