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The Artist, Silent Film Winner Of Academy Award : A Tower Of Babel

 The unprecedented Academy award victory capped a perfect storm of French culture, Hollywood nostalgia and the “Napoleonic” tactics of U.S. producer Harvey Weinstein.     The triumph of The Artist, the French black-and-white, almost completely silent film, is unprecedented — and almost sure to never be repeated.  The success of Michel Hazanavicius’ film lies in…

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Brazil Arms Exports: Country Preaches Peace,

  To be honest, there are a lot more regulations on the export of corn, cars or any other product, than on arms,” said Nicholas Marsh from the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers. “Everything has to be registered with the WTO. Commerce is well-regulated. Meanwhile, arms commerce has always been excluded from international treaties.”…

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Nude Photo Leads To Publisher’s Arrest In Tunisia

  Sami Khedira Girlfriend Lena Gercke Tunisia (AP) — A court has released the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper accused of violating public morals by publishing a photo of a naked woman, pending a verdict in the case. The Attounisia daily printed a photograph of German-Tunisian football player Sami Khedira of Real Madrid dressed in…

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The SuperMarket Of Aid For Crisis Relief

  The red and white boxes are the first thing you see. They’re stacked by the hundreds, the thousands, on shelves, floor to ceiling. The whole warehouse appears to be stocked with nothing but these boxes, which contain “Plumpy’nut” – a peanut paste that aid organizations distribute to malnourished people. The paste contains ingredients the…

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These “virginity tests” will spark Egypt’s next revolution

  It is the revolution of fighting the patriarch.   By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian There’s a thin line between sex and politics, and it is nonsense to keep repeating the mantra that Egypt’s revolution “wasn’t about gender”. What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have…

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Iranian Actress Banned From Homeland : Golshifteh Farahani Sparks Naked Rebellion On Facebook

Actress Golshifteh Farahani attends the ‘Poulet Aux Prunes’ premiere during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 3, 2011 in Venice, Italy. (Getty)   While the Iranian government may not be the biggest fan of native actress Golshifteh Farahani after her skin-baring photo shoot for Le Madame Figaro and for appearing…