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CNN.com - Asia
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Thai authorities hold rocker Glitter
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:38am EDT
Thai authorities detained British rock star Gary Glitter at an airport in Bangkok shortly after he was freed from a Vietnamese prison, having served nearly three years there for child molestation. -
Pakistan hospital bomb kills at least 23
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 3:07am EDT
A bomb blast at a hospital in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 23 people, authorities have said, with another 15 to 20 people injured.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Star Hurdler Apologizes to China for Withdrawal
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 2:27am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
Liu Xiang, China’s most popular athlete, said that his injury would not prevent him from competing in the future.
CNN.com - Asia
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Sarkozy to visit troops in Afghanistan
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 2:26am EDT
French President Nicholas Sarkozy was expected in Afghanistan within hours after fighting near the capital that left 10 French soldiers dead.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Manny Farber, Iconoclastic Film Critic and Artist, Dies at 91
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 2:24am EDT by By WILLIAM GRIMES
Mr. Farber was a painter whose spiky, impassioned film criticism waged war against sacred cows like Orson Welles.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Taliban Escalate Afghan Fighting
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 1:55am EDT by By CARLOTTA GALL and SANGAR RAHIMI
Insurgents have taken advantage of a wavering NATO commitment, a flailing Afghan government and disarray in Pakistan.
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5 Americans Are Arrested for Protest in Beijing
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 1:32am EDT by By ANDREW JACOBS and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Chinese authorities arrested five Americans on Tuesday after they spelled out “Free Tibet” with blue L.E.D. lights near the National Stadium.
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Iraq Poised to Revive Oil Contract With China
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 1:30am EDT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The 11-year-old contract with China, worth $1.2 billion, is Iraq’s largest oil deal since the invasion in 2003, an Oil Ministry official said.
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World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: Muslims Call for Break From Protests
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 1:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
After weeks of separatist protests in Indian-administered Kashmir that virtually closed the region, Muslim leaders called for three days of calm.
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Pakistani Parties Clash Over Reinstating Judge
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 1:06am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
A day after President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office, the strains between the ruling coalition parties became apparent in a dispute over fired judges.
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World Business Briefing | Asia: China: Olympics Help Tsingtao Sales
Posted: August 20th, 2008, 12:20am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
Tsingtao Brewery, China’s largest beer company by sales, said first-half profit rose 32 percent after publicity from sponsoring the Beijing Olympics increased demand.
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China Won’t Lend Artworks to Asia Society Exhibition
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:28pm EDT by By ROBIN POGREBIN
The Chinese Ministry of Culture had originally agreed to allow the society to borrow works for “Art and China’s Revolution,” promoted as among the first shows devoted to that era.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'The Rocker': Middle-Aged Heavy Metal Drummer Meets Under-Age Band
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:24pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Watching Rainn Wilson gyrate in “The Rocker,” you can’t help wondering if Mr. Wilson is inhabiting a role that was originally turned down by Jack Black.
CNN.com - Asia
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Vietnam releases Glitter from prison
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
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Movie Review | 'Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet': Watching as Richard Serra Thinks Big and Does Big
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:17pm EDT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Operating at the intersection of art and industrial engineering, Richard Serra is an informative if unanimated guide through “Thinking on Your Feet.”
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Film: Sex (and Love and Death): Woody’s World Steams Up
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:01pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The racing erotic pulse of “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is a development that has seldom been seen in Woody Allen’s work.
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Hollywood Joins Memphis for a Farewell to Isaac Hayes
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 10:13pm EDT by By SHAILA DEWAN
Actresses, Scientologists, musicians, politicians and Memphis residents paid tribute to singer Isaac Hayes.
CNN.com - Asia
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Typhoon Nuri batters northern Philippines
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:19pm EDT
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Coalition charts Pakistan's future
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 6:59pm EDT
Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition were meeting Tuesday to discuss who will replace President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned Monday.
CNN.com - Technology
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Gulf 'dead zone' killing fish, livelihoods
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 4:29pm EDT
Fisherman Terry Pizani turns his captain's wheel with a mournful expression on his face. Far below, the fishing grounds off the Louisiana coast where the 63-year-old has made a living for five decades have become an aquatic graveyard known as a "dead zone."
