DOLPHIN FILM
BANNED IN JAPAN
Japan After winning Best
Documentary Feature at this
year’s Oscars, US photographer Louie
Psihoyos’ film The Cove about the
slaughter of dolphins in Japan
has taken a spectacular nosedive.
Featuring Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere
and named after a secluded alcove in
the fishing village of Taiji where the
animals are quietly culled, the film
was set for release in cinemas on 26
June. However, a flurry of protests by
Japanese groups defending dolphin
and whale hunting as part of the
country’s cultural heritage has called
for all screenings in Japan to be
cancelled. With at least two of the
country’s cinema chains refusing to
take the documentary over fears for
the safety of moviegoers, it looks as
if the remaining 23 chains around the
country are set to pull out too.
NO HEAVY
PETTING
WHO DOESN’T WANT TO SEE A
FILM ABOUT DOLPHINS?
THAT’LL BE JAPAN THEN…
Sri Lanka Next time you and
your man have a cheeky snog
in public, spare a thought for nearly
200 couples in Sri Lanka who have
been arrested for public displays of
affection. Officials in the island’s
central district of Kurunegala – a major
student area – have detained more
than 350 young people for kissing,
cuddling and holding hands in public,
following complaints from locals.
Further south, in the coastal region of
Matara, 22 students faced the court’s
magistrate for their offending PDAs.
Although Sri Lanka is developing a
Westernised attitude towards public
affection, police said since the culprits
were of school age, they felt obliged to
implement the ‘hands-off’ rule.
FANCY A SNOG? NOT
ON YOUR LIFE
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DESPERATE TIMES
IN BANGKOK
Thailand The recent
anti-government protests
in Bangkok have left the city’s glitzy
shopping malls so desperate to
recover sales they’ve resorted to
offering customers a whopping 80%
discount off their wares. After eight
weeks spent with their shutters
down during the wave of violent
demonstrations and arson attacks,
the once-popular fashion and furniture
stores in the high-end Rajprasong
district have become something of
a ghost town, with shop employees
outnumbering customers. Determined
to put Bangkok back on the map of
top shopping destinations, retailers
are putting up banners with the words
‘Welcome Back’ in the hope that a spot
of retail therapy and their huge
discounts will restore the city to its
previous status as a must-visit area.
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AFTER RECENT RIOTS IN
BANGKOK, SHOP OWNERS
ARE SLASHING PRICES
SLUM DOGS ARE
GIVEN HOMES
Brazil They may be
ownerless, but the thousands
of dogs in Brazil’s southern slums
are certainly not unloved. Concerned
that the animals don’t have enough
access to food and veterinary care,
voluntary group SOAMA has built the
first-ever pooch favela (shanty town)
in the city of Caxias do Sul for its
many stray dogs and cats. It’s even
been said that the 1,000 tightly
packed tin shacks are said to rival
the homes of the local people who
live in favelas all over the country.
However, SOAMA says the standard
of the homes still aren’t high enough
for the animals, who often arrive in
a terrible
condition.
And despite
the fact the
dogs do receive ive
$14,000 a week ek
in donations
towards
their living
expenses,
unfortunately y
the money
goes little way y
to covering all ll
the costs
needed
to give
them a
good life.
SOAMA, THE SAVIOUR OF
BRAZIL’S DOGS AND CATS
THE LATEST
NEWS FROM
EVERY ANGLE
China When The Sun
launched Britain’s first-ever
3D newspaper earlier this month, we
thought the UK was leading the way
in terms of advancement, but alas, it
appears that in
China, the
3D paper
is already
old news.
The
country first
went bonkers
for the format after
Hubei province’s Shiyan
Evening News launched its first-ever
3D edition in April, complete with
Sixties-style glasses, and now the
Daily Business newspaper in
THE CAMERA ADDS
10LBS. AND NOW THEY
WANT TO CREATE 3D
ONES. TERRIFYING…
Hangzhou has followed suit. So what’s
next for the world of threedimensional
media? Spurred on by
the enormous success of Avatar,
Nintendo is working on a special 3D
DS console and word has it that 3D
camcorders are also in production.
It’s official: geek technology rules.
In three dimensions.
UNIVERSITIES SAY STUDENTS
COULD USE THE
NIQAB TO CHEAT IN EXAMS
NO DEGREE FOR
NIQAB WEARERS
Egypt Two hundred female
students from three Egyptian
universities universiti have been banned from
sitting the their finals after refusing to
remove their th face-covering niqabs
on entry to t the exam hall. Despite
the fact most m Muslim women in Egypt
tend to wwear the hijab, which just
covers th the hair, the niqab is becoming
ever more popular in Cairo, much
to the dismay dis of educational
establishments, establishm who say it makes it
impossible impossibl to identify students.
Protesters Protester argue that the problem
could be
solved by invigilators looking
beneath tthe veils. However, The
Administrative Court
backs the ban, reasoning
that the niqab allows pupils
to use oth other methods of deception
when it co comes to taking an exam.
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