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DVDs stay on Netflix website, Qwikster name dropped

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Netflix Inc reversed an unpopular decision to put its DVD video rental business on a separate website and rename it Qwikster, saying both DVD and online streaming services will stay on the same website.
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Netflix reverses unpopular Qwikster DVD plan

Netflix Inc Chief Executive Reed Hastings reversed an unpopular decision to separate his company's DVD rental business and online video streaming service, sending the stock up 7 percent in early trading.
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Nineteen killed as Egyptian Christians, police clash

Nineteen killed as Egyptian Christians, police clash

Nineteen people were killed in Cairo on Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.
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Cairo Riot: Christian Protest Turns Deadly in Egypt

Thousands of protesting Christians clashed with with the Egyptian military in Cairo Sunday, resulting in at least 19 deaths, officials said. The fierce, bloody battle left many in shock as the Christian protesters said their demonstration began peacefully -- and they wanted it to remain that way.
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Top 20 Celebrities from Forbes' Top 100 [Photos]

Forbes recently published its list of the Top 100 Celebrities in the world -- an eclectic who's who of some of the most powerful and influential people in entertainment industries across the world.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Winners: 5 Things to Know

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women on Friday for their collective nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work.
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A Movie Guide to Occupy Wall Street

Filmmakers Alex Gibney (“Enron”), Peter Joseph (“Zeitgeist”), Michael Moore (“Capitalism: A Love Story”) and Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”) top the list of documentarians whose work scrutinizes the establishment and actually calls it what it is: damaged goods.
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Arabs embrace Steve Jobs and the Syrian connection

While the world mourned the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs in California, many Syrians were quick to claim the computer genius as one of their own on Thursday through a little-known connection to his biological father.

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