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Fox Is Allowed to Press Warner Over Rights to ‘Watchmen’
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 3:03pm EDT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The dark heroes of Warner Brothers’ “Watchmen,” set for release next March, have a new problem on their hands: A federal judge has ruled that they may belong to 20th Century Fox.
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Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: Larisa Shepitko
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:20pm EDT by By DAVE KEHR
Two harsh but hauntingly beautiful fables — “Wings,” released in 1966, and “The Ascent,” from 1977 — are the best-known films of the director Larisa Shepitko.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Would-Be Protesters Detained in China
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:59am EDT by By ANDREW JACOBS
Ten days into the Games, the government has yet to permit a single demonstration in the three official protest zones and at least four would-be protesters are in custody.
CNN.com - Technology
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Coming soon: 'wallet phones' from Japan
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:43am EDT
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Military wants to study mind-reading
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:06am EDT
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India's food prices lead to rat on menus
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 7:52am EDT
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Marijuana scandal hits Japanese sumo
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 7:11am EDT
For the first time sumo wrestling's governing body can recall, one of its revered athletes has been nabbed for drug possession.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Olympic Star Is Sidelined. Will His Ads Be, as Well?
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 4:29am EDT by By DAVID BARBOZA
When China’s star hurdler, Liu Xiang, limped off the field late Monday morning, it dealt a blow to the marketing plans of some marquee brands.
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Coach Brought to Tears by Hurdler’s Injury
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 4:29am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
No coach has faced greater pressure entering the 2008 Olympics than Sun Haiping, just as no Chinese athlete has endured higher expectations than star hurdler Liu Xiang.
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Quake Victims in China Rally From Painful Losses
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 3:10am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center.
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Blast Kills 12 at U.S. Base on a Holiday for Afghans
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:48am EDT by By SANGAR RAHIMI and CARLOTTA GALL
The attack came early on Afghanistan’s Independence Day, commemorating liberty from the British Empire in 1919.
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World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Protesters Accused
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Japan said that it was seeking to arrest three campaigners against whaling from the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society.
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World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: U.N. Help Sought
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:35am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thousands of Muslims marched to the United Nations office in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, to request intervention on behalf of Muslims in the region.
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Islamist Rebels Kill 28 in Philippines, Officials Say
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By CARLOS H. CONDE
Separatists attacked several towns and villages in the troubled southern region of Mindanao on Monday, killing at least 28 people, officials said.
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After Years on a Tightrope, Musharraf Disappoints the U.S. and His Own Nation
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:31am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
For every decision that Pervez Musharraf calculated would help the U.S., there were many that did not, leaving Washington to wonder which side he was really on.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Advertising: For 60 Years, the Ad Game Has Been Fodder for Scripts
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 11:33pm EDT by By STUART ELLIOTT
The popularity of the AMC series “Mad Men” is renewing interest in efforts to portray the advertising business on TV and in film.
CNN.com - Asia
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Musharraf quits as Pakistan's president
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 10:58pm EDT
The resignation of Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf has been accepted with immediate effect by national lawmakers, a Pakistan official said. The National Assembly formally accepted his resignation hours after a televised address Monday announcing that he would step down.
CNN.com - Technology
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Police use GPS as crime-fighting tool
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 6:11pm EDT
It's the stuff crime movies are made of: Determined police officers shadowing their suspect as he drives around town, watching and waiting for his next move, always careful not to lose him. -
Experts: video games can help kids learn
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 4:42pm EDT
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U.S. lags in offering cell phone TV
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 1:15pm EDT
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U.S. at risk of cyberattacks, experts say
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 11:47am EDT
The next military or terrorist attack on the United States may be carried out in cyberspace by shadowy hackers half a world a way. Experts say last week's computer attacks on the former Soviet republic of Georgia signal a new kind of cyberwar for which the U.S. is not fully prepared.
