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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Fairs And Festivals</title>
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		<title>Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison to headline 2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup announced

NEW ORLEANS — Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and Lionel Richie are headlining next year&#8217;s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The annual outdoor music festival is marking its 41st year. The event spans two weekends in the spring and features hundreds of acts in genres ranging from pop, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pearl-jam-aretha-franklin-van-morrison-to-headline-2010-new-orleans-jazz-festival-244076/">Original source &nbsp;: Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison to headline 2010 New Orleans Jazz Festival</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Independent Film Festival planned for next year in recently opened Burton Theatre</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Runk</dc:creator>
		
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New film festival planned for Detroit in March

DETROIT — A former school that is been being used as a movie house will host a new film festival next year that organizers hope will build on growing enthusiasm for the movie industry in Michigan.
The Detroit Independent Film Festival is seeking short films to be screened March  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/detroit-independent-film-festival-planned-for-next-year-in-recently-opened-burton-theatre-240128/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary Caribbean artists explore their cultural identities during annual Miami art fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kay</dc:creator>
		
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New Caribbean art showcased during Art Basel fair

MIAMI — Hundreds of hours of shiny black cassette tape pour through a toothy shark jaw suspended from the ceiling in an untitled artwork by Bahamian artist Blue Curry.
This is not the Caribbean art tourists expect to find on their hotel walls or in gift shops.
A new exhibit ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/contemporary-caribbean-artists-explore-their-cultural-identities-during-annual-miami-art-fair-240127/">Original article on  : Contemporary Caribbean artists explore their cultural identities during annual Miami art fair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Twilight&#8217; star Stewart, &#8216;Sopranos&#8217; pals Gandolfini, Falco bound for Sundance competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8216;Twilight,&#8217; &#8216;Sopranos&#8217; stars bound for Sundance

LOS ANGELES — Dramas featuring &#8220;Twilight&#8221; star Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman and &#8220;The Sopranos&#8221; co-stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco are in the hunt for awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
Robert Redford&#8217;s independent-film showcase next month includes director Jake Scott&#8217;s New Orleans drama &#8220;Welcome to the Rileys,&#8221; which co-stars Gandolfini ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/twilight-star-stewart-sopranos-pals-gandolfini-falco-bound-for-sundance-competition-238931/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : &#8216;Twilight&#8217; star Stewart, &#8216;Sopranos&#8217; pals Gandolfini, Falco bound for Sundance competition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In seafaring Norfolk, exhibit looks at &#8216;Golden Age of Piracy&#8217; and taps into pirate craze</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Szkotak</dc:creator>
		
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Pirate exhibit in Norfolk taps into pirate craze

NORFOLK, Va. — Growing up on Cape Cod, explorer Barry Clifford was fascinated by the romantic tale of &#8220;Black Sam&#8221; Bellamy. Sailing to Massachusetts to rendezvous with his mistress, the pirate encountered a nor&#8217;easter that sent him, most of his crew, and tons of gold, silver and jewels .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-seafaring-norfolk-exhibit-looks-at-golden-age-of-piracy-and-taps-into-pirate-craze-237733/">In seafaring Norfolk, exhibit looks at &#8216;Golden Age of Piracy&#8217; and taps into pirate craze</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens, pigeons to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Binaj Gurubacharya</dc:creator>
		
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200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
A Nepalese minister said it was the largest sacrificial slaughter of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/200000-buffaloes-goats-chickens-pigeons-to-be-sacrificed-at-hindu-festival-in-nepal-235110/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens, pigeons to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of thousands of animals to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in southern Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Binaj Gurubacharya</dc:creator>
		
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Mass animal sacrifice festival begins in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
A Nepalese minister said it was the largest sacrificial slaughter of animals .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-of-thousands-of-animals-to-be-sacrificed-at-hindu-festival-in-southern-nepal-234910/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Hundreds of thousands of animals to be sacrificed at Hindu festival in southern Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Banned Chinese director brings gay romance film to Hong Kong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min Lee</dc:creator>
		
