Bollywood glitterati descend on Amsterdam
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Bollywood glitterati descend on Amsterdam
Pakistan Dawn – Jun 12, 2005
com ———- –>Bollywood glitterati descend on AmsterdamAMSTERDAM, June 11: All the Bollywood glitterati descended on Amsterdam as the annual awards ceremony of the Indian cinema industry began on Saturday. Since 2000, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has staged the extravaganza abroad to raise the international profile of its home-grown made in Bombay movie industry. For this sixth international edition of Indias oscars, starlets in spangled saris and the sound of bhangra music brought an unaccustomed exotic flavour to the canal-lined streets of this Dutch city. Even more disorientating for some of the locals, the stars staged a cricket match on Friday. Imagine, it is like all of Hollywood landing up in Amsterdam for a weekend, joked actor Amitabh Bachchan, 62, a Bollywood icon with a career of more than 40 years behind him. Bachchan was even treated to an official reception with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende as the Netherlands anticipates a windfall of 20 million euros for hosting the event.
Does the Governor Have a Plan B For Code Red?
Washington Post – Jun 12, 2005
Vehicle exhaust is a huge source of air pollutants. Had that legislation and the power plant measure both passed, they would have reduced sources of air pollution within Maryland substantially. But the Ehrlich administration’s message was clear: Maryland’s air problems aren’t caused by home-grown pollution; they are caused by pollutants the wind carries in from other states. Not everyone agrees with that assessment. Before the 2005 legislative session, the University of Maryland’s Environmental Law Clinic evaluated the state’s progress in meeting federal Clean Air Act goals. Officials at the Department of the Environment claimed that sources outside Maryland account for 69 percent or more of Maryland’s air quality problems, but the clinic reported that the U.
Not much point in detail if you can shift boundaries
Telegraph.co.uk – Jun 12, 2005
This does not wash. The 17 out of 25 EU countries which are growing faster than us face the same pressures and many are growing robustly. Our problems are largely home grown. Rising taxes and a slowing housing market have persuaded the consumer to do the rational thing and stay at home. If you rely on the consumer to drive your economy you must accept the pain when their flexible friend just won’t flex anymore. This was the speech the Chancellor did not want to have to make, the one he has been lucky to avoid for eight years. He has taken his first tentative step towards reality by admitting the truth on growth.