CNN.com - Asia
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Former Maoist rebel sworn in as Nepal PM
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 7:45am EDT
A man who led a decade-long bloody insurgency was sworn in Monday as Nepal's new prime minister.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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‘Thunder’ Dethrones a Batman Blockbuster
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 1:23am EDT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
“Tropic Thunder” took in an estimated $26 million at the weekend box office, knocking “The Dark Knight” out of the No. 1 spot after an extraordinary monthlong run on top.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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More than Halfway Through the Games, a Rarity for Beijing: A Breath of Fresh Air
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 12:22am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
The weekend brought two of the clearest summer days in recent memory in Beijing, a city where air quality often ranks among the worst in the world.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Howard Minsky, Hollywood Producer, Is Dead at 94
Posted: August 18th, 2008, 12:01am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Minsky was a Hollywood talent agent and the producer of the movie “Love Story.”
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Death Toll Mounting as Rivers Overflow Across Southeast Asia
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 11:21pm EDT by By SETH MYDANS
At least 130 people have been killed in Vietnam and flooding has also hit Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, which is still recovering from a major cyclone.
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British Kill 4 Civilians in Afghanistan
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 11:01pm EDT by By REUTERS
British troops accidentally killed four civilians and wounded three others during an operation in southern Afghanistan, NATO and British officials said.
CNN.com - Technology
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Windmills bring prosperity, anger
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 6:12pm EDT
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NYT > Asia Pacific
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Police in India Arrest 9 Men Suspected in Bombings
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
One man was reportedly linked to a banned Islamic group and the eight other men were linked to a banned Islamic group.
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The World: The Games Began. Hearts Swelled.
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 11:59pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Living and working in China during the Games reveals how complicated Chinese patriotism is.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Ideas & Trends: The Refined Art of Tastelessness
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 11:50pm EDT by By DAVE ITZKOFF
An ick is a yuk is a buck, and today’s taboo is tomorrow’s box-office bonanza.
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Film: To Be, or to Be Broad, in Service of ‘Hamlet 2’
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 10:33pm EDT by By CHARLES McGRATH
Despite appearances in many movies, Steve Coogan, the star of the indie comedy “Hamlet 2,” is scarcely known in the United States.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Recalling the Spark That Led to the Flame
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 9:30pm EDT by By LYNN ZINSER
Li Ning and Chen Yong Yan are China’s sporting royalty and they trace their roots to 1984, when Li won six Olympic medals.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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A Night Out With | Rainn Wilson: Telltale Spectacles
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:25pm EDT by By JOE RHODES
Hanging out with Rainn Wilson while he promotes “The Rocker,” his first lead role in a movie, which opens in theaters next week.
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Movie Review | 'Bachna Ae Haseeno': Love in Transition
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 10:34am EDT by By RACHEL SALTZ
“Bachna Ae Haseeno” grows more serious and interesting as it contemplates the various permutations of romance in a culture with rapidly changing sexual mores.
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Movie Review | 'Mirrors': Evil Reflected
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 10:21am EDT by By JEANETTE CATSOULIS
A possessed nun, an alcoholic ex-cop and a mess of shattered glass drive “Mirrors,” a minor chiller and major downer from the talented Alexandre Aja.
CNN.com - Asia
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India: Police arrest bombing 'mastermind'
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 10:10am EDT
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Thousands march in Kashmir over killing
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 8:39am EDT
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Floods hit cyclone ravaged Myanmar
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 6:42am EDT
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No immunity for Musharraf, party says
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 6:27am EDT
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Thailand, Cambodia ending temple stand-off
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 6:05am EDT
A month-long stand-off between Thai and Cambodian troops around an ancient temple in a disputed border region has eased with an agreement to withdraw many of the soldiers, a Thai military official says. -
Sri Lankan jets pound rebel bunkers
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 5:51am EDT
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Howard Minsky, Hollywood Producer, Is Dead at 94
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 2:10am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Minsky was a Hollywood talent agent and the producer of the movie “Love Story.”
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Musharraf Vows to Fight Impeachment Charges
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:34am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
President Pervez Musharraf fought back Friday against politicians who predicted he would leave office before he could be impeached.
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World Briefing | Asia: Taiwan: Former President Quits Party
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By KEITH BRADSHER
Former President Chen Shui-bian resigned Friday from the Democratic Progressive Party, the party he has long dominated.
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World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Sentencing in Pedophile Case
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By IAN AUSTEN
A Thai court on Friday sentenced a teacher from British Columbia to three years and three months in jail after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
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World Briefing | Asia: India: Muslims Back on Kashmir Streets
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:32am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets again in India’s part of Kashmir, ignoring a plea by the country’s prime minister for an end to weeks of violence.
