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  • US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer

    WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening. They agreed to close ...

  • Japans ORIX acquires over 25 percent share of MEDGULF insurance firm

    ORIX Corporation, a leading integrated financial services group of Japan, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 25.7 per cent of issued shares of Bahrain-based Mediterranean and Gulf Insurance and Reinsurance Company (MEDGULF). Founded in 1980 in Lebanon, MEDGULF is a business group with insurance businesses throughout the Middle East in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Jordan and ...

  • South Korea struggling without Japanese tourists

    Recent economic and diplomatic issues within South Korea has resulted in a significant drop in tourist arrivals from Japan, according to new research data. Approximately 689,000 Japanese travellers visited South Korea during the first three months of 2013, a 22 percent decline in visitors compared with the same period last year, Channel News Asia reported. These figures stem from data ...

  • Third Point Lifts Sony Stake Urges Spin Off

    Sony and urged the Japanese electronics giant to spin-off its entertainment business. Sony appears to be regaining its competitive edge and as a sign of its increased confidence in the company, Third Point has raised its stake to 70 million shares valued at 136.5 billion yen ($1.4 billion), the hedge ...

  • Nikkei in negative mode

    (32 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened 0.14 percent lower as the market waited the US central bank's policy meeting starting later in the day for clues on the future of its stimulus program. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which rose 2.7 percent the previous day, was down 17.97 points to 13,015.15 at the ...

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El Norte [Blu-Ray]

El Norte [Blu-Ray]

When Gregory Navas El Norte was first released, Variety described it as the first independent American epic, and I cant think of a better description of this deeply moving film that is simultaneously entrancing, horrifying, sad, and profoundly humane. The story of two young Guatem ... ...

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