Rome – Afghan director Siddiq Barmak’s, Opium War, and Italy’s Giacomo Battiato’s Resolution 819, about war crimes in Bosnia, won top prizes Friday at the International Rome Film Festival. The Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics Award for Best Film was besto…
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James Bond 007 at MI6 Headquarters – Latest news on Quantum of Solace (2008) the 22nd James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig as 007 due out November 7th 2008 (AKA Bond 22), plus complete coverage of all 007 movies including Casino Royale, the new videogame from Activision, the Ian Fleming centenary, Devil May Care and Young Bond, plus the largest discussion forum.
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Afghan and Italian films triumph at Rome film fest (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - Set in the grim context of Balkan'ethnic cleansing,' it deals with an investigator's attempt to uncover the truth around the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. … |
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Croatia sets up anti-mafia courts, arrests suspects
Reuters Canada, Canada - … programs and pledged to rebuild the police force on Wednesday in moves to beat organized crime that is jeopardizing its bid to join the European Union. … |
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Final Fantasy
The Argosy.ca, Canada - Unlike previous Final Fantasy records, Spectrum is a collaboration with members of Beirut, a critically adored band who play baroque pop with Balkan, … |
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Beirut goes acoustic in Oaxaca
guardian.co.uk, UK - Not satisfied with one album inspired by Balkan brass bands and another by French chanson, or by collaborations with Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear, … |
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EU Report: Serbia can implement SAA well
EMportal, Serbia - … its interim trade deal, because Serbia has a capable state administration and has strengthened its instruments and mechanisms for European integration. … |
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The Danny Sling, Die Out!, Firewater
Altsounds.com, UK - The band features members of Gogol Bordello and Balkan Beat Box had been in hiatus while frontman Tod A (Cop Shoot Cop) spent three years in exile as a … |
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41st Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Announced
All About Jazz, PA - The Bla Bartk Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicological Book honors the late Mirjana Lausevic for “Balkan Fascination: Creating an Alternative Music Culture … |
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Grandmas Rock
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Natasha Blazic, the album's writer and composer, Sofia's grand-daughter, adds: “Our grandmas sang old Balkan and Dutch songs to us when we were children, … |
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