LOS ANGELES – Though she was married three times, Jane Fonda (search) found no inspiration from her former mothers-in-law when it came to playing her first film role in 15 years. The mothers of all three of Fonda’s ex-husbands — filmmaker Roger Vadim (search), politician-activist Tom Hayden (search) and media …
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BEIJING – China said Tuesday a reporter for Singapore’s main English-language newspaper has admitted to spying for a foreign intelligence agency, but his wife said he was arrested after a source gave him documents about purged former Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang (search), who died this year. Ching Cheong (search) …
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NEW YORK – Lindsay Lohan (search) has a mission … and she wants to accept it. The actress says she has met with “Mission: Impossible III” director J.J. Abrams (search) regarding the possibility of starring in the third installment of the 1960s TV show remake. “I actually met with J.J. …
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NEW YORK – The console wars are heating up and by this time next year, video game enthusiasts will have to choose between three next-generation machines. At this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (search) — a gaming mecca known to fans as E3 — Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo tried to dazzle …
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MALAKHOVKA, Russia – A fire roared through a synagogue in a Moscow (search) suburb early Tuesday, burning down much of the wooden structure in an incident that Jewish leaders blamed on anti-Semitism. The synagogue in the town of Malakhovka (search), 12 miles southeast of Moscow caught fire at about 6 …
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VIOLENCE CONTINUES: Thousands of Uzbeks trying to flee into Kyrgyzstan (search) following a day of massive protests burned a government building and attacked border guards. CASUALTY COUNT: Witnesses to Friday’s protest say more than 200 people were killed after government troops opened fire on the huge demonstration against economic conditions …
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DENVER – The Air Force has told its top commands worldwide to make sure officers don’t use their positions to advance religious beliefs, following criticism of religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy (search). An Air Force task force spent several days at the academy two weeks ago looking into …
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General Electric Co. (GE) on Friday said it was restating earnings from 2001 through the first quarter of 2005 after an internal audit found that its accounting for certain currency and interest rate derivatives did not comply with accounting standards. GE (search) also increased its outlook for second-quarter earnings on …
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SYDNEY, Australia – Australia (search) formed a team of diplomats, defense staff and police on Monday who will attempt to free an engineer seized by Iraqi insurgents, but the government had a blunt message for the kidnappers: Australia will not remove its troops from Iraq or pay any ransom. In …
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BAGHDAD – Two of Iraq’s most influential Shiite (search) and Sunni (search) organizations agreed to try to ease sectarian tensions pushing the country toward civil war as the government prepared to take its battle against the insurgency to Baghdad’s streets. The new effort to make peace came Saturday as attacks …
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