A synagogue was set on fire and gangs rampaged through schools in Tunis over the night, said reports. At the same time the street protests were calming down after a reshuffle purged the interim government of most Ben Ali loyalists and appeased public opinion.
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Jan. 27, 1967: 3 Astronauts Die in Launchpad Fire
January 27th, 2011 |
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1967: Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfs their command module during testing for the first Apollo-Saturn mission. They are the first U.S. astronauts to die in a spacecraft.
The command module, built by North American Aviation, was the prototype for those that would eventually [...]
“Somebody wants to set Sandžak on fireâ€
January 22nd, 2011 |
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“Zukorlić is afraid of losing the next elections for the National Bosniak Council,†said Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Čiplić.
“I expect that the National Bosniak Council will finally be formed after the repeated elections,†he told daily VeÄernje novosti.
Car set on fire in Kosovska Mitrovica
January 21st, 2011 |
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Unidentified persons torched a car on Thursday evening in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, said reports. Regional spokesperson of the Kosovo police, KPS, Besim Hoti, told Tanjug that the incident occurred in the vicinity of the Faculty of Economics, adding that unidentified persons threw a Molotov cocktail on a parked vehicle owned by a Kosovo Serb, a security worker at the Faculty.
New Orleans JazzFest: Arcade Fire, Boni Jovi, Buffet, Wilco
January 20th, 2011 |
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Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Sonny Rollins, Kid Rock,
John Mellencamp, Wilco, Robert Plant, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Willie Nelson,
The Strokes, John Legend & The Roots To Join Hundreds of Louisiana Greats at 2011 Jazz Fest in New Orleans
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival today announced the music lineup for the
2011 Festival scheduled for April 29 – May 1 and May 5 – 8. With twelve stages of virtually every style of roots music,
Jazz Fest presents one of the entertainment world’s most diverse music lineups, including its unparalleled showcase
of Louisiana’s unique culture. Hundreds of thousands of fans annually flock to the seven-day event that has been
called America’s best festival.
Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp, Wilco, Willie Nelson, The Strokes, Robert Plant, Ms.
Lauryn Hill, Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Sonny Rollins, John Legend & The Roots, The Avett Brothers, Cyndi Lauper, Wyclef
Jean, Mumford & Sons, Alejandro Sanz, Jason Mraz, Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, Lupe Fiasco, Arlo Guthrie, Jamey
Johnson, Fantasia, Kenny G, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Decemberists, Gregg Allman Blues Band, Vickie Winans,
Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Robert Cray, Bobby Blue Bland, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Edie
Brickell, Keb’ Mo’, Rance Allen, Ahmad Jamal, Fourplay, Ricky Skaggs, Amos Lee, Jesse Winchester, Michelle Shocked,
Tabou Combo, RAM, and Boukman Eksperyans of Haiti, Punch Brothers, Ron Carter Trio, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Ivan
Lins, Charlie Musselwhite, Maceo Parker with guest Pee Wee Ellis and more are all among the national and
international guest artists scheduled to appear at the 42nd edition of the Jazz Fest.
Hundreds of Louisiana artists, the heart and soul of the Festival, are scheduled to appear, such as: Trombone Shorty
& Orleans Avenue, The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Mystikal, Pete Fountain, Kermit
Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Better Than Ezra, Rebirth Brass Band, Galactic, Tab Benoit, The Radiators, Cowboy
Mouth, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Marcia Ball, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ellis Marsalis, Walter “Wolfman”
Washington, Sonny Landreth, Henry Butler, Papa Grows Funk, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, John Boutte, Terence
Blanchard, Amanda Shaw, The New Orleans Bingo! Show, Jon Cleary, Partners N Crime with 5th Ward Weebie, Soul
Rebels Brass Band, Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste, Glen David Andrews, Anders Osborne, Buckwheat Zydeco, George
Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Big Freedia & Sissy Nobby, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty
Notes, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Zachary Richard, Warren Storm – Willie Tee
& Cypress, Honey Island Swamp Band, Bonerama, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Nicholas Payton, Irvin Mayfield & the New
Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Jeremy Davenport, Deacon John, Donald Harrison, Astral Project, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
& the Golden Eagles, Banu Gibson, Shamarr Allen, Pine Leaf Boys, Mia Borders, Hot 8, Mahogany, New Birth &
Pinstripe Brass Bands, Roots of Music Marching Crusaders Band, The Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians plus many
more.
