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LONDON – Britain's royal family gathered Sunday to celebrate Christmas with one notable absence — Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip, who remains hospitalized following a heart procedure.

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The 90-year-old prince is recovering from having a coronary stent put in after doctors determined that the heart pains which sent him to the hospital on Friday were caused by a blocked artery.

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Buckingham Palace said "he's in good spirits" and family members will visit Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, in the hospital after lunch.

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Prince Philip in hospital as royals mark Christmas (AP)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran rejected as "completely baseless" U.S. allegations that it was harbouring an al Qaeda member who is accused of operating as a facilitator and financier for the group from the Islamic Republic, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

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The United States announced on Thursday that it was establishing a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Syrian-born Yasin al-Suri, who is also known as Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil. The United States announced on Thursday that it was establishing a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Syrian-born Yasin al-Suri, who is also known as Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil. "The American government's recent unwise scenario regarding Iran's involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks and the presence of an al Qaeda member in Iran is completely baseless," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Sunday, according to Fars.

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LOS ANGELES – The Academy Award statuette that Orson Welles won for the original screenplay of "Citizen Kane" has been auctioned for more than $861,000 in Los Angeles.

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The 1942 Oscar was thought to be lost for decades. It surfaced in 1994 when cinematographer Gary Graver tried to sell it. The sale was stopped by Beatrice Welles, Orson's youngest daughter and sole heir. Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

Welles' Oscar for 'Citizen Kane' sells for $861K (AP)

Global stocks posted their strongest gains in three weeks and the euro rose on Tuesday on signs of improved economic prospects in Germany and the United States, as well as a better-than-expected Spanish debt auction.

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Global stocks posted their strongest gains in three weeks and the euro rose on Tuesday on signs of improved economic prospects in Germany and the United States, as well as a better-than-expected Spanish debt auction. US stocks jumped, led by basic materials shares as commodity prices also rallied. Wall Street also got a boost from a 1-1/2 year high in housing starts and permits for future construction that suggested the housing market was starting to recover.

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LOS ANGELES – Associated Press reviewers Christy Lemire and David Germain saw the same films in 2011, but they clearly weren't seeing the same pictures.

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The top 10 films of 2011, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: "Martha Marcy May Marlene" — The year's most haunting film, with a star-making performance from Elizabeth Olsen as a young women who struggles to assimilate to the outside world after fleeing a cult. Writer-director Sean Durkin, making his astoundingly confident feature debut, cuts seamlessly between the psychological abuse of her past and the paranoia of the present. Olsen's placid, open face reveals nothing and yet suggests seething torment. And as the group's creepy, charismatic leader, John Hawkes radiates menace without ever raising his voice.

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The top 10 films of 2011, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: "Martha Marcy May Marlene" — The year's most haunting film, with a star-making performance from Elizabeth Olsen as a young women who struggles to assimilate to the outside world after fleeing a cult. Writer-director Sean Durkin, making his astoundingly confident feature debut, cuts seamlessly between the psychological abuse of her past and the paranoia of the present. Olsen's placid, open face reveals nothing and yet suggests seething torment. And as the group's creepy, charismatic leader, John Hawkes radiates menace without ever raising his voice. "50/50" — It's a comedy about cancer, which would sound like a tricky proposition, but director Jonathan Levine has crafted a film that's uproariously funny, and he finds just the right tone every time. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a young man who learns he has a rare tumor on his spine, one he has a 50-percent chance of surviving; friends and family try to help and usually end up saying or doing the wrong thing. Comedy writer Will Reiser based the script on his own cancer diagnosis in his 20s, and his words are filled with dark humor and a wry recognition of the gravity of this situation, but also with real tenderness.

AP writers pick the top 10 films of 2011 (AP)

Builders broke ground in November on more houses than at any time in the past 19 months, led by a surge in multifamily units, signaling the market is stabilizing heading into 2012.

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Starts increased 9.3 percent to a 685,000 annual rate, exceeding the highest estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and the most since April 2010, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington . Building permits, a proxy for future construction, also climbed to a more than one-year high.

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Work on multifamily units like apartments and townhouses is growing as the rental market improves. Single-family-home construction may be starting to strengthen as lower home prices and borrowing costs near record lows draw in some buyers, even as builders face competition from existing houses as another wave of foreclosures throws more marked-down properties on the market.

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AP - Most New Year resolutions include dieting. Not for Jessie J.

