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14 December 2012 • 09:14 AMT
Emily Blunt up against Rooney Mara for female lead in “Transcendence”?

Emily is currently shooting the action movie “All You Need Is Kill” alongside Tom Cruise and Charlotte Riley.

14 December 2012 • 08:50 AMT
Dual-screen Android phone unveiled

The YotaPhone features a 1280 x 720-resolution LCD screen on one side and a Kindle-esque screen for reading e-books on the other.

14 December 2012 • 08:43 AMT
22 children injured in knife attack outside China primary school

The attack in the Henan province village of Chengping happened shortly before 8 a.m. as students were arriving for classes.

14 December 2012 • 08:33 AMT
Google says no plans to bring apps to Windows 8

A native Google Search app was previously released for Windows 8 and its Chrome browser has been available since launch.

14 December 2012 • 08:26 AMT
Syria rebels, U.S. urge Moscow to push Assad into ceding power

Russia has repeated warnings that recognition of al-Khatib’s coalition, notably by the United States, is undermining diplomacy.

14 December 2012 • 08:13 AMT
Amy Adams: prospect of playing Janis Joplin “daunting”

The actress stars as the wife of a cult leader in acclaimed movie “The Master”, and is also set to play Lois Lane in “Man Of Steel” reboot.

14 December 2012 • 08:09 AMT
“Pulp Fiction” actor Tim Roth to star in “The Jesuit” revenge thriller

The film follows as an ex-con who seeks to avenge the murder of his wife and the kidnapping of his son.

14 December 2012 • 08:00 AMT
HRW: hundreds of Iranian activists seek asylum abroad

According to HRW, since 2005 dozens of journalists and bloggers have left Iran because of increasing limitations and threats.

14 December 2012 • 07:58 AMT
Three suspected militants killed in Russia’s Dagestan

“The shooters attempted to escape, but police chased and surrounded them in a private house,” the reports said.

14 December 2012 • 07:55 AMT
Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” tops Golden Globes Awards noms

Trailing behind is Ben Affleck’s true story political drama “Argo” and Quentin Tarantino’s slavery era action comedy “Django.”

14 December 2012 • 07:44 AMT
Thousands of Palestinians join Hamas rally in West Bank

It is the first time in five years that the Palestinian Authority, which governs in the West Bank, has granted Hamas permission to hold a rally.

14 December 2012 • 07:35 AMT
European leaders agree on further steps to tackle debt crisis

They also launched tentative discussions on how to make countries stick to economic targets and on creating a “solidarity fund.”

14 December 2012 • 07:25 AMT
Palm Springs Film Fest to feature 42 Foreign Oscar hopefuls

It also will introduce a new program called Nordic Light, which will highlight films from Scandinavia.

14 December 2012 • 07:10 AMT
1st image of Disney’s “Frozen” comedy-adventure unveiled

The film follows the fearless optimist Anna who must find her sister Elsam the Snow Queen, to put an end to her spell.

14 December 2012 • 07:02 AMT
Gravitas, Variance nab “The End of Love” Sundance drama

The film tells the story of struggling actor Mark, who is forced to grapple with his inability to grow up.

14 December 2012 • 07:00 AMT
NASA admits mistaking Indian mountain for Everest

NASA said that Malenchenko had taken the picture from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month.

14 December 2012 • 06:54 AMT
Australian police issues warning about Google Maps

The road in question lies near the Great Ocean Road in Colac, which is near Melbourne in southern Australia.

14 December 2012 • 06:53 AMT
Adele’s “21 tops iTunes year-end sales

Rounding out the top five: Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” One Direction’s “Up All Night” and fun.’s “Some Nights.”

14 December 2012 • 06:43 AMT
Paul McCartney, Nirvana perform new song at Sandy relief gig

McCartney closed the mega-concert, which featured such rock and roll royalties as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi and Eric Clapton.

14 December 2012 • 06:38 AMT
Oil rises as survey shows China manufacturing recovery

The improvement in factory output was a sign that energy consumption might be on the upswing in the world’s No. 2 economy.

14 December 2012 • 06:36 AMT
New “Django Unchained” clip features Leonardo DiCaprio

The film is about a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter.

14 December 2012 • 06:29 AMT
Dylan McDermott joins Stephen King’s “Mercy” horror thriller

The horror thriller revolves around two brothers who go with their mother to take care of their grandma.

14 December 2012 • 06:28 AMT
Panetta signs orders to send Patriot missiles, personnel to Turkey

A total of six Patriot missile batteries will be sent to Turkey – two from the U.S., two from Germany and two from the Netherlands.

14 December 2012 • 06:23 AMT
U.S. slaps Iran with new sanctions, targets handful of companies

The IAEA did not immediately detail the talks or whether its inspectors would be granted access to the Parchin military complex.

14 December 2012 • 06:08 AMT
“Taken 2” helmer to direct “Taking Gotham” action thriller

The film is about a secret unit of the NYPD that was created in response to a string of brutal robberies in New York City.

14 December 2012 • 06:03 AMT
“The Departed” scribe to rewrite “American Desperado” for Paramount

The film focuses on the criminal exploits of Jon Roberts, who made a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel.

14 December 2012 • 05:57 AMT
U.S. envoy says Israel should be prepared ICC action

“We have to prepare for the possibility that they will take that step,” ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren said. “We can’t discount it.”

14 December 2012 • 05:52 AMT
Hubble achieves deepest-ever cosmic view, identifies 6 new galaxies

The study also updates a distance estimate for a seventh galaxy, placing it further back in time than any object previously identified.

14 December 2012 • 05:34 AMT
Apple reactivates app gifting, lets users pick ‘send’ date

Gift givers can select who the app is going to and write a short message if needed. Gifts can be sent immediately or on a scheduled date.

14 December 2012 • 05:33 AMT
Barcode co-inventor Norman Joseph Woodland dies at 92

The technology did not catch on until the 1970s, when IBM promoted a rectangular barcode that was adopted as the standard.