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1CIA 'had 9/11 hijacker details'. US officials were given the first name and telephone number of an 11 September hijacker more than two years before the attacks, the New York Times has said.

1Israel kills Hamas leader. Sheik Ahmed Yassin Hit By Israeli Helicopter Missile Strike.

1A former White House security expert has accused President Bush of doing a "terrible job" of tackling terrorism. "Bush ignored terrorism for months." said Richard Clarke.

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Monthly Herald Editorial Staff: Administration, reporters, writers and correspondents. E-mails addresses and contacts.......1

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EDITORIAL:  Who is looking out for you? Do gossips and others' success put bread on your table? .5

 

Moral Decay and Morality Decadence in America. Really? The FCC Ethical Police Role...Censorship? Do you really care, if nobody "really" cares about you?  Would or could  the rich and powerful people really care about you? Would Bill O'Reilly, Jay Leno, David Letterman, the big shots of the media, the vain talk shows hosts and the entertainment stars put bread on your table and feed your family?  Don't cash on it!! So, why are you taking them

World News1: Rebels hunt Aristide supporters after capturing Haiti's 2nd-largest city. With heady rebels threatening to move on the capital, government loyalists set flaming barricades Monday to block the road to Port-au-Prince and 50 U.S. marines streamed in, rifles at the ready, to protect the U.S. Embassy and its staff. Frightened Haitian cabinet ministers were asking friends for places to hide, senior government sources said, a day after the rebels attacked two police stations outside the capital and seized Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, with little resistance. Prime Minister Paul Martin...........................................6-7

 World News2: Bin Laden deputy criticizes French law banning Islamic headscarves in schools............8

World News: Russia. Vladimir Putin yesterday fired his prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov clearing the decks of his government in an unscheduled speech that admitted its work during the president's first term had been merely "satisfactory". Mr. Putin interrupted afternoon programmes on the state TV channels to make the brief announcement that he had sacked Mr. Kasyanov, and consequently, under the Russian constitution, his entire cabinet. He has yet to announce a successor..........................9

 US Politics: Bush goes on anti-Democrat attack. In a speech to Republican governors, he said his rivals would leave the US "uncertain in the face of danger". Voters will decide "between two visions of government - one that encourages enterprise and one that raises taxes". Mr. Bush's approval rating has slumped in recent weeks amid fierce attacks from Democratic contenders over the war in Iraq and the economy. The Democrats have not yet chosen their presidential candidate - but front-runner John Kerry has capitalised on strong anti-Bush feelings ..........................10

US Politics2: President George W Bush may not have mentioned any Democrats by name in Monday's address to Republican state governors, but this was an out and out campaign speech. .......................................................................................................11

US Presidential Campaigns1: John Kerry's Profile. A graduate of Yale University, he served with the US Navy in the Vietnam war, winning several awards for bravery in combat. But he came back a vociferous opponent of the war and gained attention nationwide in 1971 when he gave testimony on Vietnam to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He embarked on a career in law, training in Boston and then working as a prosecutor in Massachusetts before going into politics.................12

US Presidential Campaigns2:  Kerry: " He [Bush] misled every one of us... That's one reason I'm running to be president ....How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake [1971 Senate hearings on Vietnam war]...............................13

 

US Presidential Campaigns. John Edwards' Profile. To some, he is the next Bill Clinton. John Edwards, a senator from North Carolina, has clean-cut good looks mixed with popular southern charm and a family history touched by tragedy. And his relentlessly upbeat message has played well with voters weary of negative attacks by Democrats against each other and downbeat messages about the state of the economy. His victory in only one primary - South Carolina, his native state - means he has still got a long way to go............14

US Elections 2004: It's going to be dirty: As Bush kick-starts the race for the White House, America looks set for another nasty knife-edge contest. President George Bush addressed 180,000 screaming car-racing fans in Florida last week and uttered the words they love to hear: 'Gentlemen, start your engines.' Dozens of brightly coloured rally cars thundered down the track, but it wasn't just the Daytona 500 rally Bush was starting: it was the presidential election........................15-16

Breaking News1: CIA 'had 9/11 hijacker details'. US officials were given the first name and telephone number of an 11 September hijacker more than two years before the attacks, the New York Times has said. Quoting German officials, the newspaper says the CIA was given the name and number of Marwan al-Shehhi by German intelligence, who wanted him tracked..................17

 
Breaking News2: Al-Qaeda 'deputy' blasts US claim. An audiotape allegedly recorded by a top al-Qaeda leader has accused US President George W Bush of exaggerating his successes in the "war on terror". The tape aired by Arabic television al-Jazeera was reportedly made by Ayman al-Zawahiri, a fugitive Egyptian cleric thought to be Osama Bin Laden's deputy...........................19

