Islamist militiamen and elite Revolutionary Guards surrounded the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Friday to prevent him from joining a government-sponsored rally that last year saw opposition protests, his website said.
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Iran Guards stop opposition leader from joining mass rally
Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.
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Israeli researchers develop promising new HIV treatment
AP – Members of the original funk band War say they can t be friends with PepsiCo.
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Funk band War tells PepsiCo they’re not friends (AP)
AP – Actor Paul Hogan, star of the Crocodile Dundee movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.
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‘Crocodile Dundee’ to return to US amid tax fray (AP)
AP – A French skyscraper climber nicknamed Spider-Man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.
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French ‘Spider-Man’ in Sydney court over climb (AP)
Reuters – American rock band Guns N Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late — and then left the stage after being pelted with plastic glasses.
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Irish crowd pelt Gun N’ Roses after lengthy wait (Reuters)
In his new cookbook The Pot and How to Use It, the film critic explores the mysterious rice cooker.
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Roger Ebert Gives Pot Two Thumbs Up
AP – Twentieth Century Fox s Machete is set to slice up the competition as director Robert Rodriguez s star-studded extravaganza will likely dominate the weekend with a Friday through Monday total of around $16 million.
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Box Office Preview: ‘Machete’ should dominate (AP)
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is “furious” that doctors failed to diagnose her husband, actor Michael Douglas’s throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday.
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Zeta-Jones ‘furious’ at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas
