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MINSK (AFP) - Inconspicuous in this Soviet-built capital, a few disheveled memorial stones testify to a once rich Jewish culture that activists fear now risks extinction.

From the artist Marc Chagall to Israel's president, Shimon Peres, some Jews born in the lands that now make up Belarus have gone on to great things.

But activist Yakov Basin is more inclined to despair as he conte...

It was actually hockey, the old Hartford Whalers in fact, that brought present New Britain Rock Cats President/CEO Bill Dowling to Connecticut. The Holyoke, MA native has become one of the state's sports treasures; a vital part of its baseball culture.

The odds are very good that spending just a few minutes with the glib Dowling nets a story worth remembering. He delivers it with the ski...

Every year, mass media organizations such as Sky Sports, the BBC and The Guardian are scooped by a small band of football bloggers who leak photographs of new, never seen before football kits sometimes months before they're officially unveiled to the public.

The race to be the first to post these rare pictures has become an annual ritual for websites such as Football Shirt Culture and Fo...

In a face to face meeting in Islamabad, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) urged Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to help free two American citizens from an Islamic religious institution in the Middle East - the type which have been directly linked to the spawn of anti-American terrorism in the region that is the front line of the global war on terror. In their July 4 meeting President Mushar...

The Dark Knight is one of the biggest releases of this summer, if not the year. How do you prepare yourself for such a monumental picture? By watching previous depictions of Batman in movies, of course. We're making our way through ten feature length incarnations of the Dark Knight's stories, from Adam West to animation. We invite you to join us for the ride as we analyze the good, the bad, ...

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The Live Design Wire provides updates on all aspects of the live entertainment design and technology industry, including business news, people and project profiles, trade show updates, product reviews, and Seen & Heard, our journal of events and shows seen by the Live Design staff.

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It overshadows all other discussion, even though the report is packed with facts and figures about the past year in broadcasting.

In recent years, the BBC has tried to sidestep the issue by slipping out the pay figures a few days ahead, so the media can then concentrate on the rest of the report.

The last BBC chairman, Michael Grade, tried to defuse the row by capping executive bon...

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