Breaking News3: Nuclear substance found in Iran. International inspectors have found that Iran has produced and experimented with polonium, a radioactive element that can help trigger a nuclear blast. Western diplomatic sources told the BBC that while Iran still insists it had no clandestine weapons programme, the discovery does raise new questions. Iran was previously forced to concede it had not disclosed full details of its centrifuge technology. Centrifuges have a vital role in the uranium enrichment process.......20

Breaking News4: Nuclear substance found in Iran. What is Israel's attitude?   What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? ..........................................................21

Breaking News5: The government is allowing British arms manufacturers to sell to some of the most dangerous and repressive regimes in the world, two charities claim. A dramatic rise in the sale of arms components to these regimes undermines the government's own ethical policies, say Oxfam and Amnesty International. The Foreign Office says the conclusions of the charities' report are unfounded. Foreign office minister Baroness Symons said the parts are always assessed against stringent criteria.........22

Claims Against US: Nigerian Muslims Claim Vaccination Programme is an American Plot to Make Muslims Infertile: A campaign to wipe out polio in Africa is being jeopardised by suspicions among Muslim leaders in Nigeria that the vaccination programme is an American plot to make Muslims infertile. A boycott of the oral polio vaccine spread to two more Muslim-dominated states in northern Nigeria yesterday, after three states banned the vaccine campaign last year. Some Muslim families have turned away vaccination teams even in states where the campaign has been allowed. The rumours are believed to have originated from American websites promoting alternative medicine, and include claims that the vaccine contains anti-fertility drugs, can cause Aids, and is linked to mad cow disease...........................................................22

Getting Tougher on Terrorists: The home secretary is preparing to unveil new anti-terror measures, thought to include the use of secretly-taped phone calls as evidence. Other changes are predicted to include the hearing of parts of some trials in secret, without a jury. David Blunkett told BBC's Newsnight he had been told it was inevitable the UK would face a terrorist attack. On Wednesday he will detail the expansion of MI5, with 1,000 new staff, many of them Arabic and Urdu speakers. Mr. Blunkett told the BBC the security services needed more powers to apprehend terrorists before they strike. But MPs will debate criticisms of current laws allowing foreign terror suspects to be detained without trial.......................23-24

 

Haiti Turmoil: Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed Tuesday for the world to come to his country's aid, warning that thousands of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political chaos. “Should those killers come to Port-au-Prince, you may have thousands of people who may be killed,” Mr. Aristide said at a news conference. “We need the presence of the international community as soon as possible. ”He made the appeal as rebels threatened the capital and hours before opposition politicians were to give a formal response to a U.S.-backed peace plan at 5 p.m. .............................................25-26

Climate and Nuclear Threats: Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us....................27-28

· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years
· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism
Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters.. A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world. The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability

Entertainment2: SAGS. Depp, Theron take SAG award. Johnny Depp was a surprise lead actor winner Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, while Charlize Theron took the best-actress honour for the serial-killer drama Monster. Depp, who did not attend the awards, won for his role as a jittery buccaneer in the summer blockbuster, beating out Sean Penn, who had been considered the favourite for Mystic River. Theron won for her portrayal of executed murderer Aileen Wuornos, a role for which she gained 30 pounds and obscured her cover-girl beauty behind false teeth, dark contact lenses and a splotchy complexion................30

Entertainment3: Mel Gibson might be in denial when he says The Passion of the Christ doesn't unintentionally promote anti-Semitism, but there's no denying he knows how to market his movie.The controversial film, depicting the last 12 hours of Christ's life on Earth, opens in 2,000 theatres on Ash Wednesday in Canada and the United States. But Gibson has kept the movie in the news across North America and Europe for more than a year, the debate intensifying this week over the brutal violence and the allegations of anti-Semitism. Maia Morgenstern, the Jewish Romanian actress who plays Mary in the English-subtitled production, said yesterday during a visit to Toronto that she's surprised by the raging debate. "I did not anticipate any of this." .............................................32

Dance1: Dance of a goddess. Isadora Duncan. Isadora Duncan's half-naked, nymph-like movements changed the nature of ballet - and anticipated modern choreography. Judith Mackrell celebrates her influence...........34

Dance2: But it was Duncan who proved that dance could be taken seriously outside the ballet academy and that a solo woman could take charge of her career............35

Dance3: Quotes by Isadora Duncan. Biography of Isadora Duncan ............36

Dance4: Mikhail Baryshnikov. When the producers of Sex and the City cast Baryshnikov as Carrie's new love interest they were looking for an actor who could convey old European culture with a hint of radical genius. On screen, Baryshnikov the glamorous, fictional painter, has been accessorised with a designer apartment and fashionable friends. But Baryshnikov the real life dancer needs no such aids. A giant talent and hard earned intelligence are all the authority he requires................................37

