LOS ANGELES: An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. The lawsuit filed by Cindy Lee Garcia names the popular online video site YouTube and its parent company Google …
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Google’s Schmidt defends hosting of anti-Islam film
SEOUL: Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt defended Thursday YouTube’s hosting of an anti-Islam film that sparked violent global protests, saying the answer to “bad speech is more speech” — not a ban. Google, the parent company of the video-sharing site, has blocked access to “Innocence of Muslims” in a number of nations, including India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where it …
Read More »At least one Lebanese hostage in Syria to be released
BEIRUT: At least one, and possibly three, of 10 Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in Syria will be released in the coming few hours, mediators said. A mediator, who requested he remained anonymous, told The Daily Star early on Tuesday that three men would be released, identifying them as Awad Ibrahim, Ali Termos, Khalil Saleh. The Sunni Committee of Muslim Scholars of Lebanon, …
Read More »Mine violence hits at South Africa’s political problem
MARIKANA, South Africa: The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34 deaths this week could also wound the ruling ANC and its main labor ally, laying bare workers’ anger over enduring inequalities in Africa’s biggest economy. Thursday’s shooting, bringing back memories of apartheid-era violence, underlined that after 18 years in power …
Read More »Lebanese emigrant wins third place in Miss World
BEIRUT: An Australian of Lebanese origin has won third place in this yearโsย Miss Worldย competition, Al-Arabiya reported Sunday. Jessica Kahawatyย placed after Miss China Yu Wenxia, who won first place in the pageant andย Sophie Elizabeth Mouldsย of Wales, who came in second place. This was not the Lebanese beautyโs first pageant. She was in the 2008 Missย Lebanon Emigrantย and also competed for Miss Lebanon …
Read More »Japan, China islands disputes deepen with landings, protests
EAST CHINA SEA: Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, with protests in several Chinese cities also indicating ties were worsening between Asia’s two biggest economies. Tokyo and Beijing have been feuding for decades over the island chain, known as the Senkaku in …
Read More »Poster girl Taylor eases into final
LONDON: Ireland’s Katie Taylor moved a step away from becoming one of the first Olympic women’s boxing champions on Wednesday when she produced a clinical performance to reach the lightweight final. The four-time amateur world champion, at the forefront of the campaign to get women’s boxing into the Olympics, beat Tajikistan’s Mavzuna Chorieva 17-9 in front of another raucous crowd …
Read More »Favorites Brazil play South Korea in Olympic semifinals
MANCHESTER, England: The only top contender still left in the men’s Olympic football tournament, Brazil has no excuse to leave the London Games without the gold medal. First, though, it will have to get past South Korea in the semifinals on Tuesday. Brazil brought most of its top players to the Olympics and has been dominant so far, getting more …
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