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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

London's West End has boffo year as theatre trade group turns 100

7 hours ago

The Society of London Theatre has released a report noting that 2007 was the West End's most successful year ever as the trade group celebrates its 100th anniversary.
PEN gives China failing grade for free expression

7 hours ago

Media freedom organization PEN is giving China a failing grade on free expression one month before the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
National Ballet's Greta Hodgkinson weds fellow dancer

9 hours ago

Principal dancer Greta Hodgkinson and first soloist Etienne Lavigne, who met while performing for the National Ballet of Canada, were married last week.
Bolivia releases Che Guevara's final diaries

10 hours ago

With Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara enjoying a renaissance on the silver screen, Bolivian officials have unveiled his original journals dating from 1966-67.
No doubt it's torture says U.S. journalist who tries waterboarding

11 hours ago

Christopher Hitchens, a Washington-based journalist known for his support of the Iraq War and the U.S. war on terror, has subjected himself to waterboarding.