UN OPENS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH WITH CALL TO TAP INTO YOUNGSTERS´ TALENT, IDEALISM

New York - The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from United Nations officials to harness the talents and energy of the world´s young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions. Dialogue and mutual understanding ...

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Patrick Sheltra To Auction Off Pink Uniform For Charity
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Nobel for Obama: Right or Wrong?
The US President Barack Hussein Obama was recently selected for the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 by the Prize Committee in Oslo. This biggest peace prize would be presented to Obama in Norway on 10th December later this year. This prize contains an amount of $1.5 million besides the medal. This ...
Joe Nichols Makes All the Right Moves With 'Old Things New'
It´s been seven years since Joe Nichols released his first album, Man with a Memory, so fans and music executives alike might feel confident that they have a pretty good handle on this artist and what he represents. But with the release of his sixth album Old Things New on Oct. 27, Nichols ...
NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Darren Kozelsky
Produced by J. R. Rodriguez and Phil O´Donnell, Arrivals & Departures, Darren Kozelsky´s debut on Major Seventh Entertainment, conveys a restless, rough-edged energy. Backed by the band he´s fronted in clubs all along the Lone Star circuit, Kozelsky sounds right at home with steel-...

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San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas Perform Five-Concert European Tour September 2010
September 11-16 tour includes concerts in Milan and Turin and coincides with release of Orchestra´s final Mahler cycle recording, Songs with Orchestra Soloists are mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and organist Paul Jacobs. SAN FRANCISCO Music Director Michael Tilson Tho...
Gyllenhaal Rules in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
Disney's epic action-adventure takes audiences to a new world and new heights. This Memorial Day weekend, Walt Disney Pictures brought to the big screen the "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." This action-packed epic adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia features rogue Prince Dastan (...
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
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PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 16TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®
SAG Awards® will be Simulcast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Preceded by "TNT and PEOPLE Present the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RED CARPET SHOW" LOS ANGELES – Sigourney Weaver, Justin Timberlake, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Anthony Mackie, Anna Kendrick,...
Board of Equalization Notifies Companies of Flavored Cigarette Ban
Jerome E. Horton, Vice Chairman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), announced that the BOE has notified wholesalers and distributors that it is illegal to sell flavored cigarettes or roll-your-own (RYO) under the federal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provision of the Famil...
California Preliminary Draft Cap-and-Trade Climate Regulation Praised
SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Defense Fund praised the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its preliminary draft regulation (PDR) to reduce global warming pollution in the state. The PDR outlines key concepts the agency is considering as it designs a comprehensive ...

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