Tuesday, 11. May 2004

Fears for Cannes as unions plan festival protests


Organisers and politicians were scrambling yesterday to head off the threat of the Cannes film festival being wrecked by protests from showbusiness workers.

Officials at the event, which runs from tomorrow until May 23 with a guestlist that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Michael Moore, insisted yesterday there was no risk of it being called off.

¬> film.guardian.co.uk ¬> bbc

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mp3's von T.Raumschmiere, Zoot Woman, Air Liquide & Co.


Manchmal sammeln sich so ein paar Links, die man gerne posten möchte. Es dann aber aus zeitlichen Gründen doch nicht schafft.

¬> phlow.net

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paisley picks
Prince is back


In some ways it seems like he never left. But damn, it's good to have Prince back. The new Musicology reminds us that the Minneapolis one man band was always a funk oddball and pop craftsman with his mind in the gutter and his head in heaven. Now he says his summer tour is going to be the last time he plays his hits on stage. What would our dream set list look like? Read on.

¬> vh1.com ¬> Scavenger Hunt

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Giant human skeleton found in Saudi Arabia


Recently gas exploration is going in the desert of south east region of Saudi Arabia. This desert region is called Empty Quarter, which means in Arabic "RAB - UL -KHAALEE"; this body has been found by ARAMCO exploration team. This proves what Allah SWT said in QURAN about the people of AAD nation and HOOD nation.

¬> nation.ittefaq.com

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Australians incensed by British boomerang claim


A British children's author is claiming the boomerang, an iconic symbol of Australian heritage, was in fact invented in Britain.

Experts say the Bronze-age image, dating from around 3,000 to 4,000 BC, is a sun or fire worship symbol.

¬> abc.net.au

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Computer Hall of Fame - Voting


Each year, the Hall of Fame Committee selects new members to the Hall of Fame from a final slate selected by the membership of the Computer Museum of America. Museum members vote from a list of nominees submitted by themselves, industry leaders and the general public.

¬> homelanfed.com

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X-ray proved robber's guilt


A man has been arrested in Brazil after an x-ray proved he stole a woman's necklace.

The man snatched the necklace from the neck of a woman in the city of Belo Horizonte and ran off.

¬> ananova.com

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