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Joe in your eye from Ethiopia
October 13, 2006MovieREVIEWBlack Gold Directed by Marc Francis & Nick Francis 78 minutes By Curly Cohen CHICAGO — If you’ve ever had a cup of coffee or know someone who drinks it, you won’t want to miss “Black...
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Offering hope on nuke nightmare
October 13, 2006MovieREVIEWThe Last Atomic Bomb: A Survivor’s Story Directed by Robert Richter 92 minutes By Marliyn Bechtel This gripping documentary, tells the story of Sakue Shimohira, who as a 10-year-old girl survived the U.S. atomic bombing of...
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Two unforgettable tales at Toronto
October 13, 2006The Toronto International Film Festival featured two impressive stories about music and the trials of surviving in the music world. In the elegiac “The Violin,” Plutarco is an aged and humble violinist with one hand missing....
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Just say no to war on Iran
October 13, 2006A new U.S. intelligence report, representing the consensus of all 16 intelligence agencies, comes to the same conclusion many have known for a long time: The Iraq war isn’t making us safer. It’s putting us all...
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Ahmadinejad and Bush: twin deceivers
October 13, 2006Iran’s nuclear issue has preoccupied the international community for more than two years. Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration is tightening its oppressive, suffocating grip on every aspect of life in Iran. Workers, women, youth and...
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