December 2003
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Dec 31, 22:00-23:00 Travel Chan Arctic Canada |
Jan 2, 19:00-19:30 Travel Chan Ellis Island |
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Dec 29, 18:50-21:30 BBC 2 A Passage To India |
Dec 31, 01:55-02:30 BBC 1 Blackadder Back & Forth |
Surprises for Christmas |
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Mercury Emissions Control System |
Dec 28, 22:00-23:45 BBC 1 Billy Elliot |
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Mulan, BBC 1, 26 Dec Disney animated adventure |
Dec 27, 20:55-21:25 BBC 4 Minghella Interview |
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Dec 23, BBC 1 |
Return of the King Guardian special / BBC / NPR / |
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Dec 24, 00:05-02:10 Channel 4
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Dec 20, 22:25-23:55 BBC 2 Iris (starring J. Dench as Iris Murdoch) |
Dec 21, 22:00-23:20 BBC 2 |
Missing U.S.-Iraq History IntheseTimes Michael Moore satire |
Don't blame Poland Opendemocracy |
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Michael Moore satire Missing U.S.-Iraq History IntheseTimes |
Dec 18, 00:40-01:40 BBC 4 |
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Dec 17, 01:30-02:30 BBC 2 |
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Mercury Credits, IHT / Sierra Club / FDA tuna fish warning (NPR) |
12.12.03: Steve Bell on the US approach to issuing contracts for Iraq's reconstruction |
Dec 14, 13:10+21:10 BBC World |
The Hog of War, Dec 13 Fill 'er up -- with taxpayer dollars salon |
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Paul Martin 21st Canadian PM CBC Newshour Dec 12 PBS |
Free Willy film star dies The Age |
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Energy Bill Denver Post, 2003-11-22 |
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Dec 10, 23:30-00:00 BBC 4 |
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Dec 5, 19:40-20:00 BBC 2 |
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Dec 9, 23:35-00:25 BBC 1 |
 Dec 8, 16:30-16:45 BBC Radio 4 |
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Elections in Northern Ireland |
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Dec 4, 22:50-23:30 BBC 2 |
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Elections in Northern Ireland / Deadlock Hits Stormont (Indep.) / Stormont / Good Friday Agreement |
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Don't blame Poland/Future of Europe Opendemocracy 18 - 12 - 2003 Why did the Brussels summit on the European Constitution collapse? Perhaps because it deserved to. The EU must move from government by elites who seek to manage, to one grounded on citizens’ support. |
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Watch out for "Old Europe": She can bite Salon If the decision to cut France and Germany out of Iraq reconstruction money leads Europe to retaliate, hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs will be at risk.By Barry Lando ►Jan 6: Des Moines Election Debate NPR |
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New Canadian Leader PBS Dec 12 In separate events in Ottawa today, Jean Chretien ended ten years as prime minister and Paul Martin took over the job by virtue of his top position in the parliament's governing liberal party. The ceremony included a native Indian purification ritual and an oath of office in both French and English. read more ... / CBC.ca |
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Cruiser command is family affair BBC, 4 July, 2002 The son of the QE2's first captain is to take command of the largest passenger ship ever built. The announcement was made at the keel-laying ceremony marking the start of construction of the Queen Mary 2, which will be based at Southampton. The new Cunard flagship will be three times as high as St Paul's Cathedral and longer than three football pitches. read more .... / Super liner heads for home (Dec 22) / Queen Mary 1 (BBC) / Cunard Line |
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Hanukkah, Chanukah educationplanet.com An 8 day [ Dec 19 - 26 in 2003] festival of lights to celebrate the ancient victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians and the miracle of the lamps that followed in which the lamps stayed lit for eight days while the temple was re-dedicated although there was only enough oil for one night's light. read more .../The History of Chanukah / Judaism 101: The Story of Chanukkah |
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Turning the telephone into Aladdin's magic lamp Chicago Tribune Review In cities such as New Delhi and Bangalore, India, employees of American-run telemarketing and 800-number assistance "call centers" pretend to be people they're not, from places they've never been. "This is Phoebe," says one young Indian woman, who has appropriated her phony name from that most Anglo and most American of all big-hit white sitcoms: "Friends." "How can I help you today?" This terrific, unsettling notion, a global masquerade, forms the center of a calmly seductive multimedia project known as "Alladeen", continuing Saturday and Sunday at the Museum of Contemporary Art. A collaboration of two companies — The Builders Association of New York, and London's motiroti — director Marianne Weems' staging is itself an act of cultural appropriation. The show uses the legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp, which in fact might have come from the French, not from "The Arabian Nights," as metaphoric guidance for its own vignettes, ranging from New York to Bangalore to London. The sum total is worldwide interconnectedness and worldwide isolation, often in the same instance.
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Mickey Mouse suffers Massive Stroke on Birthday! TheSpoof.com A sad day for the Disney fans everywhere. On the morning of Mickey's 75th birthday, he was the victim of a massive stroke. The extent of the damage is not yet known but Goofy was overheard saying that "Old Mick" was slurring his words so badly the night before the incident but he wasn't sure if it was due to his drug addiction to painkillers and booze. "Everyone knew he was hanging out with Rush Limbaugh on his estate, and you know that kind of environment is not supportive." Minnie told reporters in a formal statement earlier this morning.
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BBC 4, 2nd Dec Yusuf Hamad: Profile Breaking The Aids Barrier The story of the man who has arguably made the biggest difference to the AIDS crisis, by providing cheap generic drugs to the world's poorest sufferers from the disease. |
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Will someone please tell me just how long we are expected to put up with the Yanks re-writing the Second World War in their silly movies? In the latest insult. Tom Cruise is a US pilot who kicks the Luftwaffe's a -s all by himself.Yes folks, the Battle Of Briton [sic] is to be rewritten as a vehicle for Tom Cruise to clench his jaw, look manly and win the war. Children in the States will soon believe the US were the only nation to take on Germany and that the brave people of Britain and the Commonwealth stood by waiting to be rescued. We should all boycott this film. [from: Marh59] 1) Learn to spell "Britain". You live there. 2) The movie you're complaining about is a factual account of Billy Fiske, a real-life American who really volunteered to fight with the RAF. He was also the first American pilot to die in WWII, well before the war was won. [from: Janolaw] Background: Hollywood Re-writes Battle of Britain History (Cinema Screen) |
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Remembering Jonestown, 25 Years Later (NPR)
On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 followers of Reverend Jim Jones died at Jonestown, a Guyana commune, after drinking fruit juice mixed with cyanide. The victims included hundreds of children. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Jonestown survivor Laura Johnston Kohl. Hear a documentary from the NPR archives |
