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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking TV series The Sopranos, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, HBO said. Gandolfini, 51, died of a possible heart attack, HBO spokeswoman Mara Mikialian told Reuters. Since The Sopranos ended its six-season run in June 2007, Gandolfini has appeared in a number of big-screen roles, including Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The one thing George Zimmer couldn’t guarantee was his job at Men’s Wearhouse. The apparel retailer’s founder and longtime pitchman was abruptly dismissed from his position as executive chairman, the retailer said in a curt statement Wednesday. By starring in the company’s television commercials since 1985, Zimmer endeared himself to generations of shoppers. He marketed suits by intoning, in his distinctive gravelly voice: “You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO and James Gandolfini’s managers say the actor famous for “The Sopranos” has died in Italy. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Quake shakes Chile, buildings sway in capital of Santiago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexico’s southeastern coast, brings heavy rain to area. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed sticks with bond purchases but offers slightly brighter outlook for the economy… <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A grand jury has indicted a US man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy. The Orange County Register said Lonnie Kocontes, 55, did not enter a plea on Monday. He was indicted on Friday on a charge of murder for financial gain. He will try to have the case dismissed on June 26, arguing that Californian authorities lack jurisdiction. Kocontes and Micki Kanesaki, 52, were divorced but had lived together on and off. They were sharing a cabin on the cruise when she went overboard. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A series of events celebrating Hong Kong’s comics and animation will be held this and next month to mark the opening of the city’s first site dedicated to the popular culture. But while fans will enjoy a feast of exhibitions and film screenings, the reality is not as rosy as it seems. While welcoming the opening of the Comix Home Base at the Green House in Wan Chai next month, local comics and animation veterans say the small domestic market has made their lives difficult. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In November 2008, Abid Naseer, a Pakistani student living in Manchester, England, began to e-mail a Yahoo account ultimately traced to his home country. The young man’s e-mails appeared to be about four women – Nadia, Huma, Gulnaz and Fozia – and which one would make a “faithful and loving wife”. Investigating terrorism is not an exact science. It’s like a mosaic SEAN JOYCE, FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR British investigators later determined that the four names were code for types of explosives. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Dilma Rousseff sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance. She insisted on Tuesday – the day after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in cities around the country – that her government remained committed to social change and was listening attentively to the many grievances expressed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The security chief was trying to placate a worried public following Snowden’s claims in the media that US agencies have carried out hundreds of cyberspying operations in Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The incongruous appearance of a multimillion-dollar yacht at a North Korean fishery station is being cited as evidence that Kim Jong-un has inherited his late father’s taste for the trappings of wealth, and that he’s found a way to get around UN sanctions to satisfy them. Spotted in the background of photos of Kim published by the state-run KCNA news agency, the vessel was identified by the NK News web site on Tuesday as a 29-metre Princess 95MY. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> By lunchtime in the waterfront district of Besiktas in Istanbul, Ismail Orhan had been standing silently under a yellow parasol in the blistering heat for more than four hours. “We’ll be here for weeks, for months,” said the 25-year-old, as office workers used their lunch break to join him in a new wave of passive resistance to the authorities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Jean-Claude Van Damme – the Hollywood action star who has made Hong Kong his home – is on a hunt for talent and is hoping to bring worldwide stardom to young Chinese talents with his latest film project. “We want to help young talents who are ready to explode in China, Chinese national treasures in a sense,” said the actor known as “the Muscles from Brussels” in an interview with the South China Morning Post. “We want to go find people who want to play in this film.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s three-week border stand-off during April in Ladakh, in Indian-administered Kashmir, had misfired, an Indian security expert told a forum in Manila, saying Beijing’s move galvanised Indian leaders into finally sealing an historic security deal with Japan. The dispute strained ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, but both sides pulled troops back ahead of a visit to New Delhi by Premier Li Keqiang, who agreed to fresh talks to settle their long-running border row. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israeli and global leaders, local celebrities and Hollywood superstars celebrated under one roof to honour Israeli President Shimon Peres for his upcoming 90th birthday, reflecting world respect for one of the country’s peace pioneers. Peres is hosting his annual Presidential Conference that brings together artists, thinkers and leaders to discuss issues relevant to Israel and the world. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Short-term help for tenants of subdivided flats is on the agenda of the new chief of urban renewal as he acknowledged the “big social problem” the housing phenomenon posed. Options being explored included providing interim housing to people who were ineligible for public flats, said a source close to the Urban Renewal Authority. New URA chairman Victor So Hing-woh, meeting the media yesterday for the first time, also dismissed public worries that his close ties with developers might result in a conflict of interests. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha yesterday visited key sites of Germany’s troubled Nazi and cold war history, walking through the haunting Holocaust Memorial and laying flowers for those killed at the Berlin Wall. As President Barack Obama attended to matters of state in a 24-hour visit to the German capital, his family went on a whirlwind tour in an armoured limousine on their first visit to the city. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Italy’s top court said it had ordered a retrial of American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher because their acquittals contained “shortcomings, contradictions and inconsistencies”. Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of killing the 21-year-old Leeds University student in 2007 during what was described as a drug-fuelled sexual assault, but both were cleared on appeal in 2011. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of top US Army general Stanley McChrystal, died in a car accident in Los Angeles, his family said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dies of possible heart attack in Italy
<!– google_ad_section_start –> James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking TV series The Sopranos, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, HBO said. Gandolfini, 51, died of a possible heart attack, HBO spokeswoman Mara Mikialian told Reuters. Since The Sopranos ended its six-season run in June 2007, Gandolfini has appeared in a number of big-screen roles, including Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and the comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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