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Nepal Elects a Maoist to Be the Prime Minister
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:29am EDT by By TILAK POKHAREL and SOMINI SENGUPTA
A Maoist leader’s victory opens the way to the establishment of a democratic government in Nepal.
CNN.com - Asia
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Malaysia's Anwar files for by-election
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 12:22am EDT
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NYT > Movie Reviews
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Political Screenplay at Center of Lawsuit
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:38pm EDT by By JULIE BLOOM
A former White House operative filed a federal lawsuit over the movie “Swing Vote,” which he claims is based on a screenplay of his own.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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China Loves Its Soccer. Its Team? Don’t Ask.
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 3:56pm EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The kick in the groin during the China-Belgium men’s soccer match was the low point of the Olympic Games for hundreds of millions of Chinese sports fans.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars': An Animated Force
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:26pm EDT by By NATHAN LEE
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” comes as something of a surprise: it isn’t the most painful movie of the year!
CNN.com - Asia
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2 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 1:05pm EDT
Two soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force died Friday after an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the ISAF said.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer': A Blue-Collar Adventurer
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:49am EDT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer” harks back to the drive-in classics of yesteryear with unapologetic nostalgia and undisguised affection.
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Film: The Angry Flood and the Stories in Its Wake
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:45am EDT by By DENNIS LIM
A series of films explore the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on communities.
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Movie Review | 'Blitzkrieg: Escape From Stalag 69': Nazisploitation Making a Comeback
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:31am EDT by By NATHAN LEE
Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way because I’m sure you’re dying to know: no, you shouldn’t see “Blitzkrieg: Escape From Stalag 69.”
CNN.com - Technology
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Electric bikes fly off racks worldwide
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:12am EDT
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India's inflation hits 13-year high
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 8:45am EDT
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Engine panel falls off Qantas jet in flight
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 8:43am EDT
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NYT > Asia Pacific
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Behind Pomp of Beijing Games, a Dancer’s Tragedy
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 4:09am EDT by By DAVID BARBOZA
A young dancer was seriously injured during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony and is now facing the prospect of being paralyzed.
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As Its Work Force Ages, Japan Needs and Fears Chinese Labor
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 3:46am EDT by By NORIMITSU ONISHI
With one of the world’s most rapidly aging populations and lowest birthrates, Japan is facing acute labor shortages.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Film Series
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 3:12am EDT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES
MOVIES.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Musharraf Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:43am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is expected to quit rather than face impeachment, Pakistani politicians said.
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Movie Review | 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': The Portrait of Two Ladies
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:39am EDT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is a rueful comedy about two young American women who savor many Continental delicacies.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Memo From Mumbai: Exploring India’s Prosperity Through the Eyes of the Invisible Men
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 2:02am EDT by By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
India may be changing at a disorienting pace, but one thing remains stubbornly the same: a tendency to treat the hired help like chattel.
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World Briefing | Asia: Progress in Temple Standoff
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 1:59am EDT by By British Broadcasting Corporation
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to withdraw most of their troops in a few days from territory each claims at a hilltop temple, Cambodian officials say.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Quake Cost Huge
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 1:56am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
Reconstruction of areas damaged by the May 12 earthquake in southwestern China will cost $147 billion, according to a report in China Daily.
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Memo Re Tom Cruise: The Star Is Staying Here
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 12:50am EDT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios says he wants Tom Cruise to remain closely involved with United Artists after the departure of Paula Wagner, a friend of Mr. Cruise.
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His Film Scores Are Spare, His Tango Newfangled
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 11:00pm EDT by By LARRY ROHTER
Gustavo Santaolalla, known for composing the scores for “Brokeback Mountain” and “Babel,” returns to his Argentine musical roots.
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Movie Review | 'Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson': An Actor’s Playful Tribute to a Dissident Director
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 10:58pm EDT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Malcolm McDowell is thoroughly engaging in “Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson.”
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Movie Review | 'Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer': Fraught Life of a Cast-Iron Songstress
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 10:58pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The portrait of Anita O’Day that emerges in this documentary is of a woman who always lived by her own rules.
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Movie Review | 'Henry Poole Is Here': When You Plan to Die Alone, Prepare for Lots of Company
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 10:58pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