Dance5: Balanchine 100. At the Royal Opera House............39

Dance6: A comprehensive 7 part essay on Balanchine): George Balanchine was not only one of the world's most inventive choreographers he was one of the most prolific, with a catalogue running to hundreds of works. Given that choice, it's disappointing that the Royal hasn't been more adventurous in its current centenary tribute. Yet even if Prodigal Son, Agon and Symphony in C are familiar staples of the repertory, they do at least stake out the range of Mr. B's remarkable imagination......40

Dance7: Balanchine life and art.............................................41

Dance8: Balanchine: The pioneer and visionary...........................42

Dance9: Maestro Balanchine. At the Paris Opera Ballet.......................43

Dance10: Poetry in motion. George Balanchine, born Georgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze in St. Petersburg, Russia, is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. At the age of nine, he was accepted into the ballet section of St. Petersburg's rigorous Imperial Theater School, and, with other young students, was soon appearing on the stage of the famed Maryinsky Theater in such spectacles as The Sleeping Beauty (his favorite). He graduated with honors in 1921 and joined the corps de ballet of the Maryinsky, by then renamed the State Theater of Opera and Ballet. The son of a composer, Balanchine gained a knowledge of music early in life that far exceeded that of most of his fellow choreographers.....44

Dance11: The movement itself    . Gallery of magnificent photos........................................................45

 

 

 

 

Art3: Return to the contempo world: The Enlightenment was a time of fearless radicalism and mind-boggling disruption. No wonder the British Museum's new display of oddities from the period is so provocative...he mosque at Kew Gardens stood on a little hill, close to the Chinese pagoda and the Alhambra. Of these three imitations of global architecture created between 1758 and 1763 in Princess Augusta's landscaped gardens, only the pagoda, built in brick and wood at full size, survives. But what about the vanished mosque? To judge from an 18th-century engraving, it was closely based on the Süleymaniye in Istanbul. It is hard to imagine how such a pastiche would be received today...........58-61

 

Art4:The French humanistic touch: Manet  love  with Spain, Edouard Manet took the new direct train from Paris to Madrid. The uncomfortable journey took 36 hours. We know where he stayed in Madrid, that he went to a bullfight and visited Toledo. On arriving, he met a fellow Parisian, Théodore Duret, who later became a friend and subject of a portrait. More significantly, we know that Manet passed through the rooms in which his paintings now hang in an exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado. Almost 60 paintings and dozens of prints and drawings have made their way to Madrid, after showing at the exhibition Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting in New York and Paris. Manet at the Prado, however, is a very different exhibition. This is Manet's posthumous return to............62-64

 

Photography: The shadow of intimacy: This March, the Victoria & Albert Museum celebrates the centenary of the birth of photographer Bill Brandt (1904-1983) with a stunning retrospective. With over 150 mainly vintage, gelatin-silver prints from the Bill Brandt Archive, the exhibition displays the finest selection of his rare and famous prints to be seen in Britain for over 30 years.  Perhaps the secret of Brandt's success in Britain was his special perspective: London as seen from Paris and Vienna. The V&A exhibition runs between March 24 and July 25.Bill Brandt came to London for good at the beginning of April 1934. He wanted to be English, and really belong to the fairy-tale island. This meant inventing a new identity for himself, as he turned 30, but also inventing an England that would satisfy his childhood fantasies. He rented a small flat at 43 Belsize Avenue, while his wife Eva was nearby at 24 Lyndhurst Road. Belsize Park was becoming the favoured destination for Austrian Jews and other refugees from Nazism, but this exiles' London was only part of English life for Brandt; his English uncles Augustus and Henry took Bill under their wing.........65-76

 

 

Film1: Depp surprise . The Return of the King has topped the US box office for the third weekend in a row. The final part in Peter Jackson's fantasy triptych made an estimated $30.8m (£17.1m) this weekend and has so far grossed more than $292m (£162.4m) in the US, where it is on course to beat the final total of $340m (£189.1m) garnered by its predecessor..........................................................................................................78

Film2: Lord of the Ring. It is finished. It is all over. The mighty conflict is at an end. And we, the dazed and shellshocked audience for Peter Jackson's colossal fantasy über-epic are permitted to disperse, as across the battlefield at sunset, picking our way through the horse-cadavers, twitching orcs and fallen warriors. No flabber has been left ungasted by Mr. Jackson's mighty battle sequences, nor no gob unsmacked. After three hours and 21 minutes of devastatingly sustained assault, underpinned by an almost continuous....................................................................................79-80

