Ayub Din to mentor fund for first-time filmmakers

"Ayub Khan Din, the writer of Award-winning comedy 'East is East', about the conflict between a Pakistani father and his mixed race family in Salford, 1971, will mentor the budding screenwriters for a new film...

Muhammadiyah: Thai govt should use soft power in dealing with the South

""We wish the Thai government would prioritize the soft power approach rather than hard power," Din Syamsuddin, Muhammadiyah central executive board chairman said here on Wednesday in a get together with a South Thailand delegation.The 38-member delegation represents various...

Din Syamsuddin yet to decide whether to run for presidency

""It is important to know that I haven`t yet thought of being active in joining government affairs," he said. According to him not was not the right time for him to respond to issues on his nomination for...

MORE DEVELOPMENTS: Navajo Times (January 04, 2006)

"By Marley Shebala Navajo Times WINDOW ROCK, Jan 04, 2006 Vice President Frank Dayish Jr. is disregarding an order from President Joe Shirley Jr. to stay out of standoff between Dooda ("no") Desert Rock and the backers of the power plant project. Since Dec. 12, the Dooda...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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