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If there was a jarring note in the fanfare which greeted Ricky Sbragia's emergence as a genuine contender for the manager's post at Sunderland, it came when some of his players interrupted his post-match television interview with calls for the amiable Scot to get the job. Obviously they were on something of a high at the time ? Sbragia had described the mood in the dressing room as ...
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:43:23 GMT - (Guardian Unlimited)
Hamming It Up With a Cuban Accent
The Cuban saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Paquito D?Rivera performed a first-time run of shows with his new band.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:10:19 GMT - (New York Times)
King, Malcolm X meet in play
What if the two towering heroes of the 1960s struggle for black civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, had met privately to discuss their opposing philosophies of racial progress? That's the premise of "The Meeting," an award-winning play coming to Louisville Jan. 23-25.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:15 GMT - (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Why everyone lies about their movie's budget
How does one reporter use triangulation to figure out the real budget number?
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:27:00 GMT - (Los Angeles Times)
Piercing the Wall
First, a disclosure. I was a student of Joseph Needham, the subject of this compelling biography, when he was Master of Caius College, Cambridge, in the mid-60s. One day, he asked me to take care of four students, newly arrived from Mao?s China.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:53 GMT - (Business Standard India)
Walla Walla lawmaker Grant dies at 71
WALLA WALLA -- Friends and colleagues remembered Rep. Bill Grant on Monday as a quiet, calm and gracious man who earned the respect of everyone around him.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:48 GMT - (Tri-City Herald)
The India story on US television: Indus Valley to Bangalore
Michael Judge in a Wall Street Journal preview says: This is just the beginning of an expedition that draws a straight line from the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley to the high-tech wonders and wealth of Bangalore's Silicon Valley.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:52:42 GMT - (Deccan Herald)
Veteran Saudi journalist Talaat Wafa passes away
06 January 2009 RIYADH: Veteran Saudi journalist and former editor in chief of the now-defunct English-language newspaper Riyadh Daily, Talaat Fareed Wafa, died yesterday in Riyadh after a brief illness.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:22:00 GMT - (Zawya)
Veteran Saudi journalist Talaat Wafa passes away
RIYADH: Veteran Saudi journalist and former editor in chief of the now-defunct English-language newspaper Riyadh Daily, Talaat Fareed Wafa, died yesterday in Riyadh after a brief illness.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:20:21 GMT - (Arab News)
Americans watch the India story - from Indus valley to Bangalore
By Arun Kumar, Washington, Jan 6 : From the Indus Valley civilisation to the 21st century, India's story through the ages unfolds before television audiences in the US with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) telecasting a three-part series on the world's largest democracy.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:19:31 GMT - (New Kerala)