Film3: Gibson Film Controversy: Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ has its nationwide US opening on Wednesday. The film about the last 12 hours of Jesus' life received an enthusiastic response among filmgoers at preview screenings in the US on Monday. But it has been attacked by some Jewish groups as being anti-Semitic, while critics have denounced what they say is "brutal and graphic" violence..........81

Film4:The Whole Story of Gibson, Gibson remains one of Hollywood's biggest movie heartthrobs, being named best actor at the US People's Choice awards for the third time in four years. But at 48, he was too old to play Jesus in The Passion - so satisfied himself with co-writing, directing, producing and............................................82

Film5: Scholars have said Mel Gibson's film about the last 12 hours of Jesus' life is riddled with historical errors. Their complaints about The Passion of the Christ range from inaccuracies about hairstyles and clothes to a lack of gospel context. Gibson has said he consulted scholars, theologians, priests and spiritual writers before scripting the film. The film opened for preview screenings in the US on Monday to an enthusiastic response from audiences. It has been accused of being anti-Semitic, although Gibson has denied this, saying he has faithfully portrayed the Bible's account, and has been supported by Christian groups.................83

 

Film6: Journalists appeared "mildly shell-shocked" after a screening of Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion, said the BBC's David Willis. The film about the crucifixion of Jesus has already drawn comments over its highly violent nature. Mr. Willis told BBC Radio Five Live the film was a "harrowing portrayal" and it was definitely not for the squeamish. But he said the violent scenes appeared to be justified because of the religious tone of the film. Gibson has directed The Passion of the Christ as a personal project, investing $15m of his own money in to it. Before showing it to journalists he screened it to many church leaders and Christian group...........................................84

Film7: What Makes Gibson's Film so Special? As a cinematic matter, the boldest innovation in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ," is its use of language and subtitles to create, in a religious film, the illusion of documentary. Dialogue in a number of recent English-language feature films has fostered this kind of illusion by shifting into a second language plus subtitles for a few minutes at a time. “Dances With Wolves,” for example, shifted at several points into the Amerindian language Lakota. But no film that I know of unfolds in its entirety in subtitles beneath a language audience..........85

Film7: BIBLICAL VERACITY? OR HOLLYWOOD BONANZA?...............86......87

Film9: I regret the worsening of Jewish-Christian relations that is likely to result from the scenes...........88

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Sport: Weir moves up two spots to fourth in latest world golf rankings. Canadian Mike Weir moved up two spots to No. 4 in the latest world golf rankings Monday after successfully defending his title at the Nissan Open. The 2003 Masters champion from Bright's Grove, Ont., also won kudos for the way he hung on for the victory at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Sunday. Weir, 33, led by seven strokes with 15 holes to play but eventually needed a brilliant chip to save par at No. 18 for a one-shot victory over hard-charging Shigeki Maruyama of Japan. "Weir Hangs Tough," was the headline in the Toronto Star...............................89

Sport2: Jose Theodore gets back on track as Canadiens defeat Rangers 4-1. Montreal's Jose Theodore was so determined to snap his long losing streak, he treated his latest start like it was a post-season contest. It might be the closest the New York Rangers come to the playoffs. Theodore made 31 saves in putting his five-game losing run behind him, and Saku Koivu had a goal and two assists, helping the Canadiens beat the Rangers 4-1 Monday night...........................................................................................................................................................................90

Social Issues1. Spokesman pressed on same-sex marriages, McClellan says Bush 'continues to look at this issue very seriously' At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan why President Bush had not taken action to prevent San Francisco from issuing same-sex marriage licenses................................................................................................................................91

Social Issues2: Andy Rooney: Mel Gibson a 'nut case'. Satirical monologue suggests 'wacko' filmmaker motivated by greed. Playing off of how television evangelist Pat Robertson "heard from God" about the outcome of the 2004 presidential election, Rooney said he had heard from the Almighty recently as well. Rooney said the divine "conversation" went like this: 'Andrew, you have the eyes and ears of a lot of people. I wish you'd tell your viewers that both Pat Robertson and Mel Gibson ...........................................92

City wants 'gay' judge in marriage case. Battling with opponents over role of Earl Warren's grandson. Behind the scenes of San Francisco's historic defiance of marriage law, the city's attorneys are battling to ensure an avowed homosexual judge.......................................................93-94

Art and Religion1: THE QUESTION of what is Jewish art and who is a Jewish artist is nowhere more problematic than in the fine arts. Despite the persistent doubts and objections, Jewish artists joined in virtually all the art movements of the twentieth century. Though many artists do not make an association between their art and their Jewish birth, there have been numerous artists who acknowledge their Jewishness and the role being Jewish plays in their work. There are many whose work has mirrored the momentous events of Jewish experience in modern history. Certainly, while some artists portray Jewish subject matter or explore Jewish themes, not all do, and though many are not even representational, the work conveys both the personal expression of the artist and links to issues of Jewish....................................................................95-101

