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Polanski laments leveling of sexes as 'idiotic'

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 03:35 PM

CANNES, France (AP) — Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women.

The director said the pill has "changed the place of women in our times," while talking to reporters Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. He was there to premiere his film "Venus in Fur," adapted from the David Ives play.

Polanski said the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic" and lamented that "offering flowers to a lady" has become "indecent."


Suspected rebels kill 16, wound 25 in east India

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 03:17 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 others.

Senior police officer M. Gupta says suspected insurgents triggered a land mine and fired at the vehicles on Saturday in the Sukma area, about 215 miles south of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh (Chuht-tihs-guhr) state.


Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 03:15 PM

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past.

They say four soldiers were also injured in the Saturday attack, which took place in the city of Shar in the southeastern Hadramawt province and was likely carried out by al-Qaida.

The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the media.


Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 03:15 PM

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past.

They say four soldiers were also injured in the Saturday attack, which took place in the city of Shar in the southeastern Hadramawt province and was likely carried out by al-Qaida.

The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the media.


Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 03:14 PM

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past.

They say four soldiers were also injured in the Saturday attack, which took place in the city of Shar in the southeastern Hadramawt province and was likely carried out by al-Qaida.

The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak to the media.


Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 02:59 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said.

Senior police officer M. Gupta said the attack occurred in the Sukma area, about 215 miles (345 kilometers) south of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh state.


Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 02:54 PM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed in public.

Turkish media say that, earlier in the week, Ankara subway officials made an announcement asking passengers "to act in accordance with moral rules" after security cameras spotted the couple kissing.


Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prize

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 02:41 PM

CANNES, France (AP) — An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able "to have the freedom to do the films I want to do."


Suspected rebels kill 2, wound several in India

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 02:27 PM

NEW DELHI (AP) — Suspected Maoist rebels on Saturday attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in a Maoist-infested area in eastern India, killing at least two party members and wounding and kidnapping several others.

Senior police officer M. Gupta said suspected insurgents triggered a land mine blast and fired at the vehicles in the Sukma area, about 215 miles (345 kilometers) south of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh state.


Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 01:58 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.


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