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Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong

HONG KONG — A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.
In 2006, China banned Lou Ye from shooting movies ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/banned-chinese-director-brings-gay-romance-film-to-hong-kong-233535/">Banned Chinese director brings gay romance film to Hong Kong</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead in southern Nepal despite protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Binaj Gurubacharya</dc:creator>
		
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Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead

KATMANDU, Nepal — A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.
The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five years, is attended by many Hindus from India as well as Nepal.  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-animal-sacrifice-festival-to-go-ahead-in-southern-nepal-despite-protests-233134/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas

NEW YORK — Looking for inspiration for your next trip?
Five new travel books offer ideas in multiples of 100.
The 2010 edition of Travel + Leisure&#8217;s &#8220;100 Greatest Trips&#8221; shows the upscale magazine&#8217;s editors suggesting some surprisingly down-to-earth destinations, such as the Jersey Shore, Niagara Falls, and Milford, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-travel-books-100-300-500-and-1000-ideas-230750/">Source &nbsp;: New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday displays include tree made of feathers, Rock Center, Obamas&#8217; first National Tree event</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/holiday-displays-include-tree-made-of-feathers-rock-center-obamas-first-national-tree-event-230685/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Harpaz</dc:creator>
		
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Tree-lightings, from Rock Center to The Grove

NEW YORK — This season&#8217;s Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas&#8217; first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.
The National Christmas Tree is scheduled to be lit on Dec. 3. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/holiday-displays-include-tree-made-of-feathers-rock-center-obamas-first-national-tree-event-230685/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Holiday displays include tree made of feathers, Rock Center, Obamas&#8217; first National Tree event</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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Iran artists in tug of war with government

BEIRUT — Iran&#8217;s greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country&#8217;s ruling hard-line clerics.
So it was a bombshell when Shajarian — so revered that his audiences pelt him with roses — demanded state radio and TV stop broadcasting his music as ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/culture-clash-in-iran-as-government-tries-to-rein-in-artists-protesting-political-turmoil-229493/">Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoil</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade&#8217;s open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and shoving to buy one item — garlic.
In Serbia, garlic has long been regarded as a good luck charm and a guard against many ailments. As far as the public is concerned, ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fear-of-swine-flu-causes-surge-of-garlic-sales-in-public-markets-of-serbia-228438/">Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans international art show refocuses, hopes economic rebound will boost attendance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Mcconnaughey</dc:creator>
		
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Organizers rethink int&#8217;l art show in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The nation&#8217;s economic downturn is prompting officials to revamp the city&#8217;s foray into international contemporary art shows.
Called Prospect New Orleans, the biennial exhibit will open in November 2010 and close in February 2011 with fewer artists, more targeted display areas and an admission fee.
According to .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-orleans-international-art-show-refocuses-hopes-economic-rebound-will-boost-attendance-227556/">New Orleans international art show refocuses, hopes economic rebound will boost attendance</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Begun in dread, Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#8217;s season ends well: Ticket sales a record</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Slings? Arrows? Nay: Bard thrives in Oregon

ASHLAND, Ore. — With the recession cutting back travel and entertainment spending, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival was anticipating a tough 2009 season — so much so that it cut the budget $1 million and actors tripled-up on roles.
But the repertory theater Monday reported record attendance of 410,034 — 89 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/begun-in-dread-oregon-shakespeare-festivals-season-ends-well-ticket-sales-a-record-215458/">Read more : Begun in dread, Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#8217;s season ends well: Ticket sales a record</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Danish film of neo-Nazi gay affair wins top prize at Rome festival, Mirren wins best actress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award.

