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James Franco disses 'Amazing Spider-Man' (Again), says It's all about the Benjamins By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Multi-hyphenate James Franco has more jobs (and hobbies) then one can count, but it's his latest piece of work that's buzzing around the web. English history with a twist in 'The Boleyn King'

France will reform social model as it sees fit: PM

VIENNA (Reuters) - France is committed to reforming its economy and bringing down its budget deficit but will do so as it - not the European Commission - sees fit, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said. His comments to Austria's ORF radio mirrored President Francois Hollande stance last week that the Commission cannot "dictate" reforms to members - a defiant, nationalist tone that irked Germany's ruling conservatives.

After news editor boycott, U.S. attorney general loosens rules

By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder loosened his rules for speaking with media editors on Friday during a second day of meetings with them about his Justice Department's handling of investigations that involve reporters, the editors said. Representatives from Reuters and ABC News met with Holder, the chief U.S. law enforcement officer, and his staff following recent disclosures that federal prosecutors seized records from two other media outlets without advance notice.

British police arrest two more over London attack

By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries. The two suspected killers, now under guard in hospitals, had been known to security services before Wednesday's daylight attack, security sources said. Another man and a woman, both aged 29, were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Two suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike

SANAA (Reuters) - Two suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Monday in a drone strike on their vehicle south of the capital Sanaa, tribal and government sources said. The strike follows another on Saturday in which at least four militants were killed in Abyan governorate, in southern Yemen. A Yemeni official did not say who was behind the attack, but previous strikes have been carried out by the United States.

Bomb attacks kill 79 Shi'ites across Iraq

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 79 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011. The attacks increased the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to more than 200. Tensions between Shi'ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached a point where some fear a return to all-out civil conflict.
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