World

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of  Life” and the Christopher Plummer film “Beginners” shared the  top prize for best feature film on Monday at the Gotham Awards,  a key event for independent movies which also marks the start  of the film-awards season culminating in the Oscars.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – In director David  Cronenberg’s new film about Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and the  birth of psychoanalysis, “A Dangerous Method”, Keira Knightley  plays Jung’s formerly hysterical patient and lover Sabina  Spielrein.

(Reuters) – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part  1” broke the $500 million mark at worldwide box offices on  Monday after its release only 12 days ago, film distributor  Summit Entertainment said yesterday.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian protesters stormed  two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran yesterday, smashing  windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest  against new sanctions imposed by London.

(Reuters) – American Airlines, the third-largest  U.S. carrier, and its parent AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy  protection yesterday to cut labor costs in the face of high  fuel prices and dampened travel demand.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential  contender Herman Cain told aides yesterday he would reassess  the viability of his struggling campaign after an Atlanta woman  accused him of conducting a 13-year extramarital affair.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast leader  Laurent Gbagbo was on a flight to the Hague-based International  Criminal Court yesterday to face an arrest warrant issued by  the global body, his lawyer said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s personal  physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, yesterday was sentenced to four  years in jail and denied probation for his conviction on a  charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death.

KABUL/LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan pulled  out of an international conference on Afghanistan yesterday, its latest angry riposte after an attack by NATO killed 24 of its soldiers and plunged the region deeper into crisis.

LONDON, (Reuters) – BSkyB independent  shareholders dealt James Murdoch a heavy blow yesterday with  over 40 percent failing to back his re-election as chairman,  venting their anger at his handling of a phone hacking scandal.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Rising trade protectionism  and frustration over its domestic subsidies spell trouble for  China and could lead to more friction within the World Trade  Organization than Beijing has grown accustomed to over the past  decade.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s prime minister ruled out “business as usual” with the United States yesterday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and the army threatened to curtail cooperation over the war in Afghanistan.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians swarmed to the ballot box peacefully in their first election since a popular revolt toppled Hosni Mubarak, confounding fears of violence after a week of riots in which 42 people were killed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 150 websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods including shoes, purses, sunglasses and sports jerseys have been seized, US authorities said yesterday, coinciding with the Cyber Monday holiday shopping day.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Several rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel today, and the Jewish state returned fire across the border in response, military officials said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah told Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad yesterday he should step down and the European Union added pressure with more sanctions after the Arab League’s surprise suspension of Damascus for its violent crackdown on protests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan and the United States depend on one another too much to allow the deaths of two dozen Pakistani soldiers in a clash with NATO forces on Saturday to cause a definitive rupture.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – The Arab League approved  economic sanctions on Syria yesterday to try to force Damascus  to halt an eight-month crackdown on protests against President  Bashar al-Assad that Qatar said may prompt international  intervention.

ISLAMABAD/KABUL, (Reuters) – Fury spread in Pakistan  yesterday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24  Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A multimillionaire Chinese  developer is livid at Iceland’s rejection of his plan to build a  sprawling resort, saying it reveals western “hypocrisy and deep  prejudice”.