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Global climate: Tough little girl

January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

La Nina proves as disruptive as her better-known brother

EL NINO, a periodic sloshing of warm water from west to east across the Pacific, gets its name—“the boy child”—because it is around Christmas that it warms the water off Peru. It is now understood to have far wider effects, leading to characteristic patterns of temperature, rainfall and drought around much of the world. El Nino’s female counterpart, La Nina—a cooler sloshing from east to west—is less well known, and less frequent. But it too can impose a distinctive pattern of weather worldwide.

A moderately strong La Nina began around the middle of 2010 and is now at its peak; it is very likely to last another couple of months, and conceivably into the middle of this year. It can be blamed for floods in Australia, which are typical of La Nina in their location, if not their intensity, and in the Philippines, where ten people had died as of January 4th. But these are far from the first symptoms. The torrential rains which killed hundreds in Venezuela and Colombia in November and December had the little girl’s fingerprints on them, too. The spectacular inundation in Pakistan last August also fits the pattern. …

Internet governance: Routing it right

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

The survival of the internet’s governing body has come at a price

PETER DENGATE THRUSH knows a lot about names. A scientist by training, he has much respect for Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century classifier of plants and animals. But these days Mr Thrush is busy looking after a different taxonomy: internet addresses, or more precisely their suffixes such as “.com” or “.net”. He chairs the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the closest thing the web has to a governing body. New addresses are more than names, he explains, they are creations.

ICANN is set to create many new such digital beasts. When the organisation meets for its triannual shindig between December 5th and 10th in Cartagena, Colombia, its board intends to finalise plans to introduce many more “top-level domains”, as these suffixes are called. This follows the worldwide introduction of internet addresses with non-roman characters earlier this year. If the new plans go ahead, ICANN can argue that it has accomplished its main mission: making the domain-name system (DNS) more competitive and international. For an organisation that seemed doomed from the day it was founded in 1998 because of squabbles over its legitimacy, that is quite a feat. …

Kyuss Reunites Without Josh Homme

November 8th, 2010 | No Comments

THREE QUARTERS OF KYUSS REUNITE

Kyuss

Legendary stoner rock band Kyuss is reuniting without original guitarist and Queens of the Stone Age
main man Josh Homme. The lineup includes vocalist John Garcia, bassist Nick Oliveri,
and drummer Brant Bjork. Guitarist Bruno Fevery will be stepping in to replace Homme, and the
band is calling
themselves Kyuss
Lives.

In an interview with Blabbermouth, Homme discussed the
possibility of a Kyuss reunion, saying “The offers come in all the
time. They’re getting more and more expensive, and more and more elaborate. The money is crazy, but I’ve never
been tempted – I don’t really care about the money, I never have. That’s not what Kyuss was about, so to punctuate
the end of our sentence with that would be blasphemy…Kyuss has such a great history that it would be a total error.
I like that nobody saw
Kyuss, and that it was largely misunderstood. That sounds like a legend forming to me. I’m too proud of it to rub
my dick on it.”

All announced tour dates are below.

TOUR DATES

03/12/11 Rockefeller Oslo, NO

03/13/11 Debaser Stockholm, SE

03/15/11 Docks Hamburg, GER

03/16/11 Colombia Fritz Berlin, GER

03/17/11 Garage Saar brucken, GER

03/18/11 Z7 Basel, SWI

03/19/11 Backstage Club Munich, GER

03/20/11 Godor Club Budapest, HU

03/22/11 Arena Vienna, AUS

03/23/11 Live Club Milan, IT

03/24/11 Hugenotten halle Frankfurt, GER

03/25/11 Fuzz Club Athens, GR

03/27/11 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BEL

03/28/11 Live Music Hall Cologne, GER

03/29/11 The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

03/31/11 Nottingham Rock City Nottingham, GB

04/01/11 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, GB

04/02/11 HMV Forum London, GB

04/03/11 HMV Forum London, GB

04/05/11 Manchester Academy Manchester, GB

04/06/11 Bristol Academy Bristol, GB

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Another Salma Hayek-Produced Telenovela Headed To ABC

November 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Salma Hayek — the producer behind Ugly Betty’s four season run on ABC — has presented The Alphabet Network with a comedy adaptation of yet another Spanish-language meldrama. Hayek struck gold when she brought the global telenovela phenomenon of Betty La Fea to the States in the former of the award-winning dramedy Ugly Betty. These [...]

Chavez breaks diplomatic ties with Colombia

July 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has severed diplomatic relations with neighboring Colombia after Bogota accused his country of harboring leftist guerrillas. President Chavez made the announcement on national television Thursday, saying he was forced to sever all relations because Colombia claims he has failed to act against rebels who allegedly have taken shelter in Venezuelan territory. Mr. Chavez said he has ordered Venezuelan military forces to be on “maximum alert” along the border.

Former captive sues Colombia for kidnap

July 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The former Colombian captive Ingrid Betancourt has filed a law suit against Colombiaâ€™s government over her kidnapping.
Held hostage by FARC rebels for six years, Betancourt is seeking more than 5 million euros in lost earnings. Appearing in the Colombian capital Bogota last week at a two-year anniversary to mark the rescue, her decision has sparked outrage.

