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07 March 2014 • 08:48 AMT
Award-winning Playstation 3 vid game “The Last of Us” to get film treatment

Since being released last summer, the video game got rave reviews for its innovative storytelling and gameplay.

07 March 2014 • 08:35 AMT
Uma Thurman to join Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart in “American Ultra”

Thurman next stars in Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

07 March 2014 • 08:04 AMT
Samsung patents virtual hand keyboard for smart glasses device

Samsung suggests that noise can interrupt voice controls, so it wants to project letters onto parts of the wearer’s fingers for typing.

07 March 2014 • 07:44 AMT
Nike rolls out ultra high-tech Magista football boot

The Magista comes after Adidas showed off its Samba Primeknit football boots, which are knitted from heel-to-toe.

07 March 2014 • 07:11 AMT
Photo giant Getty makes 35m images free in reaction to social media sharing

Craig Peters told the British Journal of Photography that technological developments moved the company to make this decision.

07 March 2014 • 07:05 AMT
CEO of Bitcoin exchange found dead in suspected suicide

The future of bitcoin has been under scrutiny since the collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange in Tokyo last month.

07 March 2014 • 06:49 AMT
Free wi-fi hotspots pose risk to sensitive info, Europol warns

The head of Europol’s cybercrime centre said warning was motivated by the growing number of attacks being carried out via public wi-fi.

07 March 2014 • 06:35 AMT
Afghan leader’s brother leaves presidential race

President Karzai had made little effort to hide his opposition to the idea of his brother taking his place in the presidential palace.

07 March 2014 • 06:25 AMT
Ongoing protests in Venezuela leave 2 more dead

The demonstrations began as sporadic protests against chronic product shortages and inflation that reached 56 percent in 2013.

07 March 2014 • 06:19 AMT
Lebanese Sunnis, Shiites streaming into Syria to fight on opposite sides

The northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal, dominated by Sunnis, has become a key logistical base for the Syrian rebels.

07 March 2014 • 06:01 AMT
Passenger plane forced to turn around as Iraqi minister’s son misses flight

The flight was cancelled after it returned to Beirut, which meant that its 71 passengers had to search for new means of transport.

07 March 2014 • 05:48 AMT
U.S. sanctions could be adjusted as Russian behavior changes: officials

“President Obama emphasized that Russia’s actions are in violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the White House said.

06 March 2014 • 18:14 AMT
EU suspends talks with Russia on economic pact, visa deal

Van Rompuy called the Ukraine crisis the “most serious challenge to security on our continent since the Balkan wars” of the 1990s.

06 March 2014 • 17:22 AMT
OSCE military observers not allowed into Crimea

“They tried two checkpoints, they didn’t get through … Nobody attacked them, they were just not allowed to go through,” a spokeswoman said.

06 March 2014 • 15:02 AMT
“Cold in July” team developing private investigator series Sundance Channel

Mickle and Damici, long-time creative partners, teamed for 2010’s cult favorite post-apocalyptic vampire series “Stake Land.”

06 March 2014 • 14:50 AMT
Steven Spielberg eyeing “West Side Story” remake

Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the first “West Side Story” film was released in 1961 to a big success.

06 March 2014 • 14:19 AMT
Abbas Kiarostami to head Cannes Short Film, Cinefondation juries

Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” won the festival’s top prize in 1997, while his other works have consistently appeared in competition.

06 March 2014 • 13:48 AMT
Russia says Armenia may join CU in 2014, vows assistance on Karabakh

Viktor Khristenko expressed optimism over Armenia’s fast-paced implementation of the 260-step roadmap.

06 March 2014 • 13:41 AMT
Iran rejects Israeli reports on Gaza-bound rockets as ‘failed lies’

Zarif rejected the allegations and questioned why they had surfaced just after the conference a pro-Israel U.S. lobby group.

06 March 2014 • 13:25 AMT
Tunisia lifts state of emergency after three years

“The President of the Republic issued a decree to lift the state of emergency beginning on March 5, 2014,” a statement said.

06 March 2014 • 12:58 AMT
White House imposes visa restrictions on Russians, Crimeans

The announcement comes as Western nations have been wrestling with a response to Russia’s military incursion into Crimea.

06 March 2014 • 12:49 AMT
Larry Sher to helm Peter Dinklage pic “O’ Lucky Day”

Sher is starting to gain a higher profile as a studio director, as he is attached to direct Montecito’s “Bastards” and Warner Bros. “Staycation.”

06 March 2014 • 12:36 AMT
French ex-president, wife to sue over secret audio recordings

Sarkozy is expected by many to contest the 2017 presidential election after his defeat by Francois Hollande two years ago.

06 March 2014 • 12:24 AMT
“Son of God” star to topline “The Messengers” CW’s drama pilot

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s “Son of God” is the duo’s feature film follow-up to History channel’s record-breaking miniseries.

06 March 2014 • 12:12 AMT
World diplomats working to help Libya amid violence

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shared a warm handshake with Libyan PM at the start of the meeting at Italy’s foreign ministry.

06 March 2014 • 12:03 AMT
“Divergent” bestseller adaptation ticket sales outpace 1st “Twilight”

“Divergent,” starring Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet and Theo James, was listed as one of the top five most anticipated movies of 2014.

06 March 2014 • 11:48 AMT
Cameron Diaz as mean Miss Hannigan in “Annie” teaser

In the film, a wealthy businessman comes to the aid of a young girl living in an orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan.

06 March 2014 • 11:28 AMT
Crimea parliamentarians vote to join Russia

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media that President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the Crimean vote.

06 March 2014 • 11:20 AMT
Elderly Armenian was tortured in Azeri captivity, doctors confirm

Against Legal Abuse NGO will apply to international organizations to defend the interests of the recently released Mamikon Khojoyan.

06 March 2014 • 10:53 AMT
Armenia, U.S. mark efforts to prevent WMD proliferation

The Armenia project was funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.