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• iTunes Has Finally Decided To Start Streaming ‘The Interview’

  28-12-2014 19:27
  
  Sony Pictures Apple has decided to join other streaming sites in its decision to release  The Interview on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada today at 1pm EST. iTunes will also let you rent ($5.99) or buy ($14.99) the film, reports Re/Code. The decision comes several days after other services began streaming the controversial movie.  On December 24th, The New York Times reported, According to people briefed on the matter, Sony had in recent days asked the White House for help in lining up a sin
  
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• Obama briefed on missing AirAsia flight 8501

  28-12-2014 06:16
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the disappearance of AirAsia flight 8501 on Saturday, said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. The flight lost contact with air traffic control in Indonesia. Obama was briefed on the situation while on vacation with his family in Hawaii. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Dean Yates)
  
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• White House silent on North Korea's accusations against Obama

  28-12-2014 04:12
  
  Washington, Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) The US government remained silent about North Korea's accusations against President Barack Obama, whom a spokesman of the North Korean National Defense Commission compared to a "monkey" and said he forced Sony to premiere the movie "The Interview" on Christmas Day.
  
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