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| Beijing's corruption fight | | | In China, a sex scandal is often more than just a sex scandal -- because it often involves public money. |
| '12 Years A Slave' Agonizingly magnificent | | | Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is an agonizingly magnificent movie the first great big-screen dramatization of slavery. Based on actual events, it begins in 1841 and tells the story of a free black man from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a musician named Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who walks around in a natty gray suit, secure in the courtly modesty of his life as a husband and father of two. But then he accepts an offer to go to Washington, D.C., with a pair of traveling entertainers, and when they're out at a restaurant drinking wine, we get the queasy feeling this is too good to be true. It is. Solomon isn't being hired for his talents. He's being trafficked. |
| Microsoft exec savages Apple app | | | A Microsoft executive took to the tech giant's official blog Wednesday to take an uncharacteristically direct shot at rival Apple. |
| In Libya's east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli | | | BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - For Libyan militia leader Ibrahim al-Jathran, shutting down half the country's oil production with an armed militia is not a crime, it is the start of a just battle for a fair share of country's petroleum wealth. |
| 'I did it my way,' says F1's 'Lazarus' | | | He was given last rites by a priest after suffering life-threatening injuries in a race accident, but returned to the track just 42 days later and went on to win two more world titles. Niki Lauda reveals how he defied his rivals, his employers and even his family to create a career that has been immortalized on the big screen. |
| China pulls plug on 'vulgar' TV | | | Chinese authorities have banned satellite broadcasters from buying the rights to more than one foreign-made program per year in a bid to tackle "vulgar" and "excessive" entertainment in Chinese television. |
| Mozambique says Renamo ambush kills one, injures 10 | | | MAPUTO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Suspected Renamo guerrillas ambushed a passenger minibus in central Mozambique on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 10 more in an attack condemned by President Armando Guebuza, state media said. |
| Longtime Times Editor Named Politico Executive | | | Richard L. Berke, Politicos new executive editor, said that he admired how it started from scratch and became a journalistic powerhouse and that he hoped to help it reach to even greater heights. |
| Nadal's road to redemption | | | Rafael Nadal walked on to the clay court at the 2013 VTR Open in Chile not sure if this would be the beginning of a comeback or the end of a career. Rolando Santos was there for CNN with his camera to record what happened. |
| Cuban city struggling to recover a year after Hurricane Sandy | | | HAVANA (Reuters) - A year after Hurricane Sandy left Santiago de Cuba in shambles, the streets are clear and power, communications and water are back to normal, but residents of Cuba's second city are still struggling with the aftermath of the mighty storm. |
| Europe falls out of love with Obama | | | On July 24, 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed tens of thousands of Germans on the avenue that leads from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. In a pointed reference to the outgoing administration of President George W. Bush, he promised a new era of "allies who will listen to each other, who will learn from each other, who will, above all, trust each other." |
| The top films at the North American box office | | | LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Oct 27 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting Oct. 25, led by 'Bad Grandpa,' according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. |
| Matchups Set for Europes Last Cup Spots | | | Portugal will play Sweden and France will face a tough home-and-home against Ukraine when eight teams square off for the continents final four places in next summers World Cup in Brazil. |
| Hit "Butterfly" gets loving touch in vital ENO revival | | | LONDON (Reuters) - This production of Giacomo Puccini's tear-jerker "Madam Butterfly" has seen it all Standing ovations, critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, an Olivier award - and that was before the curtain went up. |
| Tiffany Lynch, Daniel Kimicata | | | The bride is an account manager at a digital advertising agency in Manhattan; the groom is an architectural designer in Brooklyn. |
| Halloween candy for orangutans | | | When Americans hand out Halloween candy next week they may inadvertently be contributing to the destruction of orangutan habitat thousands of miles away. |
| Polyamory | | | Revelers in the rainbow-washed crowd smiled and cheered this month as the little blond girl in the parade float pageant-waved to the B-52's "Love Shack." |
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