ROME : Al Pacino, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Colin Firth are among the film stars who will attend the Rome Film Festival this month, organizers said Wednesday. The festival, which runs Oct. 22-31 in the Italian capital, will host the world
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‘Bride’ arrested on wedding day - Times Online
She had something old, something new, something borrowed and a man in blue. This is the moment that a newlywed bride was arrested, still wearing her wedding dress and minutes after exchanging vows with her new husband, as part of a crackdown on
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Calif. Gay-Marriage Ban Appears to Lose Support - Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Backers of a referendum to ban same-sex marriage in California are winning the fundraising race, but analysts and public polls suggest that voter sentiment appears to be turning against them. The main backer of Proposition 8, which
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John Cudia and Kyle Barisich will be joining the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera , as the Phantom and Raoul, respectively, beginning with the San Francisco engagement Nov. 26, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009. Both actors are

McCain’s homeland security strategy could take an ‘eBay approach’ - CNET News
WASHINGTON–Government needs better engagement with the private sector to develop a stronger homeland security strategy for emergency response, government and industry representatives said Wednesday–and may even turn to companies like eBay for

Three men have been held under the Terrorism Act after a suspected petrol bombing at the publishing office which released a controversial novel, ‘The Jewel of Medina’, about the prophet Muhammad and a child bride. The suspects, aged 22, 30 and 40

Minister marries her lesbian partner - Guardian Unlimited
Treasury minister Angela Eagle became the first female MP to tie the knot in a civil partnership yesterday when she wed her partner of 18 years. The 47-year-old Labour MP for Wallasey took part in a civil partnership ceremony with BT engineer Maria

Arson over controversial book - The Australian
BRITISH police arrested three men today in connection with a fire at the offices of the publisher of a book about the Prophet Mohammed and his child bride. The men, aged 22, 30 and 40, were arrested in north London under anti-terrorism legislation