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Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material	5/20/2012 5:24 AM
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
BSkyB could get reprieve from UK regulator - paper	5/20/2012 5:19 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Competition Commission is to publish a preliminary report next week suggesting that BSkyB's dominance in the pay-tv movie market has been weakened by new entrants, reducing the need to impose restrictions, The Mail On Sunday said. "Following the entry of Amazon-owned Lovefilm and fellow U.S. operator Netflix into the market, both offering films online, the commission is likely to say Sky's position is no longer as dominant as previously thought," the newspaper said. ...
Jacques Audiard praises B movies at Cannes	5/20/2012 5:04 AM
Jacques Audiard is on a quest to revive the B movie.
General Allen plays down urgency of Pakistan deal	5/20/2012 5:00 AM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Reuters he would not be disappointed if a long-sought agreement with Pakistan on supply routes failed to materialize by the end of the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday. General John Allen, who is also the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in an interview he was confident a deal would eventually be struck but "whether it's in days or weeks, I don't know. ...
2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan	5/20/2012 4:53 AM
An insurgent attack in Afghanistan killed two NATO service members on Sunday, the alliance said, while Afghan officials reported that a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint in the country's south.
Italy school bombing 'likely an isolated act'	5/20/2012 4:48 AM
The public prosecutor responsible for the investigation of the school bombing in Italy that killed a 16-year-old girl said Sunday that it was probably an isolated attack.
G8 leaders back Greece amid tensions	5/20/2012 4:42 AM
G8 leaders said they want debt-stricken Greece to stay in the eurozone at a Camp David summit as the group papered over deep-seated divisions about how best to tackle the eurozone crisis.
Afghan attack kills two NATO soldiers, two children	5/20/2012 4:21 AM
Two NATO soldiers were killed in an attack in Afghanistan Sunday, ISAF said, while police said at least two children were also killed as a suicide bomber targeted a NATO convoy.
Israel blasts foreign proposal on settlement goods	5/20/2012 4:05 AM
The Palestinian campaign to boycott goods produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank has received a boost from abroad with an unprecedented South African proposal to have the name of Israel dropped from labels on merchandise made in the settlements.
Powerful quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy	5/20/2012 4:04 AM
One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said.

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