Quint Davis, producer/director of Jazz Fest said, “The 2011 Jazz Fest lineup will deliver an unprecedented balance of
the traditional and the contemporary, in all of the many music categories the Festival presents: from Bon Jovi, Sonny
Rollins and Arcade Fire to Jimmy Buffett, Kid Rock, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson to Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Strokes
and Robert Plant and on and on, along with the unending list of New Orleans super talents. This lineup reminds us
that the artists we grew up with are now the icons of today, and that today’s new heroes are tomorrow’s heritage.
We’re honored to be able to once again celebrate the soul of America as only New Orleans and the Jazz Fest can.”
The 2011 Festival will also host the largest celebration of Haitian culture in the U.S. since the devastating earthquake
one year ago. New Orleans and Haiti have shared a deep cultural connection for over three hundred years and many
of the local traditions and customs owe their roots to this complex Caribbean country. The Jazz Fest is proud and
honored to host the icons of Haitian music and culture including Wyclef Jean, Tabou Combo, RAM, Boukman
Eksperyans, Emeline Michel, Djakout #1, DJA-Rara and Ti-Coca & Wanga Negès. The many cultural connections will
be illustrated throughout all aspects of this year’s Festival. Some highlights include traditional Vodou drumming
performances, folk crafts demonstrations led by visiting master artisans and rara band DJA-Rara parading
throughout the Fair Grounds. With the support of the Green Family Foundation, the program will also include a
series of scholar-led panel discussions entitled Haiti & New Orleans: Cultural Crossroads as well as a listening station
featuring excerpts from the Grammy nominated recordings of Dr. Alan Lomax made in Haiti for the Library of
Congress in 1936-1937.
Tickets for the Festival, which takes place at the Fair Grounds Race Course, went on sale today. A limited number of
discount ticket packages including tickets to each day of a particular weekend of the Festival will be offered. Ticket
packages purchased for all three days of the first weekend (April 29, 30 & May 1) will be $120 ($40 per day), while
second weekend packages purchased for all four festival days (May 5, 6, 7, & 8) will be $160 ($40 per day). (Tickets
included in each package are day-specific.) Advance single day Jazz Fest tickets are only $45; the gate price is $60.
Children’s tickets (ages 2 – 10) are still only $5 and are available at the gate only. Single day tickets to Jazz Fest are
on sale by specific weekend, with each ticket valid for a single day’s attendance.
Tickets are available at www.nojazzfest.com and www.ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets or by
calling (800)
745-3000. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Jazz Fest ticket office located at the New Orleans Arena Box
Office. All Jazz Fest tickets are subject to additional service fees and handling charges.
Attackers set fire to kiosk, worker
January 20th, 2011 |
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Unknown perpetrators last night in Belgrade set fire to a kiosk, with the worker still inside. Firefighters and emergency medical services intervened to save his life.
Coachella 2011: Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, Kanye West
January 19th, 2011 |
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The 12th Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is set for Friday, April 15, Saturday, April 16 and Sunday,
April 17 at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA and the 2011 line-up includes headlining performances from
Arcade Fire, Kanye West and Kings of Leon. While music serves as the centerpiece for
Coachella, this year’s festival will feature an expanded commitment to art, culture and community via a unique
partnership with The Creators Project–a global initiative that supports leading and emerging artists.
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The full 2011 line-up will feature: !!!, 12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal
Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite,
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers,
Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green,
Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy,
Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran
Duran, EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah
Badu, Excision, , Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis
and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun., G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth
Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s
Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of
Leon, Klaxons, Kode9, Kyle Hall, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil’ B, Lorn, Los Bunkers, Magnetic Man, ,
Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving
Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing, OFF!, OFWGKTA,
Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B,
Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT,
Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath,
Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical
Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede,
The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart,
The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth,
The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin
Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle and Zed Bias.
Three-day weekend passes, along with camping passes for Coachella go on sale Friday, January 21 at 10:00 AM (PT)
through Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at www.coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus
surcharges and camping passes are $75.00.
Two men set themselves on fire in Egypt
January 18th, 2011 |
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Egyptian officials say two men – one in Cairo and another one in Alexandria – set themselves on fire today, RFE/RL reports. They apparently followed the example of a Tunisian whose self-immolation sparked the protests that toppled the president.
