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* Iranian studies & the West
* "Persia" published in Russia
* "Men of God" sing in Europe

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* Film producers happier
* Useless love story
* 200 art shows
* Iranian films invade Cannes
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Independent producers at Cannes
* Elton John's flame burns bright in Tehran
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Ceremony for Sohrab
* Kiarostami to film orphans in Uganda
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Mark your calendar: World Sadi Day
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Majid's Tales in Dutch
* Iranian cavemen
* Sepehri: Green poet
* Door burns at historic mosque

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Friday
April 21, 2000

* Iranian studies & the West

Tehran (Hamshahri) - For decades Western scholars have written extensively about Iranian history. Now their work is being critiqued and reviewed by Iranian scholars. In an interview, Dr. Mahmoud Ebadian explains >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* "Persia" published in Russia

Tehran (Mosharekat) - The first issue of "Persia" has been published in Moscow. The magazine is the joint effort of Iran's cultural office in Moscow, the Russian Academy of Sciences and "Asia-Africa" magazine >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* "Men of God" sing in Europe

Tehran (Mosharekat) - Performances by "Mardaan-e khodaa" (Men of God) -- an Iranian spiritual musical group led by vocalist Mohammadian -- has been widely received in Austria and Hungary >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Thursday
April 20, 2000

* Film producers happier

Tehran (Hamshahri) - Chances that film producers will get a return on their investment has increased from 25 percent to 70 percent, according to Deputy Guidance Minister Seyfollah Dad >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Useless love story

Tehran (Hamshahri) - "Dokhtaran Entezar" directed by Rahman Rezaie, is a useless, bitter love story, says a film buff from Qom >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* 200 art shows

Tehran (Hamshahri) - 200 art shows will be held in Tehran during spring and summer of this year >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Wednesday
April 19, 2000

* Iranian films invade Cannes|

Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - For the first time Iranian films will be shown in every category at the Cannes film festival. In the past, only the U.S. had been able to do so >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Independent producers at Cannes

Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - For the first time independent Iranian film companies will have their own booth at the Cannes film festival >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Elton John's flame burns bright in Tehran

TEHRAN, April 19 (AFP) - British songwriter Elton John is enjoying an unexpected success here, with young Iranians snapping up a book of his songs and poems, forcing a second edition. "Candle in the Wind, Elton John songs" contains the texts, in English and Farsi, of 81 of his best known works, and has already sold 10,000 copies >>> FULL TEXT

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* Ceremony for Sohrab

Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Ceremonies will be held in Kashan to mark the 20th anniversary of Sohrab Sepehri's death (Why not celebrate his birthday?) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Tuesday
April 18, 2000

* Kiarostami to film orphans in Uganda

April 18, 2000, Rome - The internationally renowned Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami, has accepted an invitation by the United Nations agency, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to produce a documentary on the efforts of rural women in Uganda to save lives of orphans who have lost one or both parents to AIDS >>> FULL TEXT

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* Mark your calendar: World Sadi Day

Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The poet Sadi will be honored in ceremonies organized in Iran and other parts of the world on World Sadi Day (first of Ordibehesht - April 20) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Majid's Tales in Dutch

Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - "Qesseh-haaye Majid" (Majid's Tales) will be translated into Dutch and taught in elementary schools in The Netherlands >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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Monday
April 17, 2000

* Iranian cavemen

Tehran (Hamshahri) - Niasar's man-made caves near Kashan are between 40,000 and 250,000 years old, according to Iranian archaeologists >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Sepehri: Green poet

Tehran (Hamshahri) - An environmentalist look at the Sohrab Sepehri's work on the anniversary of his death >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Door burns at historic mosque

Tehran (Hamshahri) - One of the main wooden gates at Isfahan's historic Jame' Mosque has been destroyed in a fire >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Maher, Mohammad Hossein:
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Tuesday

* Uknown artist: Qajar king

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* Hagigat, Nahid: Petals of life

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* Shabahangi, Jalal: Closeness of Mankind to Nature

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