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Community radio reporters acting as climate change communication agents in Central India

Climate change is real. For an emerging economy like India with a large population directly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance, the changing climate is causing severe economic, environmental and social challenges. Bundelkhand, a semi - arid region comprising of 13 districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is one of the most climate sensitive areas in ...
Jackie Chan admires Bollywood welcomes Indo-Chinese Cine collaboration

Hollywood's action film star Jackie Chan has expressed his love for Bollywood music and dance sequences, and added that he is waiting for the right script and film director before venturing into an Indo-Chinese Cine collaboration. Chan, who is of Chinese descent, is leading a delegation at a six-day Chinese film festival in New Delhi. Welcomed by a thundering applause, the multi-faceted action ...
What distracts Taylor Swift on stage

Singer Taylor Swift says while performing on the stage she is distracted by fans with sign boards and she goes off track. The 23-year-old, known for her songs like "Love story", "Teardrops on my guitar" and "You belong with me", starts reading the signs and forgets her lyrics, reports thesun.co.uk. "It's amazing and adorable, but if there's a really long sign and I'm trying to read it while ...
Lanes closed on Middlebrook Pike Broadway

n Through July 26, utility work along a section of Middlebrook Pike between Webster Avenue and Proctor Street will reduce traffic to one eastbound and one westbound lane. Additionally, Partners Place will be closed to through ...
Theatre review Patti LuPone wreaks vengeance on Andrew Lloyd Webber

has plenty to say about Andrew Lloyd Webber in the show that she and New York pianist/interviewer Seth Rudetsky have brought to the Leicester Square Theatre this week.Some of what LuPone "says" goes unspoken. A flared nostril or narrowing of the eyes communicates all we need know about her ongoing feelings towards the man who famously fired his one-time Eva Pern from the Broadway run ...

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Airplane! [DVD]

Having already honed and perfected their unique brand of guerilla comedy in their long-running Kentucky Fried Theater and 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie (which was directed by John Landis), it was finally time for the ZAZ team (brothers David and Jerry Zucker and their childhood friend Jim Abrahams) to make their own feature-length movie. The possibility of pulling it off seemed slim, ... ...

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Musical spectacular to open first-ever Asia Pacific Special Olympics

Asia Pacific Games in December, with well-known Australian performers to take the stage in a two-hour spectacular of music, dance, theatre, lights and fireworks. Details of the gala event, planned for Dec 1, 2013 at the 30,000-seater Hunter Stadium in Newcastle were released on Wednesday. Aussie singers Anthony Callea, Marcia Hines and Marina Prior are among the line-up of entertainers, which ...
Blair leaves Anger Management

Selma Blair has officially left TV comedy Anger Management amid speculation of a bitter feud with co-star Charlie Sheen. Bosses from Lionsgate, the production company behind the show, have announced that the actress will no longer appear in the series as Dr. Kate Wales. A statement from the studio reads, "We are confirming that Selma Blair will not be returning to Anger Management and we ...
Tatum Foxx team up in funny video

New dad Channing Tatum, his White House Down co-star Jamie Foxx and a host of famous faces have teamed up to shoot a racy new sex anthem. The duo appeared on U.S. comedian Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscars show in February and ad-libbed their way through comedy song (I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum - and they were game enough to shoot a promo for the suggestive song, which debuted on ...
One Night Only Hot Live Girls On The TV Land Stage Wednesday Night

NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TV's hottest, funniest cast - Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White - are live on Stage 19 at CBS Radford Studios tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 19th at 10pm ET as TV Land's hit sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" premieres its summer season with a LIVE episode! This must-see event will lead into the brand new seasons of ...
BNA Acting General Director presides over Joint Meeting of Executive Committee on the GCC Strategy and the Petroleum Media Specialists Panel

Riyadh: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The Bahrain News Agency (BNA)'s Acting General Director, Mr. Mohannad Suleiman, emphasized the significance of the coordination and cooperation meetings between GCC media organizations in various vital sectors to serve the progressive march of GCC countries and citizens' welfare. This came as Bahrain News Agency (BNA)'s Acting General Director chaired ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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80 Sri Lankans detained while attempting to illegally migrate to Australia

Colombo, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Eighty Sri Lankans were detained by the navy on Wednesday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia, the navy said on its website.

The trawler was intercepted by the navy and then handed over to the police for further investigations.

The number of arrests made has risen due to the navy increasing the number of boats patrolling the shores of Sri Lanka. On 30 May, 52 others were also similarly detained.

They were brought to Modera Fisheries Harbor and handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the police as well.

Already the Australian government has sent home 1,161 Sri Lankans 950 of them involuntarily - since August last year.

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O'Connor said earlier that returning the group to Sri Lankans sends a powerful message.

"The Gillard Government is making it crystal clear that those who pay smugglers are throwing their money away and risking their lives in the process," O'Connor was quoted as saying in a statement.

Sri Lanka's navy has also apprehended over 1,500 people while they were attempting to illegally migrate to Australia by boat.

The Australian government is working closely with the Sri Lankan navy to monitor and prevent boat people from Sri Lanka and have implemented awareness programs to discourage locals from attempting to illegally migrate. ...