Art & Culture

Hamptons International Film Festival - A Salute to Ann Roth

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hamptons International Film Festival will honor Academy Award®-winning Costume Designer Ann Roth as part of the festival's 20th anniversary

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will co-present a special evening honoring the career of costume designer Ann Roth during The 20th Hamptons International Film Festival. Special guests include Ann Roth, Nathan Lane and Mike Nichols with CNN correspondent Alina Cho serving as host and moderator. The celebration will take place at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, October 6th where Ms. Roth will receive The Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement in Costume Design.

London Olympic Games leave lasting legacy of positive social change – UN envoy

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Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke.

Karimojong Kids Brave Urban Hardships

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Karimojong children clean beans to make money to feed their families, Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 23, 2012.

Disappearing Herds Threaten Culture, Livelihoods in Uganda

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A boy tends goats in Karamoja, Uganda, where traditional animal herding is giving way to agriculture, August 27, 2012.

African Immigrants Talk About Life in Beijing

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Chinese companies have invested heavily in Africa in recent years and trade among Asian and African nations has soared.

Europe's 'Biggest Street Festival' Rocks London

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Treasury Designates Lashkar-E Tayyiba Leadership

Actions Target Eight Individuals Responsible for Military, Communication, and Financial Operations

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated eight individuals who hold leadership positions within the designated foreign terrorist organization, Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LET), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. LET is a Pakistan-based terrorist group with links to the Taliban, the Haqqani Taliban Network, and al-Qa’ida. The individuals targeted today include LET members based in Pakistan who are involved in LET’s propaganda campaigns, financial networks, and logistic support networks. Today’s targets also include military commanders directly responsible for the murderous 2008 Mumbai attacks as well as attacks on coalition and Afghan forces. Today’s designations are designed to undermine LET’s leadership and support networks of LET that have planned terrorist attacks around the world.

More opportunities for British business highlighted as Paralympics keeps global spotlight on London

International summit will showcase UK innovation in assistive medical technologies. Global sports summit to help firms exploit international opportunities around events including Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and Russia 2018 World Cup.

As the Paralympic Games keep British achievement centre stage this week, global business summits continue to raise the international profile of UK enterprises. The summits, hosted by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at Lancaster House, London, will showcase British expertise in developing assistive medical technologies and delivering major global sporting events, to hundreds of UK and international delegates.

Paralympian Soldier Pioneers Prosthesis, Hopes to Inspire Others

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Olson, center, a member of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic shooting team, makes adjustments to his air rifle during a competitive round of shooting at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, Sept. 1, 2012. DOD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

Late Cardinal Calls Catholic Church ’200 Years Out of Date’

The former Archbishop of Milan, a one-time candidate for pope who died Friday, said in his last interview that the Catholic Church is “200 years out of date.”