SEOUL: South Korea denounced a barrage of artillery fired by North Korea into the sea as a grave provocation Tuesday and warned that it would deal sternly with any further such acts.

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LOS ANGELES: Leonardo DiCaprio’s dreams thriller Inception ruled the North American box office for a third weekend and also overtook Toy Story 3 to claim top honors internationally.

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NEW YORK: Asian investors are more likely to buy gold in the next six months than their North American and European counterparts, a global survey found.

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TEHRAN: Iran reiterated on Sunday that three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country’s borders.

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Anurag Kashyap recent film as a producer, Udaan, got lot of critical acclaim. Now, Kashyap is all set with his next directorial venture titled That Girl In Yellow Boots, the film which stars Kalki Koelchin and is co-produced by National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC).

That Girl In Yellow Boots which in essence is a thriller tracing Ruth’s (Kalki Koechlin) search for her father - a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour. Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes the alien but yet strangely familiar backdrop for Ruth’s quest. She struggles to find her independence and space even as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinthine politics of the city’s underbelly. A city that feeds on her misery, a love that eludes her and above all, a devastating truth that she must encounter. And everyone wants a piece of her. But what’s interesting is the fact that it has been selected for the esteemed 67th Venice Film Festival.

The film will be screened under Out-of-Competition section at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Under this section, important works by directors already established in previous editions of the Festival are showcased. The festival will take place from 1st to 11th September 2010 at Venice Lido.

An ecstatic Anurag Kashyap said, “I am on top of the world. Thank you NFDC to pull the project out of post production limbo and completing it. I would also like to thank Ronnie Screwvala, Sanjay Singh and Sikhya Entertainment for lending me the money and unconditional support”.

If that wasn’t enough That Girl in Yellow Boots will also be screened at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), wilt the film will have its North American Premiere under Special Presentations.

SEOUL: North Korea Saturday threatened to respond with nuclear weapons to a major US-South Korean naval exercise starting this weekend, saying it was ready for a retaliatory sacred war.

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SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it would begin a sacred war against the United States and South Korea at any time necessary based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to reckless military exercises by the allies.

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SEOUL: Military officers from North Korean and the American-led U.

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WELLINGTON: The New Zealand cricket team for next month’s Tri-Nations series with Sri Lanka and India was further weakened Thursday when explosive top order batsman Jesse Ryder pulled out.

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HANOI: Planned naval exercises between South Korea and the United States are a threat to global peace, and new sanctions reinforce a hostile policy towards Pyongyang, North Korea said Thursday.

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