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In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent
LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Human Rights, Mexico, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Iranian director's taut family saga rivets critics at Cannes
Reuters* Iran's acclaimed Farhadi seen as top prize front-runner * Like "A Separation", "The Past" looks at family, divorce * Only Chinese entry is thinly veiled political critique By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 17 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian...Tags: Bérénice Bejo , Iran, Political Corruption, Movies, A Separation (movie)
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In China, let a thousand blogs bloom
China employs an army of censors. As many as 50,000 well-trained monitors police the Internet, and 12 government departments are empowered to search and seize information and shut down users and sites. They work fast: A recent study conducted by two...
Tags: Social Media, National Government, Twitter, Inc., Corporate Crime, Brad Pitt
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Director of Thailand-Cambodia border docu vows to fight ban
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- The director of the latest banned Thai film about the Thai-Cambodian border dispute and rifts in Thai politics, says his documentary film is a collection of views from various sides on the ground and he will appeal to the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Bangkok (Thailand), Movies, Sociology, Entertainment
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Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout
Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood...
Tags: V for Vendetta (movie), Django Unchained (movie), Cinema Industry, Arts and Culture, Skyfall (movie)
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: Elizabeth II, Politics, BBC, Radio, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Hong Kong film industry changes focus to mainland
HONG KONG — When Mabel Cheung, one of this city's leading directors, shot her historical-political drama "The Soong Sisters" in China in the mid-1990s, the nature of the exchange for the co-production was simple: Beijing provided inexpensive...
Tags: Hong Kong, Arts and Culture, Freedom of the Press, Gordon Chan, Looper (movie)
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Myanmar's once-proud film industry a flicker of its former self
YANGON, Myanmar — Down a back road in northern Yangon, a sagging teak house fights back the jungle. On the gate, barely noticeable under the weeds, rusty ironwork spells out "A1 Film." Myanmar's first movie studio, once known as the Burma Film Co....
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Human Rights, Cinema Industry, Politics, Arts and Culture
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The Oscars show, nominated films shortchanged in China
BEIJING — Cecilia Wu, 18, is a self-described film freak. Despite the heavy workload of her senior year of high school here in the Chinese capital, she sees a movie every two or three days and has caught most of the films with Academy Award...Tags: Ang Lee, August (movie), DVDs, AIDS, Arts and Culture
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In China, press censorship protests continue
GUANGZHOU, China — Like wedding guests separated across the aisle, the protesters assembled on either side of a gated driveway at the headquarters of the embattled Southern Weekly newspaper. To the right, several dozen supporters of the newspaper...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Hong Kong, Career and Workplace, Freedom of the Press, Political Systems
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Is Mo Yan courageous, or is he a patsy?
Salman Rushdie thinks Mo Yan is a patsy of China’s Communist government. I respect Rushdie's work, and his own courage as a defender of artistic freedom. But I'm not sure he's right about Mo Yan. Mo accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature this...
Tags: AIDS, Arts and Culture, Literature, Authors, Liu Xiaobo
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Global treaty becomes showdown over future of Internet
Sharp divisions over the future of the Internet were laid bare Friday as the United States and many of its allies spurned a United Nations telecommunications treaty over fears of government meddling with the Web. Getting involved with the Internet would...
Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Treaties, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government
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