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Tuesday 12 July 2011
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Saturday 14 May 2011
The self-proclaimed "mighty monarch of the exploitation world" David F Friedman produced more than 50 low-budget films that drew big audiences to US drive-ins and grindhouse cinemas throughout the 1960s and '70s.
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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