• Along with the racy Maxim shoot, she was recently lavishly feted with vodka and medals from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, attended a space rocket launch in Kazakhstan, is an advisor to a Moscow-based bank and is selling action figures in her femme fatale likeness.

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  • They have proved so popular that the firm recently boasted that the characters had overtaken Star Wars to become the best-selling action figures in the US and Europe.

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  • Pressure on the Catholic Church has also increased elsewhere in recent months, with a number of abuse allegations in the United States culminating in legal action against some of the most senior figures in the Church's hierarchy.

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  • Israel "Lev" Levarek, owner of a 13-year-old toy store with three employees, is considering making his first trip to Japan in three years, so he can buy Transformers action figures from wholesalers and shopping malls in Tokyo.

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  • The eight-month old company sells Japanese toys and action figures made in nearby Chinese mainland factories to consumers around the world via its colorful, content-packed Internet website.

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  • This eBay auction is giving you a chance to own 1, 950 (3.75 inch) action figures, from your favorite characters (Han Solo in Carbonite Chamber) to the more obscure ones (Nien Nunb) (Actually, I know exactly who he is.) These figures have been documented in the recently released book, Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection by Stephen Sansweet, which covers the 2, 500 figures that have been released in the last 35 years.

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  • Since Mr Putin's re-election in March 2011, legal action against opposition figures has increased markedly.

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  • In "Young Adult, " he's Matt Freehauf, who lives with his sister, builds mutant action figures, and names the whiskey he distills in the garage after a "Star Wars" cantina.

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  • Jon Huntsman, the closest thing to a moderate in the race (who supports gay marriage and action to combat climate change), is polling in low single figures.

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  • Around 139, 800 children live in poverty in Scotland but only 97, 096 receive a free school meal, figures compiled by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland show.

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  • Ms Williams added that she had written to Ms Hart asking her to "take urgent action to tackle these consistently low figures in Powys".

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  • The figures for disciplinary action were initially obtained in a Freedom of Information request to the GMC by the Sunday Telegraph.

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  • The owner of a New York toy store says he is thinking of buying Megatron Transformers alien action figures directly from Japan for the first time in three years.

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  • There's even the "Little Lebowski Shop" in New York that sells merchandise ranging from shirts and mugs to action figures and a life-size cutout of The Dude.

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  • Mr Goodwin is among those named in the action, along with ex-chairman Sir Tom McKillop and senior figures Johnny Cameron and Guy Whittaker.

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  • Anuradha Bhagwati, executive director of the Service Women's Action Network, said that official figures showed fewer than one in five service members accused of sexual assault "sees the inside of a courtroom".

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  • The government said it was taking action after figures showed there had been a 60% increase in personal injury claims relating to road accidents since 2006, despite a 20% fall in reported accidents.

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  • Figures released by the MOD show the total of those wounded in action in Afghanistan rose sharply after the start of Operation Panther's Claw in June, with 46 such casualties that month, 94 in July and 59 in August.

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  • But some public figures are taking civil legal action against the newspaper, and documents disclosed in those cases have led to new developments.

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  • In Britain Dominic Raab, a Conservative MP, has won unanimous support in the House of Commons for a motion soon to be a draft bill that would create a presumption in favour of action for both those on the Magnitsky list, and other corrupt or beastly figures.

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  • Indiana needed more than 10 minutes of action to record its second field goal, and didn't crack double figures in points until Zeller's tip-in with 14 minutes elapsed made it 22-11.

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