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Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
(AP)
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern ...
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic ...
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared (AP)
AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge (AP)
AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after ...
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first (AP)
AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French ...
India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights (Time.com)
Time.com - India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries
Top officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
AFP - Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, including the first commanding officer to die in operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern ...
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras (AP)
AP - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic ...
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared (AP)
AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge (AP)
AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after ...
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first (AP)
AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French ...
India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights (Time.com)
Time.com - India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries
Top officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
AFP - Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, including the first commanding officer to die in operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
Americans spent a month on the game 1.3 billion dollars | Games
Revenues game industry in the U.S. for October this year amounted to 1.31 billion dollars, reports GameSpot, referring to a monthly record company NPD Group. This represents a 18 per cent more than able to earn gaming companies in the same period last year. Revenues from sales of consoles amounted to 495 million dollars, an increase of 5 per cent higher than a year earlier.
Activision bought the studio Budcat Creations | Games
The unit Activision Publishing acquired the American studio Budcat Creations. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed yet. Earlier Budcat Creations worked closely with Activision, taking part in work on the PS2-versions of games such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero World Tour.
The State Duma tighten control over computer games | Games
The State Duma plans to establish control over the content of computer games, sends agency Interfax. As pointed out by Vladimir Pligin, who heads the committee on constitutional law and nation-building, such measures are necessary to reduce the promotion of violence.
Rockstar was unable to name date of the additions to the Grand Theft Auto IV | Games
Vice-president of Rockstar Games, Dan Hauser (Dan Houser) admitted that he did not know the exact date of release of additional content for the game Grand Theft Auto IV. This Eurogamer writes, referring to an interview published in a blog at Variety. According to Hauser, the process of elaboration of the second episode is good. But he was not sure that Rockstar uspeet release him until the end of the year.
The new part of Need for Speed sent for printing | Games
Develop a regular racing game in the series Need for Speed completed. The project, entitled Need for Speed Undercover has already been sent to press. New game to be put on sale in North America are already on 18 November this year. The European release will take place no earlier than November 21.
Atari has received the right to "Ghostbusters" | Games
The company has received rights to Atari Games edition Ghostbusters The Video Game. The project for the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PC available for sale next year. The game, which is responsible for the design studio Terminal Reality, will be released to the 25 th anniversary of the original film about the Ghostbusters.
Revenues game industry in the U.S. for October this year amounted to 1.31 billion dollars, reports GameSpot, referring to a monthly record company NPD Group. This represents a 18 per cent more than able to earn gaming companies in the same period last year. Revenues from sales of consoles amounted to 495 million dollars, an increase of 5 per cent higher than a year earlier.
Activision bought the studio Budcat Creations | Games
The unit Activision Publishing acquired the American studio Budcat Creations. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed yet. Earlier Budcat Creations worked closely with Activision, taking part in work on the PS2-versions of games such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero World Tour.
The State Duma tighten control over computer games | Games
The State Duma plans to establish control over the content of computer games, sends agency Interfax. As pointed out by Vladimir Pligin, who heads the committee on constitutional law and nation-building, such measures are necessary to reduce the promotion of violence.
Rockstar was unable to name date of the additions to the Grand Theft Auto IV | Games
Vice-president of Rockstar Games, Dan Hauser (Dan Houser) admitted that he did not know the exact date of release of additional content for the game Grand Theft Auto IV. This Eurogamer writes, referring to an interview published in a blog at Variety. According to Hauser, the process of elaboration of the second episode is good. But he was not sure that Rockstar uspeet release him until the end of the year.
The new part of Need for Speed sent for printing | Games
Develop a regular racing game in the series Need for Speed completed. The project, entitled Need for Speed Undercover has already been sent to press. New game to be put on sale in North America are already on 18 November this year. The European release will take place no earlier than November 21.
Atari has received the right to "Ghostbusters" | Games
The company has received rights to Atari Games edition Ghostbusters The Video Game. The project for the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PC available for sale next year. The game, which is responsible for the design studio Terminal Reality, will be released to the 25 th anniversary of the original film about the Ghostbusters.
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