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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, the Israeli paratroop commander who led a 1976 raid to free 103 hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport, has died in Israel at age 70.

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- "The Last King of Scotland," a movie about Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, won the prize for best feature film at the BAFTA Scotland awards Sunday night.

LONDON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The Uganda-born Archbishop of York urged the British government Sunday to use sanctions against President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.

LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A man jailed in Britain for the gang killing of a Somalian youth has been identified as the son of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

LONDON, May 10 (UPI) -- BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, kidnapped in Gaza two months ago, was named broadcast journalist of the year Thursday by the London Press Club.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- "The Departed," a story of intrigue and betrayal between the Boston police and the Irish mafia, was named best picture at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Forest Whitaker, who played despot Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," won the best actor Oscar Sunday at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Oscar-nominated actor Forest Whitaker and Grammy-winning singer Keith Urban will appear in February on "Saturday Night Live," NBC announced in New York.