| Nigeria: Country Wins the 2007 Miss Africa USA Pageant
Saturday November 3rd 2007 was the 3rd annual Miss Africa USA Pageant Grand Finale which was held at the Ashok International Center in Atlanta-Georgia. Organized by Ms Lady Kate Ngeuma "THE AFRICAN ALL STAR" from Cameroon, the pageant attracted 17 national finalists from all over Africa. Our Celebrity Corner team delightedly covered the entire program. This weekend long event, which attracted about 1000 people, was a unifying and relaxing one with series of activities such as run ways, discussion sessions, performances by various African artists, awards presentation and a regular party mood. .
Opposition coalition could reverse SNP budget for university funding
LABOUR is threatening to join with the Liberal Democrats and Scottish Conservatives in an attempt to win more funding for Scotland's universities. There was anger and concern last week among university principals when higher education received only half the money it asked for in the SNP's first budget. .
Displaced family brings a piece of New Orleans to their new home
As the fall season reached its peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, tourists flocked to photograph the blaze of colors in the forests, gaze in wonder at the black bear family foraging for food by the side of the road or hike deep into the woods to enjoy the peaceful roar and natural beauty of the Grotto Falls. .
OUR CRITICS PICKS: Our Critics' Picks
Since its explosion in the early to mid-'90s, black metal has been inextricably linked to Norway, where the genre was made most infamous. But during that same time period, other Scandinavian outposts produced a number of bands rivaling the vitriolic aggression of Mayhem, Darkthrone and Immortal. Towering over them all is Sweden's Dark Funeral, whose relentless assault helped codify what underground purists would exalt as “tr00" black metal. Concerning themselves less with the atmospherics in which their peers dabbled, Dark Funeral's steadfast, bludgeoning approach has remained unwavering despite the countless lineup shifts that typically plague this corner of the metal world. Sharing the bill are Daath, whose progressive death metal inhabits the opposite end of the underground extreme metal spectrum.
Uganda: From Housemaid to Salon Owner
Maria Kugonza 29, once the naive girl who arrived in Kampala in 1996 to work as a housemaid stands confidently in front of Two Sisters, her salon in Bugolobi. Kugonza who hails from Kibale District says it's been a journey of discovery outside the confines of her employers' house doors. She organises a collection of magazines she has gathered to entertain her customers as their hair is attended to. Though not yet a beehive of activity, she is proud that the dream of owning a salon has materialised. .
STAGE TO SCREENS: Menken & Schwartz Are "Enchanted"; Plus Bosco, Chenoweth, "Hairspray"
This month, a chat with Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken about "Enchanted"; Philip Bosco on his new pic, "The Savages"; Zadan, Meron and Blonsky of "Hairspray." Plus, Chenoweth and Chita. * "Enchanted," which opens Nov. 21, is the third Disney animated feature collaboration for Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, following "Pocahontas" (1995), for which they won Oscars for Score and Song ("Colors of the Wind") and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), for which their score was nominated. Observes Schwartz, "I wouldn't characterize 'Enchanted' as a musical. It's a romantic comedy. The first eight or 10 minutes are animated. It's old-time animation, like 'Snow White' and 'Cinderella.' There are five [new] songs. The first, 'True Love's Kiss,' is basically a send-up of, and an homage to, the style of those Disney animated features." "True Love's Kiss" is sung by Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) and Prince Edward (James Marsden, who played Corny Collins in the "Hairspray" film).
McFadden will lead Scots from front in lone striker role
NEXT to the assurance that victory will take Scotland to the Euro 2008 championship, the most significant factor in the great showdown with Italy this evening is the certainty that, if the dark blue shirts do not concede a goal, they will stay in the tournament. This inviolable truth has, unquestionably, had an enormous influence on the deliberations of Alex McLeish over the past week or so, the manager inescapably conscious of the fact that the avoidance of defeat is paramount. Triumph for the Azzurri is the only one of the three possible results that will end the Scots' interest in qualifying for the finals from Group B. .
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