Ocean's 13

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It could not have been better. Works of Monet, Matisse, Picasso and Dalí, worth a total of £30 million have been stolen from the Chacara do Ceu museum in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night. Four masked gunmen stole the paintings and then disappeared in the Rio carnival crowd dresssed in masks and fancy dress. Steven Soderberg if you are listening please start thinking of Ocean's Thirteen. It's thrilling to find paintings stolen in the days of high security as much it is thrilling to find that Lady Diana's driver the one which went her and Dodi, was a French Spy. Next we need some pirates, classic pirates. And I swear I will be off in my Hispaniola for my Treasure Island. Just look for someone who can sing Fifteen men on the deadman's chest, ya ho ho ho and a bottle of rum! ....

Will eleven Iranians play?

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I have finally learned to accept myself for who I am, a beggar for good football. I go about the world, hand outstretched and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God' - Eduardo Galeano Will Iran be there is Germany 2006? Iran's football chief insists no one can block them from taking part in the World Cup Finals this summer. Mohammdad Dadkin, chairman of Iran's football federation, made the assertion in response to the West's standoff with Iran over their nuclear programme. Do remember in 2001 the Nobel Committee nominated the game of football for the peace prize. Their reason was the sport promotes understanding between nations. ....

Violence, Geisha, Shanghai, Google ( not to mention of the dog)

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Spotlight on Hemender Sharma, my colleague from Bhopal. He was reporting from Bhojshala the temple mosque site in Madhya Pradesh. This year Basant Panchami and friday namaz coincided. Worshippers tried to storm the complex. A riot-like situation. Hemender was firm when he replied that rioters are rioters, they do not have any religion. As collective violence erupts, media tends to link it with age-old hostilities. Hemender did not. Paul Brass of 'Theft of an Idol Fame', might be proud of him. Google. Staying with religion. The French believe that they have the right to caricature god. But as soon as they saw what was coming, they decided to hell with freedom of expression. So the managing editor of France Soir was asked to take the train back home. Well, small rewind all this happened after France Soir, a paper, reproduced a set of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published....