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23 January 2013 • 08:32 AMT
Tennis hunk Roger Federer voted “most attractive male”

The accolade joins Federer’s Wimbledon trophy and silver medal he earned at the London 2012 Olympics.

23 January 2013 • 08:19 AMT
Shakira, Barcelona’s Pique welcome baby boy

A statement posted on the pop star’s site said that “just like his father, baby Milan became a member of FC Barcelona at birth”.

23 January 2013 • 08:14 AMT
Ron Howard to helm Neil Gaiman’s “Graveyard Book”

The book tells of a boy named Nobody Owens who is raised by ghosts in a cemetery after his family is murdered.

23 January 2013 • 08:07 AMT
ABC orders “Bad Teacher” scribes “Pulling” comedy series

The series revolves around three dysfunctional women in their 30s living their lives the way they want in spite of society’s demands.

23 January 2013 • 07:52 AMT
Fox Searchlight acquires “The Way, Way Back” Sundance hit

Faxon and Rash, who won an Academy Award for writing “The Descendants,” also wrote this coming-of-age tale.

23 January 2013 • 07:44 AMT
Thai magazine editor sentenced to 10 years for insulting king

Rights groups say the lese-majeste law is used by Thailand’s powerful elite to silence political opponents.

23 January 2013 • 07:32 AMT
Rosneft oil giant reports 8% growth in SEC reserves

Rosneft boosted oil output by 2.7 percent to 125.8 million tons and oil refining by 7 percent to 61.7 million tons in 2012.

23 January 2013 • 07:25 AMT
Harvard genetics professor denies “Neanderthal clone” project

Some reports suggested Prof. Church was supporting the idea of creating a Neanderthal and even looking for an “adventurous” woman for the project.

23 January 2013 • 07:20 AMT
Muslim Brotherhood boycott Jordanian elections

Officials appealed for a high turnout among the 2.4 million eligible voters, predicting Jordanians would disregard the Islamist call for a boycott.

23 January 2013 • 07:02 AMT
Drugs giant Novartis posts $2.08 billion Q4 net profit

The result is 72 percent higher than the $1.21 billion net profit reported for the last quarter of 2011.

23 January 2013 • 06:54 AMT
Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons developing “Prodigies” comedy series

The series will follow precocious young people as they navigate lives where their outsized talents offer them limitless opportunities.

23 January 2013 • 06:48 AMT
Comedy from “Ted”’s makers gets Fox series orders

The comedy centers on two successful guys in their 30s who have their lives turned upside down when their nightmare dads move in with them.

23 January 2013 • 06:39 AMT
Sony Pictures Classics nabs Daniel Radcliffe’s “Kill Your Darlings”

The drama is a story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in 1944.

23 January 2013 • 06:35 AMT
Mexico City to remove Azeri ex-president Aliyev’s statue

Baku warned of damage to relations with Mexico if the statue is removed, including the potential cuts to Azeri investments in Mexico.

23 January 2013 • 06:27 AMT
U.S. General cleared in Pentagon inquiry

Defence officials said their inquiry found the concerns about the emails sent by General John Allen to be unsubstantiated.

23 January 2013 • 06:19 AMT
Netanyahu claims election win, vows to stop Iran from gaining nukes

The PM has shunted Palestinian peacemaking well down the agenda despite Western concern to keep the quest for a solution alive.

23 January 2013 • 05:55 AMT
Russia evacuates 77 citizens from Syria

The evacuees include Russian women who have married Syrians, their children and husbands who have acquired Russian citizenship.

23 January 2013 • 05:54 AMT
Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” breaks Billboard records

Timberlake’s latest song also bested Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which was the last single to hold the Pop Songs chart record.

23 January 2013 • 05:48 AMT
Google’s Q4 revenue soars to $12.91 billion

The quarterly revenue posting did not include money from Motorola’s television set-top business, which Google recently agreed to sell.

23 January 2013 • 05:38 AMT
CBS Films nabs “Toy’s House” Sundance comedy

The film follows three teenage boys as they head into the wilderness with a plan to build a house and live off the land.

23 January 2013 • 05:29 AMT
Assembly releases Armenian Genocide updated fact sheet

The 11-page fact sheet provides a summary of the extensive U.S. historic record on the Armenian Genocide.

23 January 2013 • 05:20 AMT
4G LTE subscribers number to exceed 1 billion by 2016

Just in the last year LTE subscribers jumped 599 percent from 13.2 million subscribers in 2011 to 92.3 million in 2012.

23 January 2013 • 05:05 AMT
Google opening representative office in Philippines

Narciso Reyes, a former Friendster exec, was brought on as Sales Head in the Philippines by Google last November.

23 January 2013 • 05:00 AMT
Netanyahu pledges to form ‘as broad a government as possible’

The PM’s right-wing Likud-Beitenu bloc will have 31 seats in parliament – a sharp drop from 42, exit polls suggest.

23 January 2013 • 04:57 AMT
N. Korea vows to boost nuclear capabilities

“We will take measures to boost and strengthen our defensive military power including nuclear deterrence,” Foreign Ministry said.

22 January 2013 • 17:56 AMT
U.S. space company plans to mine near-Earth asteroids

Deep Space Industries (DSI) intends to send a fleet of small prospecting spacecraft into the solar system in 2015.

22 January 2013 • 17:44 AMT
NEC rolls out Dual-screen smartphone in Japan

Sony has played around with dual-screen devices in the past, including the Tablet P in 2011, but never really found the right formula.

22 January 2013 • 17:23 AMT
42 militants killed in Chechnya last year

“Terrorism” in official Russian politics is used loosely and in preference to more neutral terms, such as “insurgency.”

22 January 2013 • 17:15 AMT
Chavez undergoing physical therapy – Bolivian President

Some opponents are skeptical, asking why Hugo Chavez cannot speak to the nation if he can chat with ministers.

22 January 2013 • 17:12 AMT
Turkish publisher dubs Armenia “Cuba of South Caucasus region”

Ragip Zarakolu characterized Turkey and Azerbaijan’s stance on the opening of Stepanakert airport as highly aggressive.