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How Candy Crush, Angry Birds get your money
They are free to download, fun to play, and fiendishly addictive: mobile games like Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds and Clash of Clans want to get you hooked, then get your money.
26 February 2014 10:04
Cuban cigar sales up 8 percent in 2013
Cuban cigar sales were up eight percent in 2013, reaching $447 million, with strongest market gains in China.
25 February 2014 17:49
Merkel in Israel to discuss Iran, peace talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel to discuss nuclear talks with Iran and to encourage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
25 February 2014 17:21
Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone
Samsung unveiled Monday its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world's industry leader.
25 February 2014 16:01
New Italy PM wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate.
25 February 2014 15:00
Police reject Breivik prison 'torture' complaint
Police in Norway said Monday they closed a preliminary investigation into a complaint by mass murderer Anders Breivik that his prison conditions amounted to "serious torture".
25 February 2014 14:11
Hollywood 'exile' for black actors worries British government
Black British actors have been taking Hollywood by storm, with Chiwetel Ejiofor's Oscar nomination for "12 Years a Slave" just the latest example, but at home they still face a lack of roles that has driven some from the country.
25 February 2014 13:15
Smartphone giants want your body
Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.
25 February 2014 11:04
Tarantino, Scarlett Johansson to attend French Oscars
Quentin Tarantino is to attend France's equivalent of the Oscars -- its Cesar awards -- in Paris on Friday along with actress Scarlett Johansson.
24 February 2014 17:44
Oldest-known Holocaust survivor dies aged 110: family
Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor and the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died in London aged 110.
24 February 2014 14:12
London hosts Britain's first Scientology wedding
Britain's first wedding to be held in a Scientology chapel took place in London on Sunday, the result of the newlyweds' triumphing in the Supreme Court last year.
24 February 2014 12:35
Astana Opera singer to perform in French opera project The Tales of Hoffmann
The leading soloist of the Astana Opera house Medet Chotabayev has been invited to perform a part in The Tales of Hoffmann opera.
24 February 2014 11:39
Versace struts its stuff as investment looms
Versace showed off a bold collection on Friday with red fur coats, knee-high lace-up boots and military epaulettes as a decision nears for the sale of a minority stake in the family firm.
24 February 2014 10:19
New Louis Vuitton designer is star of Paris fashion
Four months after Paris fashion bid farewell to Marc Jacobs, the man who transformed Louis Vuitton into a global style giant, all eyes will next week be on his successor.
23 February 2014 13:58
Australia not willing to pay Kazakhstan for sick cows
Kazakhstan is compelled to bring Australian sick cows supplier through diplomatic channels.
22 February 2014 17:06
Deal signed to end Ukraine crisis; move to free Tymoshenko
Ukraine's embattled leader signed a deal Friday with the opposition in a bid to end the ex-Soviet country's worst crisis since independence after three days of carnage left nearly 100 protesters dead.
22 February 2014 13:56
Bulgaria chokes on air pollution fuelled by poverty
The smokestacks of Kremikovtzi steel mill on Sofia's outskirts may have shut down years ago, but ancient cars ensure that Bulgaria's capital is still the most polluted in Europe.
22 February 2014 13:24
Pope to create 19 new cardinals, many from outside Europe
Pope Francis will create his first batch of cardinals on Saturday, with nine of the 19 coming from South America, Africa and Asia.
22 February 2014 12:54
Big brands parade but Milan fashion fest looks beyond
With big brands defending their dominance and the fashion press wary of taking a gamble, new designers sometimes struggled to be heard in Milan but Vogue Italia's editor told AFP that is all in the past.
21 February 2014 14:46
Britain flooded: 1500 Kazakhstan nationals in UK
1500 Kazakhstan nationals are now in the United Kingdom that experiencing the strongest flood of the past two centuries.
21 February 2014 14:19