Monty Python ad feud hits two LA stations
Producers threaten legal action after KNBC and KTLA refuse a 30-second promo for The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Miramax seeks lost profits while critics call ad in poor taste. The segment mocks censorship with Graham Chapman in a tutu and US flag backdrop.
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Gaza refugee crisis deepens in Sidon area as aid scarce
Palestinians in south Lebanon endure hunger and exposure after Israeli strikes leveled Ein Hilwe camp and others. More than 100,000 refugees crowd schools and shops awaiting UN relief amid chronic funding shortages. Officials warn housing and food shortages will worsen as Lebanese authorities seek the return of the sites.
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