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/ 27 January 2006
Boney M could turn almost anything into a disco hit but, asks Alexis Petridis, will their surreal songs make sense as a musical?
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/ 27 January 2006
A new local film depicting Jesus as a black man was launched with trepidation at the Sundance film festival last weekend. Rory Carroll reports.
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/ 27 January 2006
The press ombudsman has ruled against the Saturday Star newspaper regarding its report on the gay blood debate that started two weeks ago when the discredited Gay and Lesbian Alliance claimed that it had recruited gay men to donate blood without disclosing their sexual activities.
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/ 27 January 2006
Nigerian militants said on Friday they have pulled out of talks on the fate of four kidnapped Western oil workers, as officials released the first picture of the hostages. The dangerous crisis in Africa’s biggest oil-export industry continued to push world crude prices back towards their historic high.
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/ 27 January 2006
Crude oil futures rose back above a barrel on Friday on persistent supply fears linked to Iran’s nuclear stand-off with the international community and militant attacks in Nigeria. Adding to the bullish tone, Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister, Ali Naimi, said prices are unlikely to fall in the near term.
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/ 27 January 2006
P4 will be replacing much of its jazz playlist with ‘contemporary, soft R&B’ tunes, writes Hazel Friedman.
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/ 27 January 2006
Two young Chinese sopranos are making a stunning debut on the Paris opera scene, Despite growing up in a China still closed to Western influences, writes Jo Biddle.
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/ 27 January 2006
Shaun de Waal finds disconcerting irregularities in Steven Spielberg’s controversial new film, <i>Munich</i>.
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/ 27 January 2006
Amsterdam is banking on celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Dutch master Rembrandt to draw hundreds of thousands of tourists and inject about €91-million into the city’s economy. Frederic Bichon reports.
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/ 27 January 2006
A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday charged two twin brothers with indecent exposure for walking around in goatskin loincloths while claiming to be divine messengers preaching about creation. The men were arrested while walking with only codpieces in a busy shopping centre in the posh Harare suburb of Mount Pleasant.