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WASHINGTON — The United States swiftly closed ranks with its ally South Korea on Monday, as the death of nuclear-armed North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il landed President Barack Obama with a sudden foreign policy crisis.

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Obama called his close friend President Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea at midnight on the US east coast, as Washington and its regional allies digested the death of the Stalinist state's volatile 69-year-old leader. Obama called his close friend President Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea at midnight on the US east coast, as Washington and its regional allies digested the death of the Stalinist state's volatile 69-year-old leader. "The President reaffirmed the United States' strong commitment to the stability of the Korean peninsula and the security of our close ally, the Republic of Korea," the White House said in a statement.

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PRAGUE – The end of Czechoslovakia's totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot fired. But for Vaclav Havel, it was a moment he helped pay for with decades of suffering and struggle.

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The dissident playwright spent years in jail but never lost his defiance, or his eloquence, and the government's attempts to crush his will ended up expanding his influence. He became a source of inspiration to Czechs, and to all of Eastern Europe. He went from prisoner to president in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled across the region. Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. The 75-year-old former chain-smoker had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his time in prison.

Havel, hero of anti-communist revolution, has died (AP)

PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e Islami (JI) amir Syed Munawwar Hassan has said that the US and NATO have not attacked the sovereignty of Pakistan for the first time but had also attacked the Mehran base and GHQ.

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Addressing a public meeting here on Sunday, he said that Al-Qaeda or Taliban were not involved in these attacks but RAW, Mosad and CIA were responsible for it. The government was about to take a U-turn and would restore NATO supply line. The government should not withdraw its decisions that were taken in regard to Pakistan sovereignty.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly $1 million at auction.

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Darren Julien, president of Julien's Auctions, was unable to provide a more specific figure as he continued to tally the totals Saturday after the daylong auction, which brought in nearly triple the company's pre-auction estimate of $200,000 to $400,000.

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Among the highlights: A kitchen chalkboard where Jackson's children wrote "I love daddy," which sold for $5,000, and an armoire upon which Jackson wrote a message to himself on the mirror that fetched $25,750.

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A multimedia showcase of some of 2011's top stories, including Japan's tragic earthquake, the Arab Spring, the demise of Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi, the shooting rampage in Norway, famine in Somalia and the Royal Wedding.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty.

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The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust dictator Saddam Hussein closes with a fragile democracy still facing insurgents, sectarian tensions and the challenge of defining its place in the Arab region.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children before his death in 2009 have sold for nearly $1 million at auction.

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The president of Julien's Auctions was still tallying the totals Saturday after the daylong auction, which brought in nearly triple the company's pre-auction estimate of $200,000 to $400,000.

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Among the highlights were a chalkboard inscribed with a message from Jackson's children, which sold for $5,000, and an armoire upon which Jackson wrote a message to himself on the mirror, which fetched $18,750.

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Michael Jackson's belongings sell for nearly $1M (AP)

President Barack Obama yesterday nominated a veteran South Asia hand in the US Foreign Service, Nancy J. Powell, as his next ambassador in New Delhi in a bold initiative to infuse new energy into flagging relations with India.

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Powell, a former consul-general in Calcutta who also once served as deputy chief of mission in Dhaka, has strong Bengali interests and is expected to continue Washington’s new focus on Bengal as the next frontier in Indo-US engagement, especially after the change of government in the state. Powell will hit the ground running in her impending assignment even before she is confirmed by the Senate as she meets South Block’s joint secretary for the Americas, Jawed Ashraf, who is arriving here on Sunday for foreign office consultations.

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The founding members of the classic rock group — Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine — announced Friday they are getting back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They're working on a new album and also plan a 50-date tour that will take them around the world.

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The founding members of the classic rock group — Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine — announced Friday they are getting back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary. They're working on a new album and also plan a 50-date tour that will take them around the world. "This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys, and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again," Wilson said in a statement.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers gave birth to the California rock sound. Back then, the band members were Love, Jardine, Wilson and his two brothers — Carl and Dennis Wilson, who have since died. With songs like "Good Vibrations," "I Get Around" and "California Girls," the quintet embodied the fantasy of West Coast beach life. Their albums, particularly "Pet Sounds," influenced rockers of their generation and beyond.

