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New video has surfaced online showing missing American journalist Austin Tice surrounded by anonymous captors, but the brief clip sheds little light on his whereabouts or condition. Tice, a former Marine and 놀이터 추천 freelance journalist who has worked for CBS and other news organizations, has been missing since August 13, when he last emailed colleagues, according to McClatchy Newspapers. Before Tice vanished outside Damascus, he had been reporting on the escalating violence in Syria as a freelance journalist. No group has claimed responsibility for his abduction so far, but U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland told reporters Monday they have an idea. More in After the Arab Spring “You know, there’s a lot of reason for the Syrian government to duck responsibility,” Nuland said, “but we continue to believe that to the best of our knowledge we think he is in Syrian government custody” – something the Assad regime denies. The video appeared on a Facebook page of one of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s supporters, but had been on YouTube for six days prior, reports CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan. The video shows Tice being led by men in robes carrying automatic weapons, and repeating “God is great” in Arabic. Tice is then heard saying part of an Islamic prayer in broken Arabic, and just before the end of the 47-second clip, he appears in distress, saying...

(CBS) Keith Richards. Pete Townshend. Bob Dylan. And now Neil Young. The hard rocking guitarist, soft singing harmonizer and songwriter is getting into the memoir game. According to the New York Times, Young’s book will come out in the Fall of 2012. Called “Waging Heavy Peace,” the Times reports Young has written some parts of the book already. Among the subjects Young covers are growing up, life and music. Young has one No. 1 hit, “Heart of Gold,” which came out in 1972 on the album “Harvest.” He tours frequently, solo and with various bands, including Crazy Horse, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 마닐라 cod and recently, a re-formed Buffalo Springfield. Read more...

GENEVA (CBS/AP) Roman Polanski, whose absence at the Venice and Toronto Film festivals  was duly noticed, will be one of the stars of this year’s Zurich Film Festival. Polanski will accept the festival’s lifetime achievement award that he was unable to pick up two years ago after being arrested at Zurich airport. Photos: Sean PennPhotos: “Carnage” at Venice After months of imprisonment and house arrest, the Polish-French director successfully avoided extradition to the United States on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. He has been able to travel unhindered to Switzerland since. However, he steers clear of countries like Canada and Italy that have extradition agreements with the United States. Polanski’s “Carnage” was a hit at Venice. The movie, based on the Tony-winning Broadway play “God of Carnage,” stars Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster. Also to be honored in Zurich is actor Sean Penn, who is to receive the festival’s Golden Icon Award for his lifetime achievement as an actor, director and 바카라 게임방법 producer. American actor Laurence Fishburne, who was just been replaced by Ted Danson on the TV show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” is among the feature films judges. The seventh installment of this festival begins in Switzerland’s biggest city Thursday and runs through Oct....