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US banks on web service exports to open up Iran, Cuba
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:32pm EST
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Washington will allow technology companies to export internet services to Iran, Cuba and Sudan in a bid to exploit their libertarian potential, the New York Times reported late on Sunday. -
Double dose of humour as co-hosts make debut
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:30pm EST
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Comedy stars Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the first duo to share the Oscar stage as co-hosts in the television age, traded punch lines and barbs in Sunday's show as they gently roasted this year's nominees. -
Hot couture: Divas take the shine to red carpet
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:28pm EST
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Hollywood amped up the lights and colors at the Oscars on Sunday as leading ladies like Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz and Zoe Saldana donned shimmering metallic gowns to celebrate the big night. -
President Barack Obama appeals for public support on health care
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:03pm EST
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President Barack Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people as he sought to build public support on Monday for swift passage of health care legislation stalled in Congress. -
'The Hurt Locker' rules Oscars
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:59am EST
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Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' dominated the Oscars with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman ever to win the Oscar for best director. Jeff Bridges & Sandra Bullock won best actor and actress respectively. -
In US, Muslim women challenge mosque gender separation
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 2:38am EST
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A group of Muslim women have risked arrest as they sought to pray in the main area of the Islamic Centre of Washington -- an area ordinarily reserved exclusively for men. -
Oscar awards: Christopher Waltz wins best supporting actor for Inglourious Basterds
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 11:00pm EST
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Kathryn Bigelow won the best director award for The Hurt Locker, Jeff Bridges won best actor award for Crazy Heart and Sandra Bullock won best actress for The Blind Side at the 82nd Academy Awards. -
Excitement builds as stars land on Oscars red carpet
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 6:27pm EST
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Excitement was rippling through Hollywood on Sunday as guests began to arrive on the red carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards. The Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' battles 'Avatar' in a duel for the top honours. -
Women to fight war of hearts
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:58pm EST
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Some California women are preparing themselves to deploy to Afghanistan in one of the more forward-leaning experiments of the American military. -
Science for men? Not by a long shot
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:40pm EST
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The quiet revolution that has seen women across the developed world catch up with men in the work force and in education has also touched science, that most stubbornly male bastion.