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    Feb 22, 2012 |Resource Link| Los Angeles Times
  1. Feb 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  2. India snake charmers have identity crisis

    Pali Nath has a high-tech advantage in performing an ancient ritual. The snake charmer's cobra is computer chipped and ready to dance. Well, almost. It's winter in northern India, and the beast isn't terribly energetic.
    Pali Nath has a high-tech advantage in performing an ancient ritual. The snake charmer's cobra is computer chipped and ready to dance. Well, almost. It's winter in northern India, and the beast isn't terribly energetic. So as Nath waves his flute,...

    Tags: Customs and Tradition, Semiconductors and Active Components, Herbal Medicines, Corporate Crime, Bribery

  3. Feb 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  4. Unmasking the Academy: Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male

    When the names of winners are revealed on Oscar night, months of suspense give way to tears, smiles and speeches. Yet when the curtain falls, one question remains: Who cast the votes? About 37 million people tuned in to the Academy Awards last year,...

    Tags: Peace Corps, Louis B. Mayer, Gladiator (movie), Eddie Murphy, Irving Thalberg

  5. Feb 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  6. Gun culture spreads in India

    Vikramjit Singh stands in the parking lot of a posh club in Chandigarh discussing one of his favorite subjects: guns. He owns 10 or so; he can't remember exactly. They may come in handy if the old family feud resurfaces.
    Vikramjit Singh stands in the parking lot of a posh club in Chandigarh discussing one of his favorite subjects: guns. He owns 10 or so; he can't remember exactly. They may come in handy if the old family feud resurfaces. In a Hatfield-versus-McCoy saga...

    Tags: Weaponry, National Government, Personal Weapon Control, National Security, Gun Control

  7. Feb 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  8. Iran says it's cutting oil exports to France, Britain

    Iran said Sunday that it was cutting off oil exports to France and Britain in a preemptive strike against European economic sanctions, while top U.S. and British officials warned against a military attack on Iran's disputed nuclear program.
    Iran said Sunday that it was cutting off oil exports to France and Britain in a preemptive strike against European economic sanctions, while top U.S. and British officials warned against a military attack on Iran's disputed nuclear program. Iran's...

    Tags: Petroleum Industry, Israel, France, News Agency, European Union

  9. Feb 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  10. Iran, Israel trade blame over embassy attacks

    The technique had a familiar ring.
    The technique had a familiar ring. A motorcyclist speeds toward a government vehicle, attaches a magnetic bomb and buzzes away moments before a fiery explosion. Last month, that's how an Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in Tehran. And on Monday,...

    Tags: Israel, Health, Tehran (Iran), Witnesses, Gaza Strip

  11. Feb 13, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  12. Iran accuses Israel of attacking its own missions [Video]

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    After the Israeli prime minister blamed Iran for coordinated attacks Monday on Israeli missions in India and Georgia, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast countered that Israel had attack its own diplomatic personnel to "tarnish Iran's...
  13. Feb 13, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  14. Israeli vehicles attacked in New Delhi, Tblisi; 4 hurt in bombing

    World Now
    A Israeli diplomat's car exploded near the Indian prime minister's residence in New Delhi on Monday, injuring the wife of an embassy staff member and at least three other people, in what appeared to be a coordinated, two-pronged terror attack against...
  15. Feb 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  16. The Oscars: The 10 oldest to win competitive acting Academy Awards -- so far

    Two legendary actors — Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow — are competing for the supporting actor trophy this Oscar season. Despite their pedigree — Plummer has been acting in films for more than 50 years and is best known as Captain von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music," and Von Sydow is closely associated with the seminal Swedish director Ingmar Bergman — neither has won an Academy Award.
    Two legendary actors — Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow — are competing for the supporting actor trophy this Oscar season. Despite their pedigree — Plummer has been acting in films for more than 50 years and is best known as Captain...

    Tags: Thin Ice (movie), Movies, Celebrities, Katharine Hepburn, George Burns

  17. Feb 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  18. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai seeks Pakistan help in Taliban talks

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday sought to secure help from Pakistani leaders in facilitating peace talks with Pakistan-based Afghan Taliban leaders, while the militant group denied any interest in negotiating with an "impotent" administration.
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday sought to secure help from Pakistani leaders in facilitating peace talks with Pakistan-based Afghan Taliban leaders, while the militant group denied any interest in negotiating with an "impotent" administration....

    Tags: Islamabad (Pakistan), Kabul (Afghanistan), Yousuf Raza Gilani, Iran, Hamid Karzai

  19. Feb 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  20. 'Easily affordable' to save 2 million children, report says

    World Now
    The world could save 2 million children every year if it helped the neediest countries take 13 recommended steps to conquer malnutrition, according to a new report from Save the Children....
  21. Feb 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  22. Katherine Boo goes 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' in Mumbai

    When a big bank goes bust in Manhattan, forcing a thriving construction site in Mumbai to shut down and the price of recyclable scrap to plummet, entire families in the slums of India go hungry. This is the butterfly effect of the harrowingly interrelated global economy described in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo's first book, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity."
    When a big bank goes bust in Manhattan, forcing a thriving construction site in Mumbai to shut down and the price of recyclable scrap to plummet, entire families in the slums of India go hungry. This is the butterfly effect of the harrowingly interrelated...

    Tags: Globalization, Journalism, Poverty, Social Issues, Hinduism

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