Mirren won for her depiction of Leo Tolstoy&#8217;s wife in Michael Hoffman&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Station,&#8221; while Meryl Streep picked up a career .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/danish-film-of-neo-nazi-gay-affair-wins-top-prize-at-rome-festival-mirren-wins-best-actress-205229/">Danish film of neo-Nazi gay affair wins top prize at Rome festival, Mirren wins best actress</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Film about Japanese village that hunts dolphins gets mixed reactions at Tokyo film festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Foster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Viewers expressed mixed reactions Wednesday to &#8220;The Cove,&#8221; a covertly filmed movie about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village that was shown to the Japanese public for the first time at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Some were shocked but also defended the hunt as part of the country&#8217;s culture.
The film, added to the festival at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/film-about-japanese-village-that-hunts-dolphins-gets-mixed-reactions-at-tokyo-film-festival-201870/" title="Film about Japanese village that hunts dolphins gets mixed reactions at Tokyo film festival">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stellaaahhh!!! Clarksdale festival focuses on Miss. city&#8217;s role in Tennessee Williams plays</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelia Byrd</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.

The Tennessee Williams Festival begins Friday and features a Stella shouting contest, acting competitions, porch plays and panel discussions about Williams and childhood. Williams drew some of his most powerful images from his boyhood hometown in the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stellaaahhh-clarksdale-festival-focuses-on-miss-citys-role-in-tennessee-williams-plays-197136/" title="Stellaaahhh!!! Clarksdale festival focuses on Miss. city&#8217;s role in Tennessee Williams plays">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>London&#8217;s Frieze Art Fair opens amid signs that the contemporary art market has cooled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The British capital&#8217;s cutting-edge art sale kicks off Thursday, but cautious collectors may be cutting back.

Although London&#8217;s annual Frieze Art Fair has all the usual weirdness — works include a ghostly white tree, molten red computer mice and garlands with breast-shaped balloons — exhibitors say the fair has lost much of its former .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/londons-frieze-art-fair-opens-amid-signs-that-the-contemporary-art-market-has-cooled-197027/" title="London&#8217;s Frieze Art Fair opens amid signs that the contemporary art market has cooled">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Google to launch new Google Editions platform to sell books accessible anywhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT — Google Inc. is launching a new service for booksellers next year called Google Editions, which will let readers buy books and read them anywhere on gadgets ranging from cell phones to possibly e-book devices.

It&#8217;s the first foray into charging for books for the Mountain View, California-based company, which began its Google Books program ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/google-to-launch-new-google-editions-platform-to-sell-books-accessible-anywhere-196887/">Google to launch new Google Editions platform to sell books accessible anywhere</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Census shows more Americans trying their hand at raising crops, livestock on &#8216;hobby farms&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GEM, Ind. — Most evenings, Gary Mithoefer can be found at the end of a long gravel driveway off a busy highway, tending two garden plots filled with white sweet potatoes, squash, cabbages and a dozen other vegetables still thriving in early fall.

The 62-year-old, who gardens after his workday ends at his state highway job, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-shows-more-americans-trying-their-hand-at-raising-crops-livestock-on-hobby-farms-186856/">Census shows more Americans trying their hand at raising crops, livestock on &#8216;hobby farms&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>After 80 years, a California harvest fair refuses to grow up _ and that&#8217;s a good thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARUTHERS, Calif. — At the harvest fair, it&#8217;s all about the pie.

Thick slabs of creamy buttermilk custard, homegrown peach, tart boysenberry and local raisin walnut with a lattice crust top. All made by the hundreds, by hand.
While some fairs draw crowds for their deep-fried Twinkies, the District Fair in Caruthers, a town of 2,103 in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-80-years-a-california-harvest-fair-refuses-to-grow-up-_-and-thats-a-good-thing-184777/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : After 80 years, a California harvest fair refuses to grow up _ and that&#8217;s a good thing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A Love Story? Skeptics remain, but Michael Moore has loyal following in GOP-leaning Mich. town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Seated on a platform in a blocked-off street, the founder of the Traverse City Film Festival grinned as Mayor Michael Estes hailed him for boosting the local economy and cultural scene — &#8220;with almost no government assistance!&#8221;

