'Avatar' Ends Impressive Seven-Week Box-Office Reign

It Had to happen sometime. After Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington, Dwayne Johnson and a Handful of other Hollywood heavyweights could not take down "Avatar" at the box office, two rising stars STEPPED in to conquer Pandora,Read More Story,http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1631487/story.jhtml

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Gates Hopes Iran Sanctions Will Avoid Military Action

Secretary Gates is working with allies Thurs develop an effective sanctions regime targeting Iran's government, while having minimal impact on its people. U.S. Officials Say They Hope to bring a resolution to the UN Security Council this month, while France holds the rotating presidency.

Gates says Iran has not responded constructively Thurs President Barack Obama's unprecedented and long effort to start a dialogue on its nuclear program. But asked Whether he is concerned, Israel might launch an air strike on Iran's nuclear has facilities now that the Iranian president has ordered the resumption of uranium enrichment, the secretary said he believes there is still a chance for sanctions and other forms of diplomatic pressure to work.

"Everybody's interest is in seeing this issue resolved without a resort Thurs conflict," he said. "The key is persuading the Iranian leaders that their long-term best interests are best served by not having nuclear weapons, as opposed to having them. And so I think that an approach along these lines, as long as the international community is pressing F vigorously to resolve this problem, "My hope is we will then be Able Thurs keep this in economic and diplomatic channels."Read More Story,http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/politics/Gates-Hopes-Iran-Sanctions-Will-Avoid-Military-Action-83811992.html

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CFB Trenton Commander Faces 2 Homicide Charges

Col. Russell Williams, 46, was also charged Monday in connection with sexual assault in two home Invasions in the Tweed area, Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas said at a news conference today in Belleville.

The charges came "due to a singularity in those incidents," Nicholas said. "We linked those crimes to a single suspect."

Jessica Lloyd 27, Jan Vanished. 28 and police on Monday that her body had been found. A second woman, Cpl. Marie France Comeau of the 435th Squadron, Trenton, was found dead in her home in Brighton on Nov. 25, 2009,Read More Story,http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/762152--cfb-trenton-commander-faces-2-homicide-charges

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