Daily Archives: May 9, 2014

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Ponder Screen Reunion

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Hollywood supercouple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie say they’re considering teaming up again on the big screen.

At a Kensington Palace costume event for her new Disney movie “Maleficent,” Jolie told reporters Thursday that “we are thinking about it.”

Joined by Pitt and her 12-year-old son Maddox on the blue carpet, Jolie was excited to visit the royal venue, joking “I am using it as an excuse to be a tourist.”

The film itself was also a family affair. The couple’s daughter Vivienne stars in the movie as the young Sleeping Beauty.

“Maleficent” is out in the U.S. on May 30.

 

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Five Saudi men sentenced to 32 years in prison and 4,500 lashes for holding a Valentine’s Day party with ‘unrelated women, drinking and dancing’

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Five Saudi men have been sentenced to 32 years in prison and 4,500 lashes by a criminal court in Saudi Arabia – for holding a Valentine’s Day party.

The law breaking men were caught at a rented rest house in the Al-Farouq area of Buraidah Qassim province and accused of holding a party with women who were unrelated to them, drinking and dancing.

Police from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) rounded up the men with the help of security patrols for their offences along with six women on February 14.

The men have all admitted to the charges, which include illicit seclusion with unrelated women, dancing and drinking.

A judge will decide the fate of the six women.

The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is the Saudi Arabian government’s agency’s religious police or mutaween (meaning pious) to enforce Sharia Law within the Islamic nation.

 

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China considers building a rail link to AMERICA: 8,000-mile journey would take less than two days and involve going through 125-mile undersea tunnel to Alaska

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China is considering building an 8,000-mile high-speed rail link to America that would take less than two days to travel.

Travelling at around 217mph, the train would leave the north east of the country, run through Siberia and enter a 125-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, the shortest crossing between Russia and Alaska.

It would then resurface and head south through Canada, before reaching its destination in the US.

It is unclear whether the American, Canadian or Russian governments have agreed to the proposals.

If completed, it would be 2,300 miles longer than the Trans-Siberian Railway, making it the longest train route in the world.

Even though the plans haven not been finalised, it is believed the project would be developed and financed by the Chinese, who have become global leaders in high-speed rail travel.

 

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Congratulatory address by President Serzh Sargsyan on occasion of Victory and Peace Day

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 Dear compatriots,

I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Victory and Peace Day.

For the Armenian people, May 9 holds great significance because it heralded the beginning of a new and peaceful life. During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Armenians fought in the trenches of justice and freedom and came out with credit.

For us, this is first of all a holiday of peace which afforded us a historic opportunity to give the fatherland a new start in life with our honest work.

The destiny gave us one more historic opportunity – one more May victory. On May 9 of 1992, we were once again in the trenches of justice and freedom fighting against national discrimination and genocide.

With the liberation of Shushi, not only Stepanakert avoided physical annihilation, but also Artsakh, as well as Armenia and Armenians’ future in the broad sense.

Today, we bow with gratitude to the memory of all the brave fighters who paid for peace by their own lives.

Long live the peace – the mother of all blessings of the world!
Glory to our heroes!

 

6.4 quake shakes southern Mexico

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mexico-earthquakeA 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico’s Guerrero state Thursday, less than a month after a stronger temblor hit the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Thursday’s quake, centered about 60 miles northwest of Acapulco and 172 miles southwest of Mexico City, happened at noon local time (1 p.m. ET), the USGS said.

No reports of major damage were immediately made. All city services in Mexico City were working normally after the quake, Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera told CNN affiliate Foro TV.

On April 18, a major quake — 7.2. magnitude — hit the same state, but there were no reports of major damage that day.