Who was that free-market champion? Michael Moore.
Yes, THAT Michael Moore. The Oscar-winning firebrand whose &#8220;Roger ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-love-story-skeptics-remain-but-michael-moore-has-loyal-following-in-gop-leaning-mich-town-182915/">Read more : A Love Story? Skeptics remain, but Michael Moore has loyal following in GOP-leaning Mich. town</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say 29 people die after 2 boats capsize in flooded rivers during Indian festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indrajit Singh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA, India — Two boats capsized in flooded rivers in eastern India&#8217;s Bihar state during a major Hindu festival, killing at least 29 people and leaving around 22 missing, police said Tuesday.

At least 20 people swam to shore from one boat that was overcrowded with people returning to their homes after participating in festivities during .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-29-people-die-after-2-boats-capsize-in-flooded-rivers-during-indian-festival-181216/">Police say 29 people die after 2 boats capsize in flooded rivers during Indian festival</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say 27 people die after 2 boats capsize in flooded rivers during Indian festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indrajit Singh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA, India — Two boats capsized in flooded rivers in eastern India&#8217;s Bihar state during a major Hindu festival, killing at least 27 people and leaving around 24 missing, police said Tuesday.

At least 20 people swam to shore from one boat that was overcrowded with people returning to their homes after participating in festivities during .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-27-people-die-after-2-boats-capsize-in-flooded-rivers-during-indian-festival-181108/">Police say 27 people die after 2 boats capsize in flooded rivers during Indian festival</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Munich police: 2 suspected of ties to Islamic extremists detained; Oktoberfest security upped</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Marquart</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUNICH — Munich police say two men are in preventative custody for suspected links to Islamic extremists and officials are increasing security at the ongoing Oktoberfest beer festival.

Munich police chief Wilhelm Schmidbauer said Monday that &#8220;two men from Arabic countries&#8221; were taken into custody on Saturday. Both were living in Munich.
Also Saturday, German authorities banned .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/munich-police-2-suspected-of-ties-to-islamic-extremists-detained-oktoberfest-security-upped-180792/">Munich police: 2 suspected of ties to Islamic extremists detained; Oktoberfest security upped</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;City of Life and Death&#8217; by Chinese director Lu Chuan wins Spain&#8217;s top film award</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alvaro Barrientos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Chinese director Lu Chuan&#8217;s film &#8220;City of Life and Death&#8221; has won the top prize at Spain&#8217;s San Sebastian Film Festival.

The best actress award went to Lola Duenas for her performance in Spanish film &#8220;Yo Tambien,&#8221; while the best actor prize went to Pablo Pineda for the same film.
Javier Rebollo won .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/city-of-life-and-death-by-chinese-director-lu-chuan-wins-spains-top-film-award-179754/" title="&#8216;City of Life and Death&#8217; by Chinese director Lu Chuan wins Spain&#8217;s top film award">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Germany bans flights over Munich&#8217;s Oktoberfest following terror threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — German authorities banned all flights over Munich&#8217;s annual Oktoberfest beer festival on Saturday after a series of Islamic terror threats targeted Germany for its role in Afghanistan.

Some 6 million visitors a year pack the massive tents that dot Munich&#8217;s sprawling 77-acre (31-hectare) Theresienwiese beer garden during the 16-day festival known across the globe. .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/germany-bans-flights-over-munichs-oktoberfest-following-terror-threats-179629/">Germany bans flights over Munich&#8217;s Oktoberfest following terror threats</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Come one, come all: Sex offenders offered home in Fla. apartment cluster touted in brochures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAHOKEE, Fla. — No sign marks Miracle Park, a cluster of one-story yellow buildings surrounding a small church that caters to one of society&#8217;s most despised demographics: sex offenders.

