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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
* Independent producers at Cannes
* Elton John's flame burns bright in Tehran
* Ceremony for Sohrab
* Kiarostami to film orphans in Uganda
* Mark your calendar: World Sadi Day
* 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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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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 >>>
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* 200 art shows
Tehran (Hamshahri) - 200 art shows will be held in Tehran during spring
and summer of this year >>>
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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 >>>
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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
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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
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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?) >>>
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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 >>>
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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
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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 >>>
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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
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* Sepehri: Green poet
Tehran (Hamshahri) - An environmentalist look at the Sohrab Sepehri's
work on the anniversary of his death >>>
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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 >>>
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