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SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - North Korea, renowned for its secrecy and incredible artistic performances, is now planning the ultimate magic show -- complete with disappearing aircraft.The North's state-run KCNA news agency reported that the capital Pyongyang would host a "new form" of ...
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An Icelandic court said on Thursday the widow of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer should inherit his estimated $2 million estate, which has been in dispute since his death in 2008.Fischer spent the last years of his life ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it would it would disband the unit that makes its Guitar Hero games, citing declining popularity for music-themed video games.The company, whose first-quarter outlook was below Wall Street expectations, said it would disband ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Tuesday they are investigating a New York coin dealer accused of selling phony September 11 commemorative coins supposedly made of metal from Ground Zero."These allegations are enormously troubling," said Jon Leibovitz, chairman of the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc expects to drive growth by expanding the reach of its existing game portfolio but sees less opportunity in new markets for mobile and social games.Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said that as the $50 billion ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said Thursday it sold about 5.6 million copies of "Call of Duty: Black Ops" for $360 million on its first day, setting a new record for the video game industry."Black Ops" is a gritty military-themed ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The stepping down of a remote Russian regional leader who once claimed to have been abducted by aliens has set off an unexpected battle for the world's most important chess job.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the impoverished Buddhist region of ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.Carole ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard on Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after rows about her ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet world chess champion Vasily Smyslov died on Saturday of heart failure, Russian television reported.Smyslov, who turned 89 on Wednesday, was taken to a Moscow hospital earlier in the week after complaining of heart problems. He died on ...