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U.S. Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta greets members of the Libyan delegation on the tarmac during his arrival in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Dec., 17, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta greets members of the Libyan delegation on the tarmac during his arrival in Tripoli, Saturday, Dec., 17, 2011. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Tripoli for talks with Libya's interim government, making him the first American defense chief to visit the country.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Silent film is taking over Hollywood's awards scene. The silent-era tale "The Artist" heads the Golden Globes with six nominations, among them best comedy or musical, and acting honors for its French stars, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo.

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Tied for second-place with five nominations Thursday are the 1960s racial tale "The Help" and George Clooney's Hawaiian family story "The Descendants." Both films are up for best drama, while Clooney was nominated for best dramatic actor and "The Help" earned acting slots for Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain. Dujardin, who won the best-actor prize for "The Artist" in its premiere at last May's Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy. He plays a silent-film star whose career nosedives as talking pictures take over in the late 1920s in "The Artist," which has virtually no spoken dialogue and is shot in the boxy, black-and-white format of the silent era.

'The Artist' speaks up with 6 noms to lead Globes (AP)

Leon E. Panetta thanked the more than one million American service members who have served in Iraq for “the remarkable progress” made over the past nine years but acknowledged the severe challenges that face the struggling democracy.

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As of last Friday, the war in Iraq had claimed 4,487 American lives, with another 32,226 Americans wounded in action, according to Pentagon statistics.

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The tenor of the 45-minute farewell ceremony, officially called "Casing the Colors,” was likely to sound an uncertain trumpet for a war that was started to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction it did not have. It now ends without the sizable, enduring American military presence for which many military officers had hoped.

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PARIS – George Whitman's life was packed with the type of adventures that filled every nook and cranny of his bookshop, Paris' iconic English-language Shakespeare and Company.

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A bohemian traveler, Whitman was once nursed to health by Mayans in the Yucatan during a 3,000-mile (5000-kilometer) trek across Latin America and sometimes bragged that he had lived in Greenland with a beautiful Eskimo woman.

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At home, Whitman was best known as a pillar of Paris' literary scene. For more than half century, his eclectic Left Bank shop was a beacon for readers, who spent long hours browsing its overflowing shelves or curling up with a good book next to a drowsy cat.

Founder of famous Paris bookstore dies at 98 (AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The House passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Wednesday night after last-minute changes placated the White House and ensured President Obama 's ability to prosecute terrorist suspects in the civilian justice system.

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The vote was 283-136 and reflected the strong support for annual legislation that authorizes money for the men and women of the military as well as weapons systems and the millions of jobs they generate in lawmakers' districts. It was a rare instance of bipartisanship in a bitterly divided Congress. The Senate is expected to pass the measure on Thursday and send it to Obama.

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NEW YORK – Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton — at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress.

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The pearl, diamond and ruby necklace, known as "La Peregrina," purchased at auction for $37,000 in 1969 by Burton for Taylor reached the world record price of $11,842,500. It was estimated to sell for $2 million to $3 million. The price surpassed the previous auction record for a pearl, set in 2007 at Christie's auction house in New York City with the sale of The Baroda Pearls for $7,096,000. The ring, estimated to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million, was included in a collection of Taylor's necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings and other gems that went on sale Tuesday night at Christie's in New York. The ring was purchased by a private buyer from Asia, according to a Christie's spokesman.

Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry sells for $115 million (AP)

FOB SHARANA, Afghanistan — Defense chief Leon Panetta told US troops Wednesday they were winning the 10-year war in Afghanistan, during a visit focused on handing security to Afghans as US troops withdraw.

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Panetta is in Afghanistan to review the war effort with the United States, which is on track to recall 33,000 troops by the end of the next year and is shifting its focus to an advisory role in training Afghan security forces. Panetta is in Afghanistan to review the war effort with the United States, which is on track to recall 33,000 troops by the end of the next year and is shifting its focus to an advisory role in training Afghan security forces. "We're moving in the right direction and we're winning this very tough conflict," he told troops at Forward Operating Base Sharana, 56 kilometres (35 miles) from the Pakistan border, in the eastern province of Paktika.

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Luckily for Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" is one of his finest action flicks, just what's needed to potentially restore some of this fallen star's box-office bankability.

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Cruise may be the star here, but Bird's the story, a director who's only making his fourth movie and, remarkably, just his first live-action feature. This is the best of the "M:I" movies, far better than Brian De Palma's original, No. 2 by John Woo and even the franchise's previous high with No. 3 by J.J. Abrams, who stuck around as producer on this one. Those three filmmakers had years and years of action stuff behind them with real, live actors. Yet along comes Bird to show that the enormous talent behind his Academy Award winners "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille" and his acclaimed cartoon adventure "The Iron Giant" transfers mighty nicely from animation to the real world.