Art Critique Konstantin Pavlishin: Two distinguished painters from the Ukraine captured my attention and interest. German Gold, the Judaic Art Master par excellence and Konstantin Pavlishin the Christian Modern Classicism Art Leader in Eastern Europe. Finally, I have the opportunity and the time to write a piece on Pavlishin. There are several traits of distinction in the artistic technique of Pavlishin. The most predominant one is perfection in and for details, especially in the most intimate and truthful facial expressions. When you look at distance at this very large painting “Jesus on the Cross”, you are looking at an imposing fresco on linen. It attracts your attention for a while, and short after, you nod your head telling yourself “an other old classical piece”..................................................................................................................................................102

 

Great Historical Discover:  A coin that solved the mystery of a little-known Roman emperor is going on display at a new exhibition. The bronze coin, that bears the face of Emperor Domitianus was found by Brian Malin as he combed a field in Oxfordshire with a metal detector. Only one other such coin exists, showing the face of the man who ruled Britain for just four days..........................................103

 

 

The Hubble Telescope: The farthest object in the Universe yet detected has been seen by scientists using the Hubble and Keck telescopes. It is so distant its light must have set out when the Universe was just 750m years old to reach the Earth now. Details of the discovery were revealed by a team of astrophysicists from the California Institute of Technology. They said the work underlined again the remarkable capabilities of Hubble and called on NASA to reverse its decision to stop servicing the telescope. The US space agency has confirmed it will not send another shuttle to upgrade the space telescope, which probably means Hubble has no more than three years of full observations ahead of it. "We need Hubble.....................................................................................................................................................................104

Asteroid: Earth Almost Hit by an Asteroid: Astronomers have revealed how they came within minutes of alerting the world to a potential asteroid strike last month. Some scientists believed on 13 January that a 30m object, later designated 2004 AS1, had a one-in-four chance of hitting the planet within 36 hours. It could have caused local devastation and the researchers contemplated a call to President Bush before new data finally showed there was no danger. The procedures for raising the alarm in such circumstances are now being revised. At the time, the president's team would have been putting the final touches to a speech he was due ........................................105-106

Celebrities1: Too few harsh female roles: Theron, the Queen of Glamour. Honoured by peers for her Monster portrayal. Depp carries off spoils as SAG's best actor..................................................................................................................................................................107

Celebrities2: Tina Turner. A pair of pants shielded her legendary legs but her crop of copper hair and her joie do vivre were impossible to conceal. Multiple Grammy award-winning rock artist Tina Turner made head turns in wonder as she appeared in the Taj Mahal hotel lobby yesterday. “What is she doing here?” said some shocked fans and guests as they screeched to a halt at the sight of the singer with hits like Proud Mary,..................................................108-109

Celebrities3: Elvis Presley's granddaughter walks the runway in Milan model debut. She wasn't wearing blue suede shoes, but Riley Keough - granddaughter of Elvis Presley, daughter of Lisa Marie Presley - put her best foot forward in her modeling debut. The 14-year-old walked the runway Wednesday. Patti Labelle..............................110

Grape1: Jordan has fired the latest shots in her war of words with Victoria Beckham - by claiming Posh's boobs are fake. The glamour model - whose own chest is a surgically-enhanced 32FF - says she found out when she and Victoria compared them in a loo...........................111

Grape2: Rachel Hunter has hit back after Penny Lancaster claimed the Kiwi model had surgery to enhance her breasts. Penny, Rod Stewart's girlfriend, made the comments after losing the Ultimo lingerie modeling contract to Rachel, the rocker's ex-wife.........................................................................................................................................................112

Grape3: Fashion and Fun at the Oscars. Stars plan to be out in full Hollywood regalia for the 76th Academy Awards, unlike the last two years when war in Iraq and the September 11 attacks dampened the mood of the country and made "red carpet" dressing - the world's most-watched fashion event - a less than dazzling affair. This year the red carpet, the long path from the sidewalk to the Kodak Theatre, will burst with brightly coloured couture gowns, brighter smiles and bigger hair, stylists and organizers said. "Because of the red carpet being rolled up last year, we should expect all-out glamour.....................................................113

Grape4: Hollywood writers honor Coppola's 'Splendor'. OSCAR FOLKS GO HUSH-HUSH ABOUT GIFT BAGS...........114

Grape5: BOOB REPERCUSSIONS CONTINUE.  A planned ABC television movie about the life of singing great Lena Horne has become the latest casualty of Janet Jackson's breast-baring Super Bowl performance Jackson bowed out of the TV movie, and executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron quit in support of her, after Horne refused to go along with the project as long as Jackson was cast to play her, publicists for Jackson and the producers said.............................115

