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Sir Peter Jackson invites the public behind scenes as his team races to get The Hobbit finished ahead of Wednesday’s premiere in Wellington.

This week, the President made an historic trip to Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia, attended the East Asia Summit, and pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House with the First Family  – and, he http://www.phpaide.com/download.php?langue=fr&id=13 also met John Key. Did the conversation go something like this? Key: “Have the Chinese cut up your credit card yet?”Obama: “Nope”Key: “Cool, me …

Ahead of the first film premiere, the cast of Hobbit are primed to begin jetting around the world – on the side of an aeroplane.  Air New Zealand today unveiled its official Hobbit aircraft, which depicts characters from the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first film in the Hobbit trilogy. It will fly between Auckland, Los …

The Kalashnikov rifle needs no introduction. In this documentary we’ll show you its origins, how it’s made and tested, who uses it, and much more. You’ll be taken to the Izhmash manufacturing plant where the rifles are assembled, see elite soldiers from Russia’s Interior Ministry train with the world-renowned weapon, and hear American war veterans recall their experiences with the …

Retired Four-Star US General Jack Keane  weighs in as Israel and  Hamas pickup the piece in the Gaza. “We haven’t seen the last of Hamas’ rockets …it is tenuous at best. it is not a major victory ….but at the end of her reign as SOS this is a plus for Hillary Clinton.”

Finance Minister Bill English is off to take a first-hand look at the resources sector in Queensland and Western Australia. The trip will include meeting the premiers of Queensland and Western Australia, as well as mining and resources companies and sector groups. English will also visit the Port of Brisbane, Rio Tinto’s Tom Price iron ore mine in the Pilbara …

GLOBAL MARKETS:  A quiet session overnight, with the US market closed for Thanksgiving. Further signs of recovery in the Chinese manufacturing sector underpinned optimism, with European and UK equities up 0.6% and 0.7% respectively. Core global bond yields continued their slow grind higher, while Eurozone peripheral yields edged lower. Greek Government bond yields (16.06% for the 10-year maturity) fell to their …

The civil rights icon’s son, who is being treated for bipolar disorder, faces a federal investigation into possible misuse of campaign funds and a congressional probe into his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

What’s the next step in Israel, Hamas cease-fire? Former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold weighs in.