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U.S. film festival cancels award to UK film after tax scam  Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:54 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. film festival has withdrawn an award given to a British movie about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice after a London court jailed five people for making the movie as part of 2.8 million pound ($4.3 million) tax scam. Tax inspectors were told that A-listers from Hollywood would be starring in a 19.6 million pound production that would be shot in Britain. But the gang never intended to make the film "Landscape Of Lives," Southwark Crown Court in London heard on Monday. "The real intent was to defraud the public purse of nearly 1. ... Full Story	Top
WPP India unit sacks employees after sexist Ford ads  Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:24 AM PDT By Aradhana Aravindan MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian unit of advertising group WPP has sacked employees over a series of ads, including one showing women tied up in the trunk of a Ford driven by ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The ads were published days after India approved a tougher new law to punish sex crimes, following the fatal gang rape of a student in December. That attack sparked unprecedented protests over the treatment of women in the country. ... Full Story	Top
Battle rages over bones of England's Richard III  Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 06:44 AM PDT By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - King Richard III is at the centre of a new fight over the location of his final resting place, just weeks after the remains of the last English king to die in battle were found underneath a council car park. Archaeologists announced one of the most remarkable finds in recent English history last month when they confirmed the discovery of the body of Richard, who was slain at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, during excavations in Leicester. ... Full Story	Top

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