Grape6: All the celebrities and all the gold of Hollywood (Photos)...Purple Haze Holly Hunter was among the audience guests. She chose this purple outfit - a popular colour among the ceremony's dress designers. Power And The Beauty Canadian model and actress Natasha Henstridge added to the glamour of the event. Naomi Watts took part in the presentations and brought along fellow actor Heath Ledger.  Coincidentally, Friends has also reached the end of the TV road - Lida Kudrow and husband Michael Stern saw the awards. Al Pacino took best actor for a TV film .....................................................................................................................................................................................116

 

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 Art History1: THE JANYAG ART. THE ETHNIC ART OF NEEDLE-LACE  AND EMBROIDERY . Legend has it that one night, Aram, a stone cutter came closer to Osannah his wife, much more closer than usual as a prelude for an intimate encounter but, Osannah turned him down, for she was very busy  with a lace pattern she as been working on for the past three days. No problem, Aram understood. Next day, same place, same time, Aram tried again. No dice! He tried again two nights later but Osannah showed no interest.  One week later, Aram tried again. No way, Jose.  Aram wanted to know the reason for his wife’s constant rejections. Needless to say that, he kept on trying night after night, and this i.......................117

 

Art History2:  A 9^th century B.C. Phoenician tablet discovered among the ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Carthage in Tunis contained a passage mentioning trade of goods and commerce exchanged between the Armenians and the Phoenicians who shared many enemies in common such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. The inscriptions on the tablet were written in the early form of the Phoenician-Aramaic alphabet  widely used back then in the court of Persia, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Syria and among many Semitic tribes. The Phoenician passage referred to the Phoenicians and Armenians trade of raisins with the Greeks and the Romans. Three different kinds of grapes were described: Muscats, Sultanas and Currants  which were very popular in the Mediterranean basin and Near and Middle Eastern regions. Between 120-900 B.C. the ................................118

Traditional Art.  ............................................................................................................................................................................................119

Art History3:  ANALOGY  MIDDLE EASTERN, EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN STYLES...........................................................................120

Art History4: Different styles of lace making worldwide...............................................................................................................................121

Art History5: The Manufacturing of the lace and various colors. ................................................................................................................122

Art History6: Turkish Anatolian historians have a totally different story to tell us about the origin of the Armenian dye.  They claim that  the so-called Armenian dye invention was in fact a very ancient Turkish product used in Yazma,  an ancient  Turkish handicraft which was practiced in Anatolia as early as 2,000 B.C. In addition to the story of the  invention of this dye by ancient Turks,  Turkish art historians advanced a very unique and entertaining theory to claim that their ancestors invented as well, an elaborate set of wooden seals and..................................................................................................123

People in the News1: Mariah Carey made her debut in the Arab world with a concert before thousands of cheering fans in Beirut, performing her hits "Butterfly," "Hero" and "Dreamlover." The Grammy-winning singer was met with loud cheers and warm applause Tuesday night when she appeared on stage in a two-piece, silver outfit at an exhibition and .....................................................................132

Espionage: Former cabinet member says British intelligence spied on Kofi Annan. British intelligence agents spied on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war, a former member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet said Thursday. Blair refused to say whether the allegation was true. But he said Clair Short, formerly his international development secretary, had been "deeply irresponsible." A UN spokesman said any such espionage would be illegal. For Blair, Short's accusation was yet another potentially damaging aftershock from his alliance with U.S. President George W. Bush to topple Saddam Hussein. British intelligence dossiers claiming Iraq had an active and growing program of weapons of mass destruction have not been validated by evidence on the ground. It also was only the latest allegation of spying on UN missions......................................................................133

National News. London: British woman fined for again registering her cows as voters.........................................................................134

Rosie O'Donnell: Rosie O'Donnell married her longtime girlfriend Thursday, taking what she called a proud stand for gay civil rights in the city where more than 3,300 other same-sex couples have tied the knot since Feb. 12. "I want to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance the mayor has taken for all the people here, not just us but all the thousands and thousands of loving, law-abiding couples," the former talk show host, holding a large bouquet, said after she and Kelli Carpenter..........................................................................................................................................................137

Howard Stern: The largest U.S. radio station chain announced Wednesday it is suspending shock jock Howard Stern's radio show after issuing new rules to limit indecency and address criticism of what airs on TV and radio. Clear Channel Radio said it suspended broadcast of Stern's show after assessing its content Tuesday. "Clear Channel drew a line in the sand today with regard to protecting our listeners from indecent content and Howard Stern's show blew right through it," John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio, said in a news release. "It was vulgar, offensive and insulting, not just to women and African Americans but to anyone with a sense of common decency." Hogan said the show will not air on Clear Channel stations until officials are assured it will conform to acceptable broadcasting standards. Attempts to reach Stern's spokesman for comment late Wednesday ..........137

