BAGHDAD – Iraq’s power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.                                                           
Electricity Ministry spokesman Aziz al-Shimari said power generation nationally is only meeting half the demand, and there had been four nationwide blackouts [...]

Read Full Post »

Perhaps not what you would expect to find in central Tehran, currently in the midst of its strictest moral crackdown in years and capital of a country increasingly at odds with the West over its controversial nuclear programme.
A video installation by world-famous US artist Bill Viola. Contemporary Japanese art tackling AIDS. A print by an [...]

Read Full Post »

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It will be the eighth installment in the Call of Duty video game series (including expansions), the first not to be set during World War II, and the first to [...]

Read Full Post »

“We have a nearly 100-year-old industry. We have a fantastic culture. We can be a global entertainment portal,” Khan told a gathering of politicians and top businessmen in New Delhi.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said on Saturday that India, with its rich cultural offerings, could become a global centre for entertainment.
“We have a nearly 100-year-old [...]

Read Full Post »

Why Did I Get Married? is a film adaptation written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was inspired by the play of the same name. The movie stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Sharon Leal, and Perry himself. The film was released in the United States on October 12, 2007.
The film is the [...]

Read Full Post »