As the 2009 Cannes Film Festival draws near, filmmakers who have made the event’s short list hope that their films will be blessed with that hard-to-earn Cannes buzz, which could lead to awards and financial success. But the story doesn’t always have a Hollywood ending. There were several big names in last year’s lineup
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Questions surround death of Seattle woman at Thai hotel
The family of a Seattle, Washington, woman is searching for answers after her mysterious death at a resort hotel in Thailand. Steven Green was convicted Thursday in a civilian court in Kentucky and will be sentenced Monday
Why Is Condi Rice Joining the Torture Debate?
What prompted Condoleezza Rice to break a self-imposed silence on the Bush Administration’s controversial use of harsh interrogation techniques on terror detainees? Friends and colleagues of the former Secretary of State say it was not something she had planned, but that she was simply responding to questions in public settings
Casey Anthony’s attorney wants trial moved to Miami
Accusing local media in the Orlando, Florida, area of a "barrage" of coverage, Casey Anthony’s lead defense attorney asked Monday to have her death-penalty case moved from Orlando to Miami, Florida.
British woman faces Laos death penalty
A pregnant British woman facing possible execution in Laos will go on trial this week, the country’s foreign affairs ministry said Monday. Samantha Orobator “is facing death by firing squad for drug trafficking,” said Clare Algar, executive director of Reprieve, a London-based human rights group
Why India’s Teachers Do Not Spare the Rod
My three-year-old son came home from a private preschool recently and told me that his teacher had hit him for not being able to color properly. I was shocked and angry
Golfing fashion faux pas?
America’s John Daly has always stood out from the golfing crowd but this garish number, worn at the Spanish Open where he is currently competing, took this to a new high. Al-Marri made the surprise plea during a two-hour hearing in a federal courtroom in Peoria, Illinois
Former ‘enemy combatant’ pleads guilty
Ali al-Marri, once the only designated "enemy combatant" on U.S. soil, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, the Justice Department said Thursday. Al-Marri made the surprise plea during a two-hour hearing in a federal courtroom in Peoria, Illinois
Torture tape delays U.S.-UAE nuclear deal, say U.S. officials
A videotape of a heinous torture session is delaying the ratification of a civil nuclear deal between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, senior U.S. officials familiar with the case said
Lockerbie bomber appeals conviction
The man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, began an appeal of his conviction Tuesday in a Scottish court. The appeal by Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi at the Criminal Appeal Court in Edinburgh is expected to last four weeks, a court spokeswoman said