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KCET strikes $50 million deal

KCET, the former PBS station serving Southern and Central California, has entered a partnership with Eyetronics Media and Studios to produce and acquire new series, the companies announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, Eyetronics will provide up to $50 million in funding for the new programs, which will start production in the fall.

London deemed top fashion capital-survey

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London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fueled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.
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Da Vinci's "Codex" Launched on iPad

"The Da Vinci Code" may have been a popular e-book for years, but now readers around the world can view the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Arundel in high definition on iPad as the British Library launches its "e-book treasures" series.
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Da Vinci's Codex launched on iPad

The Da Vinci Code may have been a popular e-book for years, but now readers around the world can view the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Arundel in high definition on iPad as the British Library launches its e-book treasures series.
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Tabloid reporter implicates senior Murdoch executives

Phone hacking was widely discussed at editorial meetings at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, the reporter who was blamed as the sole culprit said in a letter which threatened to undermine repeated denials by senior News Corp executives.
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UK parliamentary body likely to recall James Murdoch

A British parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at a now defunct UK tabloid paper is very likely to recall News Corp executive James Murdoch in person after receiving further statements that cast doubt on his previous testimony.
World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick pauses while speaking at the Asia Society's annual dinner in Sydney

World Bank Chief: Nations Must Tackle Global Debt Mess

The World Bank chief Tuesday called for national governments to seek long-term debt curbs to solve the current sovereign debt crises in Europe and the United States, but said it was too early for special action by the Group of 20 nations.
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Zoellick: Governments should deal with global debt woes

The World Bank called for national governments to seek long-term debt curbs on Tuesday to solve the current sovereign debt crises in Europe and the United States, but said it was too early for special action by the Group of 20 nations.
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Will Philadelphia's Flash Mob Curfew be Effective?

For about a year, the city of Philadelphia, Penn. has been plagued by random, violent flash mobs, with gangs of youth suddenly overrunning busy streets. With Mayor Nutter's new curfew plan, now in place, will the trend finally cease?
Libyan rebel fighters celebrate after taking partial control of the coastal town of Zawiyah

Rebels Say Tripoli Encircled; Gaddafi Defiant

Libyan rebels said on Monday they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month-old uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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China Bright Food to buy Manassen for over $516 million

China's state-owned Bright Food Group has agreed to buy Australian branded food business Manassen Foods, giving it an enterprise value of over A$500 million ($516 million), a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

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