Mariah Carey: American pop diva Mariah Carey made her debut in the Arab world with a concert to thousands of cheering fans in Beirut. Carey, 33, was met Tuesday night with loud cheers and warm applause when she appeared on the stage in a two-piece, silver outfit at an exhibition and leisure centre on the Mediterranean seafront in downtown Beirut. "Thank you for being so welcoming," Carey said to the crowd of about 5,000, who included the wives of the president and prime minister of Lebanon. Impressed by the Beirut fans, Carey was heard telling her bodyguards, "Wonderful.....................................138

Morisette: Alanis Morissette to host Junos. Alanis Morissette has been pegged to host this year's Juno Awards, securing efforts by organizers for another star-studded evening. The Ottawa native will be the face of a two-hour broadcast on April 4 when the country will honour the year's favourite musicians. Several years ago the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences got its act together and turned the once-stodgy show into a stellar night featuring high profile acts, starting with the Barenaked Ladies in 2002. The effort paid off in huge TV ratings. And it hopes to beat previous records, such as the 2.2 million viewers .......................................................................................................................................................................138

Nicole Kidman: Kidman preps in UN interpreters booth. Actress Nicole Kidman slipped into the interpreters booth at the UN Security Council to prepare for her next movie role. In March, Kidman and co-star Sean Penn begin filming The Interpreter, a thriller about a UN translator who overhears a conversation that could cost her her life. The outside of the United Nations has appeared in numerous movies, but Hollywood had been unsuccessful in getting permission to film inside for many years until director Sydney Pollack asked UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ...............................................139

Mere Mortal: Anne Heche was a lesbian; now she's married with a two-year-old son. She was crazy, even thinking she was God; now she's back to being a mere mortal. Marianne Macdonald talks to the actress. Anne Heche is the Hollywood star whose breakdown transfixed America. She drove her car out of Los Angeles, stopped 200 miles later near the city of Fresno, got out and wandered in shorts and a bra a mile and a half across broiling dirt fields until she reached a small farmhouse. Inside she asked the startled inhabitants for a glass of water, then took a shower. When she put on a pair of Mickey Mouse slippers and mentioned she was waiting for a spaceship to take her to heaven, they began to get worried. They called the police, who carted her to hospital..........................................................................................141

Troubled Childhood: Anne's mother: "You had such terrible things on your vagina as a baby I couldn't put diapers on you.'She says her mental health began to concern her as soon as she left home. In particular it bothered her that she could hardly remember her childhood, and so from the age of 18, during her first job playing twins in a soap opera called Another World, she had therapy. She had Reichian therapy, which uncovered the suppressed 'body memories' of the incest through a therapist touching her body, and she tried LSD therapy (now generally frowned upon by the medical profession).............................................................................................142

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HOMAGE TO BRITAIN'S AUDREY HEPBURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFILE: AUDREY HEPBURN: The style queen of Hollywood. Think of Audrey Hepburn, and any number of words and phrases come tumbling into the mind: elegant, touch of class, gamine, clothes horse, sophisticated, chic, innocent beauty. And above all, a good person, thanks to her tireless work in her later years as a special ambassador for Unicef. Posthumously she has achieved the status of secular saint....................................................144

Audrey. Part Two: Similarly, Hepburn played opposite many of Hollywood's great leading men (Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, William Holden, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart) and was eclipsed by none of them. She made acting look effortless, but she must have been doing something right. When Hepburn first arrived in Hollywood with her impeccable diction, it was broadly assumed she was English. Her father was indeed an Anglo-Irish banker, but her mother was a............................................................................................................................................................................................................145

Audrey. Part Three: In Roman Holiday, for which she won an Oscar, she found her quintessential role. She plays a princess who feels so shackled by royal protocol that she escapes for a day to experience normal life. Gregory Peck is the reporter with whom she has a romance. The film could hardly be more charming - or appropriate. One could believe that in real life Hepburn was a princess who had sneaked incognito into Hollywood. ...................146

Audrey. Part Four: Fred Zinnemann seized on this quality in The Nun's Story, casting Hepburn as a sister whose ambition is to go to the Congo as a nurse. This was a real change of pace for such a style icon, yet Hepburn was convincing, and, ironically, framing her face in a nun's wimple only accentuated her beauty. Yet years later Zinnemann remembered Hepburn mainly as a........................................................................................147

Audrey. Part Five: Photo Spread................................................................................................................................................................148