Since the development opened eight months ago, the minister who runs it has recruited former inmates by distributing brochures in Florida prisons and plugging it in sermons .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/come-one-come-all-sex-offenders-offered-home-in-fla-apartment-cluster-touted-in-brochures-178600/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Come one, come all: Sex offenders offered home in Fla. apartment cluster touted in brochures</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Farm workers, organizations hope suit will bring NM ag laborers under workers&#8217; comp coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Dabovich</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Joe Griego&#8217;s life changed in seconds when he turned his back on a bull he was trying to corral during work at a southern New Mexico dairy. The bull attacked, leaving Griego with serious injuries.

The worst part, he said, was discovering that his injuries weren&#8217;t covered by state workers&#8217; compensation benefits. Now, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/farm-workers-organizations-hope-suit-will-bring-nm-ag-laborers-under-workers-comp-coverage-178463/" title="Farm workers, organizations hope suit will bring NM ag laborers under workers&#8217; comp coverage">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane County, Wash., sheriff says he&#8217;ll bill state $37,000 in hunt for escaped killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane County sheriff says he&#8217;ll bill Washington state $37,000 for the cost of hunting down an insane killer who walked away from a county fair field trip arranged by his mental hospital.

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich tells the Spokesman-Review that the search for Phillip Arnold Paul involved a team of deputies and the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spokane-county-wash-sheriff-says-hell-bill-state-37000-in-hunt-for-escaped-killer-178376/">Source article &nbsp;: Spokane County, Wash., sheriff says he&#8217;ll bill state $37,000 in hunt for escaped killer</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Insane killer says escape was unplanned, took opportunity of outing at county fair in Spokane</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — The insane killer who walked away from a county fair field trip arranged by his Washington state mental hospital says he didn&#8217;t plan his escape.

Phillip Arnold Paul told KXLY-TV he saw an opportunity at the Spokane County fairgrounds and took it. He was on the run for three days before he was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insane-killer-says-escape-was-unplanned-took-opportunity-of-outing-at-county-fair-in-spokane-177709/" title="Insane killer says escape was unplanned, took opportunity of outing at county fair in Spokane">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cleveland Orchestra to set up residency at New York&#8217;s Lincoln Center Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Call it Cleveland on the Hudson: The Cleveland Orchestra is setting up a multiyear residency at the Lincoln Center Festival starting in 2011.

Officials say the residency begins in July 2011 with Cleveland music director Franz (FRAHNZ) Welser-Moest (VEL&#8217;-sehr mehrst) spotlighting works by Bruckner and John Adams.
In 2013 and 2015, the orchestra will .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cleveland-orchestra-to-set-up-residency-at-new-yorks-lincoln-center-festival-175591/" title="Cleveland Orchestra to set up residency at New York&#8217;s Lincoln Center Festival">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan film festival Web site hacked ahead of screening of Uighur activist documentary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debby Wu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hackers on Monday posted vulgarities and pro-Chinese slogans on a Taiwanese film festival&#8217;s Web site to protest plans to screen a documentary about an exiled Uighur activist accused by Beijing of inciting recent ethnic violence in China&#8217;s west.

The cyberattack came despite a decision by Kaohsiung&#8217;s government last weekend not to air &#8220;The ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taiwan-film-festival-web-site-hacked-ahead-of-screening-of-uighur-activist-documentary-174241/">Taiwan film festival Web site hacked ahead of screening of Uighur activist documentary</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Schizophrenic killer recaptured in Wash.; ditched mental institution staff at county fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Klass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — A schizophrenic killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair has been recaptured after three days on the loose.

With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement officers swarming around rural Goldendale on Sunday, 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul walked ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/schizophrenic-killer-recaptured-in-wash-ditched-mental-institution-staff-at-county-fair-174219/">Read : Schizophrenic killer recaptured in Wash.; ditched mental institution staff at county fair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: Recaptured killer who escaped on trip from mental institution duped pal into helping</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Klass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.

