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French magazine risks Muslim fury with cartoons A French magazine is set to increase Muslim ire by printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Wednesday a day after 12 died in an Afghan suicide bombing, the deadliest attack linked to an anti-Islamic film.

19 September 2012

'Ice Age' sweeps in and tops US box office "Ice Age: Continental Drift" entered at the top of the North American box office this weekend, knocking "The Amazing Spider-Man" off the summit.

16 July 2012

Debate over circumcision ruling rages in Germany A German court decision branding the Muslim and Jewish rite of circumcising baby boys a criminal act has left disbelief, outrage and serious legal questions in its wake.

13 July 2012

Japan's pursuit of cute spawns $30 billion industry Police forces use them; shops can't do without them; power companies have them -- and sack them when they become unpopular.

07 July 2012

Kazakhstan is looking for a superhero Timur Bekmambetov’s Festival of Action Films Astana announced a contest of Kazakhstan superheros.

18 May 2012

Kazakh cartoon awarded at International Cinema Festival A cartoon from Kazakhstan was acknowledged to be the best at the 10th Baikal International Cinema Festival in Irkutsk.

17 October 2011