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Critics savage Depardieu's new role as tax exile
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» French politicians reacted with dismay on Monday after it emerged the country's leading actor, Gerard Depardieu, has taken up the role of tax exile in neighbouring Belgium.
Twitter adds Instagram-style photo features
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» Twitter added Instagram-style smartphone photo sharing features after the Facebook-owned service made it impossible for Internet users to integrate its images into tweets.
To reach final frontier, NASA can't go it alone: analysts
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» If NASA wants to help humans boldly go where no man has gone before, the US space agency must work with other countries, say experts who fear budget constraints will keep astronauts stuck on Earth.
Standard Chartered to pay $327 mn to settle US sanctions probe
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» British bank Standard Chartered will pay the United States $327 million to settle charges it violated US sanctions on Iran as well as on Myanmar, Libya and Sudan, the US Treasury announced Monday.
Philippines eyes greater US military presence
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» US and Philippine officials will meet this week to discuss expanding American presence in the Asian nation, a senior diplomat said, amid tensions with China over its claims to vast waters in the region.
Huawei to open R&D centre on Nokia's home turf
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» Chinese telecom firm Huawei announced on Monday plans to invest 70 million euros ($90 million) to open up a research and development centre for smartphone and tablet software in Finland, home to rival Nokia.
Benitez denies feeling pressure at Chelsea
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» Interim Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez on Monday denied feeling any added pressure going into the Club World Cup in Japan, despite his side exiting the Champions League at the first hurdle last week.
Psy, Samsung push 'brand Korea' in 2012
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» A breakthrough year for "brand Korea" -- led by the rapper Psy and electronics giant Samsung -- has boosted efforts to promote a country that still feels overshadowed, under-appreciated and misunderstood.
Eurozone crisis has pushed millions into poverty
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» Crushed by an austerity squeeze and towering unemployment, millions of Europeans joined the ranks of the newly poor in 2012 in a crisis that showed no mercy for the old, women or children.
Jihadists seize key north Syria army base
AFP, Published on 10/12/2012
» Jihadists led by the radical Al-Nusra Front seized a strategic army base in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Monday, in a fresh setback for President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a watchdog said.