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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – A group of film industry luminaries, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, on Friday called on the Iranian government to release jailed director Jafar Panahi.

STIRLING (Reuters Life!) – Researchers in Scotland say rare video of a chimpanzee dying has offered a unique glimpse of how one of man’s closest relatives deals with death and grieving.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian businessman who set up a museum dedicated to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was electrocuted and bludgeoned to death on Friday, media reported.

BRUSSELS (Reuters Life!) – Travel through Rene Magritte’s life and work at the Belgian museum dedicated to the surrealist artist.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Mild beer, last in fashion when the Beatles were still at school, is making a comeback in Britain, according to a real ale lobby group.

CAIRO (Reuters Life!) – Pairing an ancient pharaonic legacy with a cosmopolitan buzz that has made it a cultural hub of the Middle East, Egypt’s 5,000-year-old capital is a study in contrasts.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Australia’s fashion industry is putting on the glitz for its major annual show next week with prospects brighter after the financial crisis and rising global interest in a new guard of Down Under designers.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Travelers to the United States craving meals with a sidedish of fame can enjoy a host of celebrity-endorsed restaurants recommended by travel website TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor.com)

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – After a few years of staying close to home, Americans are ready to start traveling again and will be spending more and staying away longer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Navy announced on Thursday that women will start serving on U.S. submarines as early as next year, lifting a symbolically important barrier to women in the U.S. armed forces.