Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised the audience last night at a National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa by going onstage and joining cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He played piano and sang vocals to the Beatles...
The Iranian opposition lobbied New York City make the Empire State Building glow green - its trademark color - during this week, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the United Nations in New York. The petition was not approved, but now the building will be lit up...
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Michael J. Fox was first inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2000, but he finally walked down the red carpet to accept the honour earlier today. Fox was one of many Canadians honoured for their work in...
"A Nigerian group backing US senator Barack Obama for president has told the BBC the money it raised from a gala event was never meant for his campaign. It is illegal for campaign groups outside the United States to donate funds to US political parties. Earlier this week,...
New York based non-profit Jamaica Impact, Inc. (JAMPACT), an avid community activist organization promoting basic education and positive cultural images for the children of Jamaica, are hosting their first full scale charity gala, A Roots Rockin' Royal Affair, featuring a...
The French city of Avignon holds a cultural festival every year that rivals Edinburgh's famous festival in terms of quality. This year will be no exception and a highlight will be Tango Hotel that celebrates the...
A Vietnamese-US musical gala has just been held in Ho Chi Minh City in the presence of cultural ambassador and renowned jazz and blues musician and singer Coco York. Coco York, saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan and other Vietnamese artists presented Vietnamese and foreign numbers...
Atlanta Press Club announces its June/July Schedule of Speakers.Citizen Journalists and Web 2.0s. would do well, if in the Atlanta area, to attend some of these type events.
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THURSDAY, MAY 29 - "FROM JOURNALISTS TO AUTHORS" EVENING PROGRAMIf you’ve...
The Vietnam-Japan music festival will take place in Hanoi on May 24-25 and Ho Chi Minh City on May 26 to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries. The event is expected to draw the participation of many famous artists both...
Actor Josh Brolin did a great job of summing up the nearly-unanimous praise being give to 'No Country for Old Men' which, last night, received the top film prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards: "The Coen brothers are freaky little people and we did a freaky little movie,...
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The new New7Wonders of Nature campaign was launched at the end of the Declaration gala on 07.07.07. Since then, organizes have received input from more than half a million people around the planet, and hundreds of natural sites have been nominated....
""We are delighted with this year's Asian Mobile Awards - they recognise the sheer pace of progress that's been made right across the region's mobile communication market. Our congratulations to the winners and nominees and our thanks to everyone who participated," said Rob...
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"The nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2007 are:
Category 1: Mobile Entertainment Awards
Best Mobile Game
-- Gamevil - Nom Series
-- ZIO Interactive - Crazy Family
-- Gameloft - Real Football 2007
-- Advanced Mobile Applications - AMA Date Doctor
-- Hutchison Telecom (HK) -...
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"File this under “who’d a-thunk it?”
" ODDEST couple of the decade:
Lifelong Democrat Andrew Stein and arch-conservative cutie Ann Coulter.
The former city council president (when there...
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