Hollywood producer Polly Platt dies at 72

Hollywood producer Polly Platt, who was nominated for an Oscar for art direction, for Terms of Endearment, has died aged 72 in New York.

Platt, who was formerly married to film director Peter Bogdanovich, produced a string of successful movies including Broadcast News and War of the Roses.

Her daughter, Sashy Bogdanovich, said Platt died on Wednesday of a form of motor neurone disease.

Platt leaves two daughters and three grandsons.

Born in Illinois, she studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, before she began her career as a costume designer for the stage.

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She worked with husband Bogdanovich, as a set designer, on films including The Last Picture Show, but they separated following his affair with the film's star Cybill Shepherd.
After the divorced in 1971, however, they maintained a working relationship on hit films such as What's Up Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand, and Paper Moon.

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Libya rebel chief Younes' killing Unanswered questions

Mystery surrounds the circumstances of the killing of Libya's rebel military commander, Gen Abdel Fattah Younes, a day after he and two aides were shot.

Rebel leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil said they had been killed by gunmen after Gen Younes was recalled from the front for questioning by judges.

He said the ringleader of the attack had been held but he gave no details about his identity or the motive.

It is not disclosed where the attack happened; nor where the bodies are.

The general - a former interior minister who had served at the heart of Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime since the 1969 coup - joined the rebels at the beginning of the Libyan uprising in February.

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Morocco military plane crash kills 78

Seventy-eight people were killed when a Moroccan military aircraft crashed into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says.

The army said three other people were severely wounded in the crash, in what is thought to be one of Morocco's deadliest air disasters in years.

The C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Guelmim, just north of the disputed Western Sahara territory.

Officials have blamed the accident on poor weather.
"Above all, it was the fog and bad weather conditions that are believed to be behind this accident. But for the moment, we don't have enough information," AFP news agency quoted an official from the interior ministry as saying.

A local resident told Reuters news agency there was thick fog at the time of the crash.

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Hackers 'kill' Obama in I-Day hoax

WASHINGTON: Internet vandals hacked into Fox News' Twitter account and "assassinated' ' President Obama on Monday, but the morbid hoax was killed swiftly in an era of instant communication.

Hackers broke into the conservative media network's Twitter feed and issued a series of six tweets reporting that Obama had been shot to death at a restaurant in Iowa and the shooter was unknown.

One tweet, using Obama's Twitter handle to inform him of his own "death,'' read, "President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds would have proved too much. It's sad 4th for #america #obamadead RIP.''

Another tweet anointed vice-president Joe Biden as the successor, saying, "We wish @joebiden the best of luck as our new President of the United States. In such a time of madness, there's light at the end of the tunnel.''

President Obama was safely ensconced in the White House with plans to spend the July Fourth holiday at a barbecue on the South lawn with military families and administration staffers, followed by a concert and viewing of Independence Day fireworks.

A group connected to the hacker collective Anonymous calling itself "scriptkiddies' ' claimed credit for the attack, mocking Fox News "because we figured their security would be just as much of a joke as their reporting".

In a brief statement posted on its website, Fox News said it "regrets any distress the false tweets may have created' ' and said the hacking is being investigated. The attack is the latest in the series of wanton hacking of corporate and government websites by so-called "hacktivists" .

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President @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds would have proved too much. It's sad 4th for #america #obamadead RIP We wish @joebiden the best of luck as our new president of the United States. In such a time of madness, there's light at the end of the tunnel.
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