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Audrey Part Seven: Ten years after his mother's death, the elder son of Audrey Hepburn is still haunted by his mother's face and voice. He can't help it. It's everywhere.  "I look up as I'm driving," Sean Ferrer says, "and there she is, staring at me from a sign above the road. I see her on the cover of magazines and in ads for the Academy Awards. I hear her voice suddenly coming to me from another room when I'm taking a shower and the television has been left on...................................................................................................................................................................................................150

Audrey Part Eight: Since her death, a good part of the money generated by her estate has flowed into the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, which Sean oversees with the help of his younger brother, Luca Dotti, 33, the child of Audrey's second marriage to Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti. During her last years, the star worked tirelessly as a goodwill ambassador for Unicef, and the charity that now bears her name continues to support causes that benefit children throughout the world. As a way of commemorating the 10th anniversary of her death - and as a means of raising money for her foundation - Sean has decided to put up for auction a small collection of her treasured personal belongings, including memorabilia from some of her classic films. One item in particular......................................................................................................................................................................................................151

Audrey. Part Nine: Though she made a few screen appearances in the Seventies and Eighties, the last of her major films was Wait Until Dark, which was made when Sean was seven. "I suppose people could blame me for ending Audrey Hepburn's career. She knew her potential. If she had kept working, the parts were there for her, and her success professionally would have continued at a high level for years. But she wanted to be with her family. She wanted a private life. And she couldn't bear the thought that she might fail as a mother. It was too important to her." .............................................152

Audrey Part Ten: In public, she could easily disguise herself and go anywhere. Under a scarf and big glasses, she was hard to recognise. But when she wanted to play Audrey Hepburn the star, she could stop everything around her. "When she came into a room, all eyes were on her. She could be silly and frivolous, but she had a strong sense of personal boundaries, and people just knew not to take advantage of her graciousness. I never saw anyone misbehave in her presence. It just wasn't done." But not everything went well at home. In 1968, she divorced Mel Ferrer - who is now 84 and living in retirement in Santa Barbara. A year later, she married Andrea Dotti, hoping to live quietly as a doctor's wife, but that marriage also failed.....153

 

 

 

 Islam: What is Islam? An in-depth article on the birth, origin, development, history, tradition, civilization, laws, Muslim world, sects, and the Prophet Mohammad by a committee of scholars and experts in the field. EIGHTY-THREE per cent of Britons know "little or nothing" about Islam . ISLAM, the Prophet said, is built on five pillars. They do not define the religion, because its essence is traditionally taken to be its spiritual life, rather than its formal practices. They are, however, regarded as its foundations and, more than anything else in Islam, they give Muslim societies their unmistakeable rhythm and texture. The FIRST PILLAR, and the most fundamental, is called the "Two Testimonies" (shahadatayn). These function as a sort of miniature creed. Every Muslim is required to affirm that "there is no god but God", and that "Mohammed is the messenger of God". The first assertion, announcing that Islam is strictly monotheistic, might be compared to the Old Testament's: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One." The second of the Two Testimonies tells the believer that this One God wishes to make his preferences known to his erring creatures, and has chosen a prophet - like Moses in the Bible - to do this. Muslim theology claims that God has sent prophets to every people, and that Mohammed was the last of them. After him, according to orthodox Muslim doctrine, the believers are to expect not another prophet, but the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The SECOND PILLAR of Islam is the duty to pray five times daily. It is seen as more meritorious for a Muslim to pray in a mosque and with a congregation, but quite acceptable to pray alone. All men and women are required to participate in the rite, which happens at dawn, midday, midafternoon, sunset, and at nightfall.......................................................................................................154-178

 

Fashion: Britain's fashion showcase has been more successful than ever,  with a mix of new stars and old favourites. High drama and hot design went hand in hand at London Fashion Week. On the catwalk, the Great British Eccentric enjoyed a comeback, wrapped in a stylish, boho mix of belted tweed, patchwork and silk; jewelled and gloved - and never without a little fur shrug or stole adorning her shoulders.....................................................................................................179

Fashion Parade: Photos of Britain Fashion  Designers' Parade....................180

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Britain Fashion 4: Continued....................................................................182

Bin Laden: Capture of Bin Laden denied. Pentagon and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan "a long time ago."  The claim came at a time when Pakistan's army was hunting al-Qaida suspects in a remote tribal region along the border with Afghanistan.........................................................................................................................................183

Pope: Pope: same-sex unions degrade marriage; true marriage must be defended.......................................................................................183

Interpol: Interpol says hundreds of thousands of stolen passport blanks aid terrorists....................................................................................184

Baghdad: Coalition official: Iraqi leaders won't make deadline for interim constitution...............................................................................185

Haiti: Haiti's capital in chaos as rebels close in; marines may be posted offshore.........................................................................................186