David Lister: The human beings behind the batons (Independent)
The new TV series Maestro is attempting something that has been long overdue in the arts. By putting several celebrities through the ordeal of trying to become a conductor, it might at last explain the least understood of all artistic skills.
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Iraq's new -- but scorned -- matchmaker: Internet (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Young Iraqis in Baghdad are surfing the Internet to search for partners to tie the knot as violence and sectarian tensions take their toll on more traditional forms of socialising.
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Iraq's new -- but scorned -- matchmaker: Internet (Middle East Times)
An Iraqi man surfs the web at an internet cafe in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr city. Young Iraqis in Baghdad are surfing the Internet to search for partners to tie the knot as violence and sectarian tensions take their toll on more traditional forms of socialising.
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Matchmaker, matchmaker... (News 24 South Africa)
Young Iraqis are surfing the internet to find love as violence and sectarian tensions take their toll on more traditional forms of socialising.
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New releases (Boston Globe)
New releases "Bottle Sh ock " A charming if cliched fictionalized drama about "the Judgment of Paris" - the 1976 blind tasting that established California wine as the equal of France. Most of the movie takes place at a dusty Napa vineyard run by Bill Pullman and his hippie son Chris Pine; Alan Rickman is the snobby little Brit who ...
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Live - Olympics (BBC News)
The 2008 Olympics is set to begin with a lavish opening ceremony in front of a 90,000 crowd at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium.
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Bright's Blog (The New Statesman)
I return from holiday to the sight of John Ross, Ken Livingstone's bonkers economics adviser staring out at me from the front page of the Evening Standard . Apparently this champion of the working man has been given a six-figure pay-off, which should buy him a nice dacha somewhere in his beloved Russia.
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