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'World of Warcraft' blitz on game fans
PARIS (AFP) - Top video game maker Activision Blizzard threw crowds on streets Thursday for the launch of the much-awaited new extension of its record-breaking "World of Warcraft" which already has a claimed 11 million players worldwide.
Nations:France People:William Shatner Jean-Claude Van Damme Source:(AFP)
2008-11-12
Mayhem reigns in Toronto's "Midnight Madness" films
TORONTO (Reuters) - Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars. Mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's "Midnight Madness" movies that kicked off, literally, with an early Friday morning screening of "JCVD" in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career.
People:Sacha Baron Cohen Tilda Swinton Dakota Fanning George Clooney Brad Pitt Jean-Claude Van Damme Activities:2008 Toronto Film Festival
2008-09-06
As Putin apprentice takes over, Russians weigh an enigma
It might be a tale out of a 19th century Russian storybook: A clerkish young lawyer apprenticed to a powerful man rises, through Byzantine political intrigue, to become ruler of Russia.
Nations:Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Jean-Claude Van Damme Activities:Russia Putin Admin.
2008-05-03
Putin to go to Iran despite plot report
Russian President Vladimir Putin, brushing off the threat of a reported plot to assassinate him, said on Monday he would go ahead with a planned visit to Iran. Aides said he would go on Tuesday.
Nations:Russia Iran Azerbaijan People:Angela Merkel Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vladimir Putin Jean-Claude Van Damme Activities:Iran-Russia
2007-10-15
UN, EU, Canada fund film in bid to stem spread of AIDS in Haiti
The UN, the European Union and Canada have joined forces to raise awareness about AIDS in Haiti, the Caribbean country hardest hit by the pandemic, by funding a film titled "Does The Band Leader Have AIDS?"
Nations:Haiti People:Bruce Willis Harrison Ford Jean-Claude Van Damme
2006-04-06
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