‘Lincoln’ Leads Oscars With 12 Nominations -- Washington Times/AP
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Civil War saga “Lincoln” leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story “Amour”; the Iran hostage thriller “Argo”; the independent hit “Beasts of the Southern Wild”; the slave-revenge narrative “Django Unchained”; the musical “Les Miserables”; the shipwreck story “Life of Pi”; the lost-souls romance “Silver Linings Playbook”; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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Israel fortifies its southern desert borders.
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ASIA
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Afghans say total U.S. pullout would trigger disaster.
Deadly blast in Pakistan's Quetta.
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AFRICA
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Rift between Ugandan President, parliament widens.
Vineyard laborers clash with South African police for second day.
EUROPE
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Greece unemployment hits highest rate in European Union.
Northern Ireland struggles to put bloody past behind it.
Russia: New nuclear submarine enters service.
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Mass donor organ fraud shakes Germany.
AMERICAS
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