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By Andrew Osborn LONDON | Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:40am IST LONDON (Reuters) – Marie Colvin’s final dispatch, published just three days before she and a French photographer were killed by shell and rocket... 
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Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests

By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL | Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:34pm IST KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead... 
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Short films fill tall order as Oscar nominees

By Jordan Riefe LOS ANGELES | Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:54pm IST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar week kicked off Tuesday night at a celebration of this year’s nominees for live action and short films, who are... 
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Obama sings the blues with Jagger, B.B King

Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:54am IST (Reuters) – Bill Clinton had his saxophone, but President Barack Obama can sing the blues. Obama lent his voice to a White House jam featuring Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Buddy... 
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Lindsay Lohan pleases judge on "home stretch" of probation

LOS ANGELES | Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:08am IST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan got high marks from a Los Angeles judge at her penultimate progress hearing on Wednesday, as she entered the “home... 
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Polished London Fashion Week sheds its quirky image

By Michelle Martin LONDON | Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:06am IST LONDON (Reuters) – London Fashion Week shook off its traditional image as a mere playground for quirky emerging talent with a display of grown-up elegance... 
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Kodak is out of the picture at Oscars

LOS ANGELES | Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:50am IST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co EKDKQ.PK is having its named yanked from Sunday’s telecast of the Oscars, the president of the group that gives... 
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‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers find home at film academy

LOS ANGELES | Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:13am IST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Judy Garland’s ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” have found their way home. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and... 
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Adele breaks Whitney Houston’s chart record

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES | Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:30am IST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The late Whitney Houston was unable to oust Adele from the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the British singer’s... 
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IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform

Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:03am IST REUTERS – International Business Machines (IBM.N) is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations... 
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