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Wednesday, June 19 2013
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
DURING a recent visit to Yemen, I was sitting in a cafe in Sana when we suddenly experienced a power outage. I asked the waiter what happened, and he replied: "Saleh's men keep attacking the main power plant in Mareb to disrupt life in Sana.
THE AUSTERITY AGENDA
JOHN Maynard Keynes 75 years ago declared,"The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity." And he was right. Even if you have a long-run deficit problem - and who doesn't? - slashing spending while the economy is deeply depressed is a ...
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Jamila - Monthly Women Magazine


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Chris loves to play larger than life hero

ANYONE who´s seen the record-shattering hit The Avengers, or for that matter Thor (2011), has a hard time thinking of Chris Hemsworth as anyone but the hammer-wielding god of thunder, Thor. If he´d had his way, however, the Australian.

Fiji has a package to suit every pocket
ILIKE backpackers as individuals and tolerate them in small groups, but this crowd terrified me. They were lining up for a bright yellow catamaran called the Yasawa Flyer to speed from Fiji´s main island to some of its tiniest and most idyllic. And I was with them, worried I was about to spend my five precious days in paradise on a spring break-style debauch. That was until I overheard a woman with cropped blond hair talking to a group of young Americans who appeared not quite as sunscreen-slathered or iPodattached as the rest. "Can you imagine if you were living on an island that had not had much contact with the western World and everyone was coming and getting...
Director Cameron sees slow takeoff for 3D at home
HOME viewing of movies in three dimensions will be slow to catch on until technology improvements deliver highquality viewing without special 3D glasses, according to James Cameron, director of films including The Terminator, Titanic and Avatar. Cameron, a fervent believer in 3D, said a lack of high-quality content was also a barrier to wider adoption, but a poor technology to accommodate groups of people watching from different angles without glasses was the main obstacle. "The biggest hurdle right now is the experience in the home. While it´s quite good, it requires committing to wearing glasses," Cameron said. "It´s a family phenomenon so it has to be seen from ...
Sonakshi´s cousin Bhavna set to debut in Telugu films
AFTER Priyanks Chopra, now Sonakshi Sinha´s cousin, Bhavna Ruparel, is set to make her debut as a full-fledged actress with a Telugu film and is keen to do meaty roles in movies. "I am doing a Telugu film, which will start rolling in November. There are some Hindi projects as well on the pipeline," Bhavna said. The 23-year-old is not new to the arclights as she did a video with Ken Ghosh when she was eight years old and also featured as a child artist in Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002) and Joggers´ Park (2003). When asked about her choice of films, the aspiring actress said she would like to do some sensible cinema. "I don´t believe in this whole game of making...

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