Arts

Despair stalks San Sebastian film festival - 11/23/2008

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) - Despair stalked the San Sebastian international film festival on Saturday, or more precisely two of its featured offerings.Shown in competition, "Fear Me Not" directed...

Russian MPs back presidency move - 11/14/2008

Russian MPs have backed a bill to extend the presidential term from four to six years amid speculation it may herald Vladimir Putin's early return. The bill was announced only last week by...

Mexico to host World Environment Day in June 2009 - 11/14/2008

Mexico City - Mexico will host the next World Environment Day in June 2009, the head of the UN Environment Program said here Monday, praising the...

Why They Don't Hate Us? Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil - 11/14/2008

In this engaging piece on the relationship between the West and the Islamic world, Mark LeVine, a professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of California, sets out to refute the...

Thieves pinch 'priceless' Goya engraving from Colombia museum - 11/14/2008

BOGOTA (AFP) - Thieves stole a "priceless" engraving by Spanish master Francisco de Goya from a temporary exhibition in Colombia, a museum spokesman said Friday. BOGOTA (AFP) - Thieves stole a...

John Betjeman's radio poems - 11/14/2008

Derwent May finds unpolished gems in a collection of the poet's previously unpublished religious verse Between 1954 and 1957, John Betjeman wrote a series of poems that he read on the radio in a...

Hollywood's Davis wins extra $8,000 over Australia libel - 11/14/2008

Hollywood star Judy Davis was awarded 10,000 dollars (8,008 US) in interest Friday, swelling to 150,000 dollars a libel pay-out over an article she said depicted her as "heartless" towards...

Gemma Arterton had to conquer sex scenes on her first day of filming - 11/14/2008

Gemma Arterton has admitted she was a "giggling mess" when she had to film her sex scene with Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace. Speaking on the red carpet at the world...

Spain to set up climate change research institute - 11/14/2008

MADRID (AFP) - Spain, among the nations in Europe most affected by desertification, will set up a climate change research institute in the northeastern city of Zaragoza, Environment Minister Elena...

Bollywood's Bachchan says row a 'closed chapter' - 11/14/2008

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has ended a row with a right-wing Indian politician who threatened to block release of his new film "The Last Lear". Bollywood superstar Amitabh...

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