Evil cradlings

June 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Gilad Shalit’s imprisonment compared with other long-held hostages

FOUR years after he was taken hostage, the family of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier being held by Hamas in Gaza, are showing their frustration by staging a sit-in outside the house of Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. Mr Shalit’s sojourn with his captors has been lengthy but past hostages in the Middle East (and in Colombia) have been held for even longer. As an Israeli solider, Mr Shalit is seen somewhat differently to many long-term hostages. His captors point to the thousands of Palestinians being held in Israeli jails in their defence. Israel has come close to securing his release on a number of occasions as part of a prisoner exchange but thus far without success.

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Uprooted

May 18th, 2010 | No Comments

The number of internally displaced people grows

THOSE who have been forcibly uprooted by violence within countries, known in the jargon as “internally displaced people” (or IDPs), are often just as vulnerable as refugees, those who flee persecution by crossing an international border. A new report from the Norwegian Refugee Council notes a steady increase in the global population of IDPs, to 27.1m in 2009. Almost 5m people are displaced in Sudan, more than any other country, although the number of IDPs in Colombia is estimated to be nearly as high. Over 1m are also displaced in Congo, Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan, where recent anti-Taliban assaults by the Pakistani army near the border with Afghanistan have uprooted many civilians. Cyprus, which was split after a Turkish invasion in 1974, has the largest share of its population living elsewhere.

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Home-grown terrorism

May 5th, 2010 | No Comments

A Pakistan-born American citizen faces terrorism charges for the bomb in Times Square

FAISAL SHAHZAD faces charges of international terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, among others, according to America’s attorney-general. The 30-year-old Pakistan-born American citizen attempted to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square on Saturday April 30th. Of the 804 people who were prosecuted for terrorism in the eight years following September 11th 2001, a plurality has been American citizens like Mr Shahzad. While many of them have belonged to recognised groups, such as Colombia’s FARC or Lashkar-e-Taiba from Pakistan and Kashmir, a majority claim no affiliation at all.

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Shakira Haitian School â€” Shakira Opening School In Haiti

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Pop star/humanitarian Shakira is planning to build a school for needy children in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The star’s Pies Descalzos Foundation will finance the construction of a new school in Port-au-Prince.

The Colombian pop star arrived in the devastated Caribbean island nation on Sunday and sent the day meeting with survivors of January’s 7.0 quake, most of [...]

JeremiÄ‡ meets with Colombian officials

April 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Foreign Minister Vuk JeremiÄ‡ said that he talked with Colombian state officials about cooperation in the fight against organized crime.

â€œThe most important topic of discussion with Colombian officials was establishing close cooperation between the two governments in the fight against organized crime. Colombia is a country that has made a lot of progress over the last several years in stopping the production and sale of narcotics, and their experiences will be very useful to use,â€ JeremiÄ‡ said.

Serbian FM to visit Colombia

April 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Foreign Minister Vuk JeremiÄ‡ will pay a two-day visit to Colombia, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. While in Colombia, the minister will attend the World Economic Forum for Latin America.

Gandhiâ€™â€™s words are Shakiraâ€™â€™s â€œpersonal mottoâ€

March 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Peace icon Mahatma Gandhi seems to be acclaimed recording artist Shakira’’s favorite.
In the official statement by her on receiving medal of honor from International Labor Organization (ILO) for her work promoting social justice recently in Geneva (Switzerland), Shakira, 33, pointed out: Mahatma Gandhi said – “Be the change you want to see in the world”.
“It’’s [...]

Guns Nâ€™ Roses Concert Erupts In Violence

March 15th, 2010 | No Comments

A private Guns N’ Roses concert in Brazil erupted in rioting last week after frontman Axl Rose and his fellow rockers pulled out of the A-list event at the last minute.

The “Welcome to the Jungle” stars were set to perform at an exclusive Sao Paulo club event hosted by supermodel Ana Beatriz Barros last Friday [...]

Metallica Concert Riot In Colombia

March 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Metallica sure knows how to rock a crowd: Nearly 170 people were arrested Wednesday night after hundreds of fans tried to break into a Metallica concert in Bogota, Colombia. Police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse rioting concertgoers. Members of the nation’s military were on standby ahead of the gig following reports that [...]

Shakira Honored By United Nations

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Shakira has been rewarded for her work with impoverished children with a medal from the United Nations.

The Colombian-born pop star, 33, spearheads The Barefoot Foundation, which provides nutrition to more than 6,000 children in Colombia. In addition, Shakira has worked as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is member of The ALAS Foundation, an advocacy group [...]

Third time, unlucky

February 27th, 2010 | No Comments

The courts block Alvaro Uribe from seeking a third term as Colombia’s president

COLOMBIA’S Constitutional Court, by blocking President Alvaro Uribe from seeking the presidency ever again, resolved the two-time leader’s quandary over whether to try to stay in power or leave with his legacy intact. The country had been on tenterhooks for months while it awaited the approaching decision of the court which finally made its ruling late on Friday February 26th.

