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| The Euro's 11th Hour |
 WITH each passing day, the
noose around the neck of the
eurozone grows tighter, with
no indication that European
leaders share any coherent
vision for avoiding the hangman.
Instead of tackling structural problems,
much of ... |
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| FROM PEACE PRIZE
TO PARALYSIS |
 WHEN a government devours
its own people, as in Syria or
Sudan, there are never easy
solutions. That helps
explain President Barack Obama's
dithering, for there are more problems
in international relations than ... |
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 | They´re pretty normal
and in wheelchairs
PUSH Girls, a reality show about five
attractive women in wheelchairs, is likely
to engender a number of reactions in
viewers, not all of them helpful to the
cause of illuminating the lives of people
with disabilities. From the premiere, on June 4 on
the Sundance Channel.
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| | Try this simple paella this summer |  PAELLA is considered picnic
food – a one-dish meal
prepared over a fire at an
outdoor party like our
hamburger cookout. It is also a
cooked indoors, but always in a flat
steel paellera or in an earthenware
cazuela. The main rules are to cook
the rice uncovered and, unlike
risotto, not to stir once the simmering
has begun.
It comes in so many variations;
if you want to learn more
about the process, consider the
works of Penelope Casas, a wonderful
cook and author who has
written prolifically about
Spanish cuisine, or Marimar
Torres, whose cooking talents
are well known at her famous
California winery. And chef
Seamus Mullen has revealed his
method for paella on a New York
rooftop in his new book.
But sometimes the ... | | | Shirley MacLaine
honoured with AFI
lifetime award |  OSCAR-WINNING actress
Shirley MacLaine was honoured
with the American
Film Institute´s Life
Achievement Award for roles
in movies including Terms of
Endearment, Steel Magnolias and
Postcards from the Edge.
MacLaine, well-known for her belief in
life after death, spoke seriously about the
roles of women in movies, and was gently
teased about her thoughts on previous
lives by co-stars such as Jack Nicholson
and Carrie Fisher at the gala dinner on the
movie studio lot of Sony Pictures.
She even made light of her ideas, telling
the audience of A-list stars to relax and
enjoy themselves during this life "because
if we don´t do it now, we´ll do it next time
around."
MacLaine added: "If you enter my life,
you´ll never get ... | | | Zindagi Na..., Rockstar
dominate IIFA awards |  ZOYA Akhtar´s Zindagi
Na Milegi Dobara and
Imtiaz Ali´s Rockstar
triumphed at the 13th
International Indian
Film Academy (IIFA) awards with
each winning four trophies.
Zindagi Na.. won the awards for
best film, best story, best actor in
supporting role for Farhan Akhtar
and best director for Zoya.
Rockstar won the best actor in the
leading role for Ranbir, best
music direction for AR Rahman,
best lyrics for the song and best
playback singer male for Mohit
Chauhan for Nadaan Parindey.
Ranbir, who played the role of
an aspiring singer who aims to
make it big, beat actors like
Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan,
Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik
Roshan, to walk away with the trophy.
On the other hand, actress Vidya
Balan ... | |
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