Stories from years in hiding in Congo conflict
Ntambue Ntambue and neighbors endured 15 months in hiding as rebels seized cattle and burned fields after a March 1999 attack. Amid cease-fire talk, aid groups warn of a humanitarian disaster with millions affected and emaciated survivors in Kabinda and surrounding areas.
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Kabinda
Congo
Ntambue Ntambue
Ntambue
International Rescue Committee
Adolphe Onusumba
Rally For Congolese Democracy
Associated Press
Kabinda’s
Mwembo Nkongolo
Omasombo Tshole
Kasongo Lupongo
Basa Ngoyi
Tharp Withdraws From Brooklyn Church Dance Studio Plan
Choreographer Twyla Tharp cancels opening her permanent studio in Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene as renovations proceed. Brooklyn Academy of Music Local Development Corp and backers pursue a 10 year 560 million cultural district plan while Tharp cites cost and leasing concerns amid deacon objections. Tharp will keep rehearsing and moving between spaces as she seeks a new site.
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Associated Press
Twyla Tharp
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fort Greene
N.Y
Tharp
Brooklyn Academy of Music Local Development Corporation
New York Times
Harvey Lichtenstein
Development Corporation
Lichtenstein
the Times
David Dyson
Dolin studies first lady for That's My Bush role
Dolin explains her unique take on Laura Bush for Comedy Central’s spoof That's My Bush. She notes she studies nuances of the president and first lady to inform her character while acknowledging wardrobe padding and performance choices.
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Associated Press
Anrie Quinn Dolin
Laura Bush
Comedy Central
Bush
Timothy Bottoms
President Bush
Colin
AP Radio
Reno Honored for Courage in Parkinson’s Work
Former U S attorney general Janet Reno received a public leadership award from the American Academy of Neurology in Philadelphia for a frank, dignified stance toward Parkinson’s disease diagnosed in 1995. She said her shaking hand does not stop her from serving community and country and pursuing goals.
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Associated Press
Reno
American Academy of Neurology
U.S
Philadelphia
Survivor champ Tina Wesson fainted after sleeping pill
Tina Wesson, the Tennessee nurse and Survivor winner, narrowly missed a cross country flight after taking a prescribed sleeping pill and passing out on a New York to Los Angeles trip. She recovered with a doctor checking her vital signs before continuing to CBS later.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Los Angeles
Tina Wesson
New York
Wesson
CBS
Craig Kilborn
Pele cameo announced in Barron’s England manager film
In Rio de Janeiro Pele plays himself in Steve Barron’s new film tentatively titled Mike Basset England Manager. Ricky Tomlinson stars as coach Basset guiding a small club’s unlikely rise to managing England at the World Cup in Brazil. Pele filmed a brief scene as an interviewed figure, then exits a crowded restaurant as players shout.
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Associated Press
Steve Barron
Pele
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Barron
Mike Basset
England
Ricky Tomlinson
Royle Family
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