With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sheriff-recaptured-killer-who-escaped-on-trip-from-mental-institution-duped-pal-into-helping-173955/">Sheriff: Recaptured killer who escaped on trip from mental institution duped pal into helping</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Insane killer who slipped away from staff of a mental institution during field trip recaptured</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.

With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insane-killer-who-slipped-away-from-staff-of-a-mental-institution-during-field-trip-recaptured-173954/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Insane killer who slipped away from staff of a mental institution during field trip recaptured</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff: Insane killer who vanished during field trip in Wash. duped friend into helping him</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Klass</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.

With a helicopter overhead and dozens of federal, state and local law ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sheriff-insane-killer-who-vanished-during-field-trip-in-wash-duped-friend-into-helping-him-173925/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Sheriff: Insane killer who vanished during field trip in Wash. duped friend into helping him</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Manhattan Short Film Festival brings AIDS orphan&#8217;s work, 9 other short films, to world</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Writer-producer Neal Baer is accustomed to 12 million or so Americans flipping on their TV sets for an episode of his drama &#8220;Law &#038; Order: Special Victims Unit.&#8221;

But for a film Baer deems his &#8220;passion project,&#8221; the distribution is far different. &#8220;Mozambique,&#8221; by teenage African AIDS orphan Alcides Soares, will show in .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/manhattan-short-film-festival-brings-aids-orphans-work-9-other-short-films-to-world-172592/">Manhattan Short Film Festival brings AIDS orphan&#8217;s work, 9 other short films, to world</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair in Washington, has past history of fleeing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. — A criminally insane killer from eastern Washington is on the run after escaping during a field trip to the county fair that his mental hospital organized.

Why such a dangerous person was out in public was a question many, including Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, were asking as authorities searched for Phillip Arnold Paul.
Authorities .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insane-killer-escapes-on-field-trip-to-county-fair-in-washington-has-past-history-of-fleeing-172428/">Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair in Washington, has past history of fleeing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Director of &#8216;The Cove&#8217; dolphin-killing film will risk arrest to attend Tokyo film festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Kageyama</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — The director of an award-winning documentary about Japan&#8217;s dolphin slaughter said Friday that he plans to attend the screening of &#8220;The Cove&#8221; at the Tokyo film festival even though he could be arrested.

Japanese police say American director Louie Psihoyos and other members of his crew violated trespassing laws when they documented the hunt .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/director-of-the-cove-dolphin-killing-film-will-risk-arrest-to-attend-tokyo-film-festival-172157/">Director of &#8216;The Cove&#8217; dolphin-killing film will risk arrest to attend Tokyo film festival</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo International Film Festival decides to show dolphin-killing film, &#8216;The Cove&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yuri Kageyama</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — The Tokyo International Film Festival will show &#8220;The Cove,&#8221; a documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. But the decision was so last-minute the movie didn&#8217;t make it into the official press package.

Tom Yoda, chairman of the annual festival, which opens Oct. 17, refused Wednesday to discuss how the decision came .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tokyo-international-film-festival-decides-to-show-dolphin-killing-film-the-cove-169801/" title="Tokyo International Film Festival decides to show dolphin-killing film, &#8216;The Cove&#8217;">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoying the season&#8217;s treasures: Apples, pumpkins, corn mazes and don&#8217;t forget chrysanthemums</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Harpaz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Pick-your-own orchards are expected to have a strong fall season, thanks to consumers staying closer to home for leisure activities and an increased interest in local food and lower prices.

&#8220;Because of the whole staycation-daycation thing, a lot of our members are saying business has been good,&#8221; said Kathy McKay, spokeswoman for the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/enjoying-the-seasons-treasures-apples-pumpkins-corn-mazes-and-dont-forget-chrysanthemums-168167/">Original source &nbsp;: Enjoying the season&#8217;s treasures: Apples, pumpkins, corn mazes and don&#8217;t forget chrysanthemums</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pagan festival in rural, religious Pa. village draws shop closures, threatened protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADAMSTOWN, Pa. — In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright colors on pedestrian-only streets.

