From Aleppo to Hollywood - the dream of Mustapha Akkad

Mustapha Akkad was a syrian american film producer, who until his unfortunate death in 2005 worked hard on fulfilling his dream of building ...[more]

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Living Old

As most industrialized countries, the US-american society is growing old rapidly. There are more and people who are 80, 90, 95 years and old...[more]

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Young and restless in China

Today, October 1st, China celebrated its 60th birthday. Still, a comparably young country, it has been changing rapidly during the last two ...[more]

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Artsworld - by Al Jazeera

"Art is a truly global language, that can change our perceptions about the world we live in." is the opening line of 'Artswor...[more]

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Africans do like their Cell

"No Motorola, no Siemens, no Sony Ericsson. For me it's Nokia, Nokia, Nokia. No Problem. Hakuna Mata." "Hello Africa&...[more]

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Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now

This is a great lecture of Bill Gates. In this speech he tackles two topics. One is the malaria-plaque and the problem of solving it. ...[more]

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