Review: Cruise is just Cruise, but 'Mission' rocks (AP)

Amid its apprehensions over nuclear liability laws, the US has asked India to ensure level playing field for foreign as well as domestic companies seeking to participate in the country's civil nuclear market.

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US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns held wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai here on Monday during which he pressed for full implementation of the Civil Nuclear Agreement and giving US companies equal opportunity to do nuclear commerce in India.

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US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns held wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai here on Monday during which he pressed for full implementation of the Civil Nuclear Agreement and giving US companies equal opportunity to do nuclear commerce in India. "The Deputy Secretary stressed, in particular, the importance of continuing the implementation of the US-India civil nuclear deal and levelling the playing field for foreign and domestic companies wishing to compete in India's civil nuclear market," a US Embassy statement said.

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LOS ANGELES – A music executive died Monday after being shot last week by a rampaging gunman in the heart of Hollywood, a hospital spokeswoman said.

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John Atterberry, who had worked with the Spice Girls, Jessica Simpson and others, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, spokeswoman Simi Singer said.

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Atterberry was the only seriously injured victim of 26-year-old Tyler Brehm, who police say fired nearly 20 bullets in the air and at cars as he screamed that he wanted to die. He was killed by police minutes later.

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Record exec dies after Hollywood street rampage (AP)

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Maybe it was inevitable that whoever landed the lead in the original "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" would become Sweden's next big export.

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Rapace felt right at home among Downey's ensemble for "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," while she grew up on "Alien," "Thelma & Louise" and other films from director Scott.

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Rapace felt right at home among Downey's ensemble for "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," while she grew up on "Alien," "Thelma & Louise" and other films from director Scott. "Ridley Scott is one of my heroes since as long as I can remember. I kind of actually think that he saved me sometimes, because I always felt like an outsider in Sweden. I didn't feel Swedish. I always felt like something is different with me," Rapace said in an interview to promote "Sherlock Holmes," which opens Friday. "The Swedish people are quite repressed, and they hold back a lot of things. It's like people are really afraid of conflicts and emotions, and nobody really says anything straight to you. ...

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India and the US on Monday discussed issues relating to the civil nuclear liability regime and the volatile situation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

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US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Monday held talks with National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Burns underlined their shared stakes in economic and defence areas and said that one could not expect "dramatic breakthroughs" in the relationship everyday.

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TEHRAN (FNA)- A prominent Iranian legislator blasted the UN Security Council for its silence on the violation of Iran's airspace by the United States' downed stealth aircraft, and said the UN indifference means that the world is ruled by the law of jungle.

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He reiterated that if it were the drone of a foreign country which violated the airspace of the US or the Zionist regime, the UN Security Council would rapidly approve a resolution against that aggressive country, but now that it is the US versus Iran, the UNSC has kept silent.

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Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011's best-selling album with "21" wasn't the night's top nominee — and that wasn't the evening's only surprise.

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Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including a bid for song of the year for his all-star song "All of the Lights." However, the album from which it came — "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," heralded by many critics as the best album of 2010 — was not in the best album category, and all of his other nominations were relegated to the rap fields. Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters tied Adele with six nominations each, including in the album of the year category. Lil Wayne had five nods and critical-darling folky act Bon Iver scored four nominations, with two in the prestigious record and song of the year categories. But dubstep star Skrillex may have been the night's biggest surprise, getting five nominations, including a bid for best new artist.

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WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has asked the defence secretary to review the command and control protocols of NATO as an air attack by the alliance forces left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead last weekend and resulted in an outrage in Pakistan.

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In a letter to US defence secretary Leon Panetta , which was released to the press, Dennis Kucinich called for a strong support for "full and transparent investigation" of the attack on sovereign Pakistani territory and demanded a full review of "command and control protocols" which led to the disaster. In a letter to US defence secretary Leon Panetta , which was released to the press, Dennis Kucinich called for a strong support for "full and transparent investigation" of the attack on sovereign Pakistani territory and demanded a full review of "command and control protocols" which led to the disaster. "We cannot be successful in securing peace and security in the region alone. I urge you to ensure full US participation in and cooperation with a full, impartial and transparent investigation into the airstrike.

US lawmaker demands review of NATO command, control protocols - Times of India