Many in Northern Virginia’s sizable Vietnamese community were shocked last month when the popular Eden Center shopping mall in Falls Church was swarmed by the regional gang task force and 19 people were arrested on misdemeanor charges, mostly illegal gambling. But it got more tense the next day, when the task force held a news conference to declare that Eden Center was paralyzed by gang activity, particularly by the “Dragon Family,” and that shootings, stabbings and extortion were prevalent. At least one television report led with an image of the South Vietnamese flag above the headline “Criminal Gang Activity,” which outraged those who see the flag as a sacred symbol of their lost homeland. Read full article > >

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Tensions rise in Falls Church after gang task force raids Eden Center

Many in Northern Virginia’s sizable Vietnamese community were shocked last month when the popular Eden Center shopping mall in Falls Church was swarmed by the regional gang task force and 19 people were arrested on misdemeanor charges, mostly illegal gambling. But it got more tense the next day, when the task force held a news conference to declare that Eden Center was paralyzed by gang activity, particularly by the “Dragon Family,” and that shootings, stabbings and extortion were prevalent. At least one television report led with an image of the South Vietnamese flag above the headline “Criminal Gang Activity,” which outraged those who see the flag as a sacred symbol of their lost homeland. Read full article > >

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Tensions rise in Falls Church after gang task force raids Eden Center

TORONTO — Jack Layton, a folksy and charismatic political leader who guided his party to become the dominant opposition group in Canada’s Parliament while battling severe health problems, died Monday of cancer. He was 61. Layton hobbled through the campaign earlier this year as he recovered from a broken hip and prostate cancer. Under his upbeat leadership the leftist New Democrats outpolled the Liberals and became the official opposition party for the first time in their 50-year history. The New Democrat party issued a statement saying Layton died peacefully Monday morning at his Toronto home, surrounded by family and loved ones. Only weeks ago, a gaunt Layton shocked Canadians when he held a news conference to announce he was fighting a second bout of cancer. Read full article > >

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News and reaction from Arsene Wenger’s news conference, with Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri on the verge of moves away from the club, plus more.

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Live coverage as Fifa president Sepp Blatter give a news conference following corruption allegations against key members of the organisation.

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Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier was banned from the 2011 Cannes film festival for comments he made during a news conference showcasing his new film, ‘Melancholia’. As Sarah Anne Hughes reported : Lars von Trier has been expelled from the Cannes Film Festival after the director said he sympathized with Hitler and called himself a Nazi at a news conference Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Lars von Trier banned from 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Nazi comments

CANNES, FRANCE — The cinematic planets aligned perfectly for the the Cannes Film Festival , which opened Wednesday with the premiere of Woody Allen’s “ Midnight in Paris ,” a frothy air kiss to the culture that has long venerated the 75-year-old director. What better way to kick off the 64th edition of Cannes than with a film that — in addition to celebrating Paris in the ’20s, as well as la belle epoque — finds Allen in his most playful, meltingly romantic mood in years? From its first moments, “Midnight in Paris” announces that rapturous return to form, with a montage of picturesque Paris sites set to a blast of beguiling jazz music. Any resemblance to “Manhattan” and its similarly ecstatic preamble is definitely intended. “I learned about Paris the same way all Americans do, from the movies,” Allen explained at a news conference immediately after a warmly received press screening. Read full article > >

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David Haye labels Wladimir Klitschko “a fraud” at a news conference in Hamburg to promote their world heavyweight unification fight.

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TRIPOLI, Libya— The loudspeakers in every journalist’s hotel room burst into life with a “ding-dong” presaging the announcement of a news conference, or perhaps a bus trip to the scene of an airstrike or a school where children erupt with chants of support for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

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Watch the whole news conference as England captain John Terry faces the media for the first time since replacing Rio Ferdinand as captain.

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President Ali Abdullah Saleh, looking shaken at a news conference on Monday, said he would not give in to the demands of protesters.

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Sheffield Wednesday are expected to announce Gary Megson as their new manager at a news conference scheduled for 1700 GMT on Friday.

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Nato news conference with Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

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After an Election Day radio blitz, the president will hold a news conference Wednesday at which he will address the election results.

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Obama Is Expected to Urge Cooperation on Economy and an End to Vitriol

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