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  • Andy Flower bans England on Ashes talks

    England coach Andy Flower has prohibited England's cricketers from public discussions about the Ashes until next month. The players will face disciplinary actions if they speak in interviews or write on Twitter about the two-test series against Australia, Sydney Morning Herald reports. Sources said that Flower wants the players to focus on New Zealand series and the ICC Champions Trophy ...

  • England opener Nick Compton faces pre-Ashes attack from OZ pacer Siddle

    Australia's ace spearhead Peter Siddle kick started an Ashes war of words by targeting England opener Nick Compton. "I am going to stick it up to the Poms, that's all I are working on," said Siddle. Siddle, whose in-your-face style has earned him the nickname of 'Sid Vicious', has earmarked the England opener for some special attention this summer. In the past Glenn McGrath targeted players ...

  • Broad Anderson will make Ashes difficult for Aussies Ian Botham

    Cricket commentator Ian Botham has said that England's opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will make the Ashes series even more difficult for the Australians. The combination of Broad and Anderson with their skills and abilities will prove tough for the Australians as while Broad uses his pace and height to devastating effect; Anderson uses his swing and his craft to keep batsmen ...

  • Iran Bars Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

    IA conservative body in Iran has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election: moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight candidates ...

  • States in scramble to attract Prince Harry when he visits Australia for Navy Fleet Review

    A FIERCE tug-of-war has erupted between the army and the governments of NSW, ACT and the Northern Territory for a piece of royal action when Prince Harry visits Australia in October. The four-way tussle to lure the playboy prince is centered around the third in line to the British throne visiting Sydney on October 3 as a guest of the Navy to take the Royal Salute during the Royal Australian ...


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The Art of Amália

Bruno de Almeida's The Art of Amália is a documentary about the extraordinary 60-year career of the Portuguese singing sensation Amália Rodrigues, who died in October 1999, a week before the completion of the film. After first gaining fame in her native Portugal by singing the Fado, a traditional form of Portuguese music that stresses the hardships of life through lament, she ... ...

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  • Severe Weather Possible from Tenn. Valley to New England

    Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes: A Review of Knowledge in Research and Prediction Published in Electronic J. Severe Storms Meteor. Garner, J.M., ...

  • AE units on a cliff edge so dont shut St Heliers says council leader

    Sutton Council leader, Councillor Ruth Dombey The leader of Sutton Council has renewed her call to abandon proposals to shut St Helier's A&E, after NHS leaders warn A&E units are on a cliff edge. It comes after NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar warned A&E pressures are growing and if it continues to do so the workload will become impossible to deal with. ...

  • Four new free schools approved in Waltham Forest

    , Reporter Four new free schools were approved for the borough today in a wave of announcements by Education Secretary Michael Gove. The 102 newly announced schools are set to open in 2014 and beyond, delivering around 50,000 new school places across the country. Two of the schools in the borough are to be secondary schools, one primary and one for students aged 16-19. DV8 ...

  • Teenagers spend day in life of prisoner

    Teenagers got a taste of life behind bars as part of a hard-hitting project to deter young people from crime. Around 60 pupils from Yavneh CollegE and Hertswood Academy, both in Borehamwood and Mount Grace Academy, in Potters Bar, took part in the Prison Me! No Way! scheme. They came face-to-face with Tony, a convict who has been given a life sentence for murder and heard his own ...

  • VIDEO Residents have their say on plans to downgrade Epsom Hospital

    By Omar Oakes Last week's controversial decision by GPs to not take a decision about the future of Epsom Hospital sparked outrage among the hundreds of residents who attended the public meeting. Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group told the meeting, at Epsom Downs Racecourse on May 17, that three of its members will ...

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