By a vote of 7 to 2 the court concluded that a referendum that would have sought to allow Mr Uribe to run for a third term in elections in May was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the measure was fraught with irregularities and “substantial violations to democratic principles.” With the court resolving what Mr Uribe had called his “dilemma of the soul” over whether to run again, the popular president said after the ruling that he would work for Colombia “from any trench” for the rest of his life. …

SXSW: Partial Band List/Panels

February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ANNOUNCES PARTIAL BAND LIST, PANEL INFO, STAGE NEWS

Pretty Lights

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place March 17-21, 2010 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce a few of the bands scheduled to perform, artists that are participating on panels and exciting changes at the SXSW Day Stage.

This year’s SXSW Music Conference will feature some notable artists that will be speaking on panels taking place in the Austin Convention Center. Judy Collins shares her thoughts on Where Goes English Folk Music?, John Doe joins Ian Rogers‘ panel The Cultural Significance of Direct-to-Fan Marketing, DJ Spooky encourages the spread of music into established cultural institutions in Performing Arts: New Frontier for Live Acts, Melissa Auf Der Mar exhibits her photographic side on Image Makers Of Rock and Soul, Suzanne Vega kicks MP3 butt on Music Artists: Getting A Digital Ass-Kicking, Andrew WK dissects rock star myths on What Becomes A Legend Most, Chris Walla highlights his studio work on Producers Adapt & Survive, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth recall early gigs on CBGBs Stories, and Anya Marina talks soundtracks on Case Study: New Moon.

Join these artists and over 350 other speakers for an enlightening look at the past, present and future of the music industry.

The SXSW Day Stage also in the Austin Convention Center, will be partnering with six great radio stations from around the country who will present Day Stage performances on their airwaves. These are KCRW, KEXP, WXPN, The Current, KUT, and Mexico City’s Reactor.

Each station will present a three hour block of music. Highlighting KCRW‘s block on Saturday March 20 will be Rogue Wave, Middle East and Lissie. More artists will be announced soon. SXSW Day Stage performances take place in Ballroom D from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

SXSW Initial Band List (selected from over 10,000 entries)

!!! (Brooklyn, NY)
Amaral (Madrid, SPAIN)
Anita Tijoux (Santiago, CHILE)
Apoptygma Berzerk (Oslo, NORWAY)
Athlete (London, ENGLAND)
Bajofondo (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA)
Balkan Beat Box (Tel Aviv, ISRAEL)
Band of Skulls (London, ENGLAND)
Bear In Heaven (Brooklyn, NY)
Black Milk (Detroit, MI)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Bomba Estereo (Bogota, Colombia)
Broken Social Scene (Toronto, CANADA)
Chalie Boy (Hearne, TX)
Chamillionaire & Paul Wall (Houston, TX)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (New York, NY)
Deer Tick (Providence, RI)
Evan Dando (New York, NY)
Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, SCOTLAND)
Fucked Up (Toronto, CANADA)
Grant Hart (St. Paul, MN)
Hauschka (Dusseldorf, GERMANY)
Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
Hudson Mohawke (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
Invincible (Detroit, MI)
jj (Gothenburg, SWEDEN)
Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA)
LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA)
Les Savy Fav (Brooklyn, NY)
Maldita Vecindad (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Marina & The Diamonds (London, ENGLAND)
Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Ann Arbor, MI)
Midlake (Denton, TX)
Miike Snow (Stockholm, SWEDEN)
Mr Hudson (London, ENGLAND)
Mundo Livre SA (Recife, BRAZIL)
Murs (Los Angeles, CA)
Natalia Lafourcade (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Pretty Lights (Charlottesville, VA)
Rye Rye (Baltimore, MD)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (Brooklyn, NY)
She & Him (Los Angeles, CA)
Shwayze (Malibu, CA)
Spoon (Austin, TX)
Steve Aoki (Los Angeles, CA)
Systema Solar (Taganga, COLOMBIA)
Texas Tornados (San Antonio, TX)
The Drums (Brooklyn, NY)
The Middle East (Townsville, AUSTRALIA)
The Soft Pack (San Diego, CA)
The Very Best (New York, NY)
The xx (London, ENGLAND)
Trae (Houston, TX)
VV Brown (London, ENGLAND)
Wolfgang Gartner (Austin, TX)

This list is subject to change. This is only a portion of the bands that will be performing at the SXSW Music Festival.

For more on SXSW, check out our 2009 coverage here.

Jessica Alba & Daughter Honor Are Taking Spanish Lessons

February 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Jessica Alba is taking Spanish lessons to make sure that her young daughter is bilingual.
The actress — whose mother is white and father is Mexican — says she was devastated after a 2008 interview with Latina Magazine misquoted her as saying that she does not consider herself Hispanic.

â€œI didnâ€™t want to misrepresent Latinos and I [...]

Shakira Haiti School

January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Shakira is planning to open a school for the youngest citizens of the quake-hit island of Haiti.
The Colombian pop star’s Barefoot Foundation has teamed up with the Architecture for Humanity charity to build a institution that will open its doors to Haitian children as soon as the nation becomes functional again.

The “She Wolf” hitmaker/humanitarian already [...]