Victor Bout

Victor Bout: SCOTT BEVAN, PRESENTER: Well, he’s entered a plea of not guilty but it’s a safe bet there are many in Moscow who hope the case of accused Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, never makes it to court.
They’re hoping the prospect of a life sentence will be coax Bout into a plea deal that will keep his potentially explosive revelations secret.

If Bout’s extradition wasn’t enough to strain Russia-US ties, the Kremlin is bracing for the worst after indications from Washington that the new START disarmament treaty, faces an uphill battle in the US Senate.
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The Circus

Is that really a woman talking on a cellphone outside the premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s movie “The Circus” in 1928?

The video clip has quickly become a YouTube sensation with nearly 2 million views.

It seems someone filmed a street scene outside Hollywood’s famous Graumann’s Chinese Theatre opening of the movie more than 80 years ago, and a filmmaker recently noticed that in the clip a woman wearing a long coat and hat is holding her hand to her head as if grasping a cellphone. Toward the end of the clip, she turns to the camera briefly and appears to be talking.

Since there were no cellphones in 1928, she must be a time traveler, Internet conspiracy theorists conjecture. Or, as others have suggested, hearing aids were invented before 1928, so perhaps she is fiddling with the device.

One Internet sleuth even suggested it could be a hoax since her shadow seems lighter than the man walking in front of her. Fancy editing, perhaps?

The question is, however, if she is using a cellphone, just where are the cellphone transmission towers located?

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