But this weekend, plans for a nature-worshipping group of modern ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pagan-festival-in-rural-religious-pa-village-draws-shop-closures-threatened-protests-166226/" title="Pagan festival in rural, religious Pa. village draws shop closures, threatened protests">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian artists call for boycott of Toronto film festival over films about Israeli city</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian artists are calling for a boycott of the Toronto International Film Festival for screening a series of movies about the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

Dozens of Palestinian filmmakers, writers and artists protested Thursday outside the offices of the Canadian representative in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Protesters earlier handed the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/palestinian-artists-call-for-boycott-of-toronto-film-festival-over-films-about-israeli-city-164757/" title="Palestinian artists call for boycott of Toronto film festival over films about Israeli city">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Damon, demons, Darwin among highlights as Toronto fest showcases fall films</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO — The cinema smorgasbord of the Toronto International Film Festival has something for all tastes, a place where zombies, demons and vampires share screen time with art films, Hollywood awards contenders and studio crowd-pleasers.

One of the world&#8217;s biggest and most diverse movie showcases, the festival opens Thursday with the Charles Darwin film biography &#8220;Creation,&#8221; ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/damon-demons-darwin-among-highlights-as-toronto-fest-showcases-fall-films-163488/">Damon, demons, Darwin among highlights as Toronto fest showcases fall films</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>George Clooney sparkles in Venice for premiere of &#8220;The Men Who Stare at Goats&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheri Jennings</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — George Clooney wants viewers to know one thing about his new movie, a comic tale of &#8220;psychic warfare&#8221; by the U.S. military: It&#8217;s not a war movie.

&#8220;The Men Who Stare at Goats,&#8221; directed by Grant Heslov, was shown out of competition Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival.
Based on Jon Ronson&#8217;s book of ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/george-clooney-sparkles-in-venice-for-premiere-of-the-men-who-stare-at-goats-162697/">George Clooney sparkles in Venice for premiere of &#8220;The Men Who Stare at Goats&#8221;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez walks Venice red carpet with Oliver Stone to promote new documentary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a movie star welcome at the Venice Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary &#8220;South of the Border.&#8221;

Hundreds of admirers, some chanting &#8220;president, president,&#8221; gathered outside of the Casino for the leader&#8217;s arrival Monday. A few ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelas-chavez-walks-venice-red-carpet-with-oliver-stone-to-promote-new-documentary-162389/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez walks Venice red carpet with Oliver Stone to promote new documentary</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yonfan persists in film invoking childhood memories of the &#8216;White Terror&#8217; despite resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Barry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — Hong Kong-based director Yonfan&#8217;s &#8220;Prince of Tears&#8221; premieres Friday at the Venice Film Festival 20 years to the hour after Golden Lion-winner &#8220;City of Sadness,&#8221; the last major film to confront a painful period of Taiwanese history known as the White Terror.

&#8220;That&#8217;s naughty,&#8221; Yonfan said, smiling, when asked about the timing of ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yonfan-persists-in-film-invoking-childhood-memories-of-the-white-terror-despite-resistance-159874/">Yonfan persists in film invoking childhood memories of the &#8216;White Terror&#8217; despite resistance</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>More looking, less buying at annual farm equipment show as farmers grow cautious about future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Mercer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DECATUR, Ill. — Danny Bradshaw climbed out of the cab of a New Holland tractor Wednesday morning impressed but already certain he wouldn&#8217;t spend the more than $200,000 all that horsepower and high-gloss blue paint would cost.

Corn and soybean prices have fallen from record highs, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicted last week that .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-looking-less-buying-at-annual-farm-equipment-show-as-farmers-grow-cautious-about-future-157886/">More looking, less buying at annual farm equipment show as farmers grow cautious about future</a>.]]></description>
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