Mumbai oil depot fire under control, no casualties
January 18th, 2011 |
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A huge fire broke out in an oil storage depot of the public sector Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Navi Mumbai early Tuesday. The fire was brought under control after nearly eight hours, police said. “After nearly eight hours, the fire has been contained. There are no reports of any casualties. We also do [...]
Per Oscarsson, Swedish Star Of “The Girl Who Played With Fire,†Feared Dead After NYE Blaze
January 3rd, 2011 |
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Swedish star Per Oscarsson is missing and feared dead after a New Year’s Weekend blaze at his rural home in Sweden, investigators say. The remains of one person were found on Sunday in the ashes of the house and are probably those of the 83-year-old actor or his wife, 67-year-old Kia Ostling, according to police [...]
Fire put out at central Serbia arms plant
December 28th, 2010 |
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There were several explosions during the night at the arms-manufacturing section of the Sloboda factory in ÄŒaÄak, but the fire at the grounds has been put out. MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Marić confirmed that the last strong blast was heard at around 05:30 CET.
Two children die in house fire
December 25th, 2010 |
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A fire that broke out in a dilapidated house of Mileta Stojković (21), near Zrenjanin, killed his three-year-old son Lazo and two-year-old daughter Kristina.
The information was confirmed by Investigative Judge of the Municipal Court in Zrenjanin Dušanka Tatić. The fire broke out around 15:30 CET on Friday.
Massive fire breaks out in Mathura, firefighter hurt
December 18th, 2010 |
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A major fire broke out on Saturday in a wood seasoning plant in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, destroying goods and machinery worth over Rs 2 crores. A fire-fighting official was injured. The fire engulfed the Ram Wood Factory in Koshi area. Eight fire tenders were pressed into service. “It was a massive fire. The situation [...]
Model Hair Fire Gets Diddy Banned From Manhattan Hotel
December 16th, 2010 |
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Just gonna stand there and watch me burn…. Let this be a lesson to ladies who proudly rock Hair Extensions, Lacefront Wigs, Big Hair, Jheri Curls (You know your Grandma is still wearing one…), and swear by Spritz and Hair Spray: Open Flames are not your friend. Case in point: The mane of a naked [...]
Rihanna Christina Aguilera Under Fire For “Raunchy†X Factor Finale Performances
December 14th, 2010 |
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A month after a fragrance ad starring pop diva Beyonce was banned in the UK, British broadcasting watchdog group Ofcom has been inudated with complaints about racy performances by singing stars Christina Aguilera and Rihanna during Sunday’s X Factor finale, which was watched by almost 20 million people. The show saw both entertainers perform a [...]
Massive Israel fire still out of control
December 4th, 2010 |
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Firefighters are continuing to battle a devastating blaze in Israel that has killed more than 40 people and forced some 15,000 from their homes, RFE/RL reports.
Countries around the world have heeded Israel’s appeal for help in fighting the forest fire close to the port of Haifa – the largest blaze in the nation’s history.
Car set on fire in northern K. Mitrovica
November 29th, 2010 |
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A car belonging to a Kosovo Serb was set on fire in the northern part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday morning . Another vehicle which was parked nearby was also damaged.
Broadway Industrial Group says may have incurred $400,000 loss in Shenzhen factory fire
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Broadway Industrial Group says it may have suffered a loss of RMB 2 million ($400,000) as the result of the fire which broke out on the morning of Nov 19 out at its rented factory premises of its subsidiary, Shenzhen Broadway Total Packaging Solution Co., in Shenzhen, China.
But Broadway says the actual loss could be lower as the facility is covered by fire insurance and expects “minimal impact” to the company’s overall consolidated financials for the year ending Dec 31 2010.
Broadway says although there were no casualties caused by the fire and no serious damage to equipment and machinery, some stocks were damaged as the fire broke out in the storage area of the facility.
The affected customers have since been informed and the company has taken measures to ensure minimal disruption to its operations.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The company has eight foam plastic facilities in China, which serve a diversified base of multinational customers in the consumer electronics, automotive, construction and other industries.
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Kat Von D Fire Costs Tattoo Artist House & Cat
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Kat Von D’s life went up in smoke over the weekend. The star of TV’s L.A. Ink lost her pet cat and Los Angeles pad to a devastating house fire on Sunday. At approximately 11:23 PM, fire crews responded to a call for assistance at Von D’s Hollywood Hills home. Kat was out at the [...]