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  • Asom Gana Parishad stage protest in Assam over killing of one-horned rhino

    Irate over rampant killings of endangered one-horned rhinoceros Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) staged protests in Assam. Led by former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and senior leaders of AGP held a demonstration in Kohora against surging Rhino deaths due to poaching in Kaziranga National Park. Upset over recent spate in death of the threatened animals provincial leaders demanded ...

  • Police arrest four Maoist sympathisers in Jharkhand

    Jharkhand Police arrested four cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) who were acting as messengers of Maoists in Gumla district. Police had been conducting several search operations in various districts in order to catch hold of the Maoists who approach the local villagers and offer them some money. Talking to mediapersons here on Saturday, Inspector of Police of Gumla ...

  • Police conduct martial arts training for school girls in Siliguri

    Local police have conducted martial arts training for about 400 school girls in West Bengal's Siliguri district in order to combat violence against women. Recently, the alleged rapes of girl children triggered protests, reawakening concerns about safety for women and girls. In order to protect themselves, the girls were seen enthusiastic and curious to learn defence training. Deputy ...

  • Pregnancy wont affect Knowles performances

    Singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly expecting her second child with rapper Jay-Z and it is unlikely to affect her forthcoming stage performances. She had earlier pulled out of her Mrs. Carter show world tour in Antwerp, Belgium due to exhaustion, but she performed later when the tour touched down in Switzerland. A source has said that Knowles' pregnancy will most likely not affect her North ...

  • Pop-up art that will blow your mind

    Shanghai artist Zhang Jifeng's work Untitled on show at the exhibition Photos: Courtesy of No Man's Pop-Up Art Gallery Said to be the world's most secret art gallery, No Man's Pop-Up Art Gallery appeared Friday in Shanghai's Cool Docks, its location revealed to fans of the nomadic art showcase via mailing list just a few days before it opened. The exhibition is made up ...


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2 Days in the Valley

John Herzfeld's "2 Days in the Valley" starts out with great promise, hits a peak near the middle, and then comes unraveled in the last third. The smart and invigorating plot contains a handful of clever surprises, but it only sustains itself for about two/thirds of the film. It's as if Herzfeld was feeling inspired until he got down to the last act where he had to tie up all the loose ends, and t ... ...

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  • Vatican turns to art patronage roots for Venice Biennale

    The Vatican is returning to its ancient tradition of art patronage with a biblical show at the Venice Biennale commissioned to revive the rapport between art and faith.The exhibition explores themes from the Book of Genesis, so there are no images of the Madonna or suffering Christs, the Vatican said ...

  • Miley Cyrus swatted... again

    Miley Cyrus has been swatted -- for a second time. Police were called to the singer's house on Friday night (May 17), but the emergency has turned out to be ...

  • Turmoil Of 63 Shut Down Proms Former Students Dance Again

    Several high schools had to cancel their proms in 1963, during a time of tumultuous civil rights protests across the South, and in Birmingham, Ala., particularly. Fifty years later, some of those African-American students finally got the chance to dance the night away. Gigi Douban ...

  • Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image

    Sun May 19, 2013 5:35am EDT * Bollywood films have struggled at global box office * Four Indian films screened at Cannes film festival * Industry keen to lure investment to India By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 19 (Reuters) - Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just ...

  • Kanye performs new songs on SNL

    A day after releasing his single, "New Slaves," projecting the video on the side of buildings around the world, Kanye West returned to Saturday Night Live to perform an unreleased track, "Black Skinhead." West hit the stage dressed in a studded black leather biker jacket to perform the single which had a melody culled from Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful ...

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