Movie review: "Countdown" is a harrowing history of the nuclear threat
Lucy Walker uses pardon the expression everything in her arsenal to make the bitter pill that is "Countdown to Zero" easier to swallow. The engrossing and paradoxically beautiful documentary recounts the history of the nuclear bomb.
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The top ten
What everyone was talking about this week.
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Celebrity Cruises' New Australia/New Zealand Voyages and Cruisetours Now Open for Bookings
Travelers eager to experience Australia and New Zealand in Celebrity style can make their plans now, as bookings opened today for Celebrity Cruises' new lineup of exotic voyages in the land Down Under, complete with special offers available for a limited time.
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Q&A with Mark 'Occy' Occhilupo
Fuel TV host and Australian surfing legend Mark 'Occy' Occhilupo answered foxsports.com.au user's questions about all things surfing, both in and out of the water.
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Surfing competition may return to Indonesia after years of terrorism threats
After a decade of cancellations due to terrorist threats and bombings, a professional surfing competition may be returning to the perfect waves of the Bay of Grajagan, Indonesia.
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Music at Merwin offers Razia Said
Wilton Parks & Recreation will present Music at Merwin on Sunday, Aug. 1, featuring Razia Said and the Ken Morr Band. The free show starts at 5:30.
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Samui hotels' recovery betters Bangkok,Phuket
Hotels in Koh Samui raked in room revenue of US$25.5 million (Bt824 billion) in the first half - up 24 per cent over the same half last year, according to C9 Hotelworks.
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Battle for Bypass plot
A familys battle to reclaim a prime plot off the EM Bypass received a boost on Monday with Calcutta High Court asking the government to explain under what law the land was acquired and divided among six companies.
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Hong Kong Guide Outburst May Drive Mainland Tourists Elsewhere
A recent outburst towards mainland Chinese tourists by a guide in Hong Kong may drive some tourists elsewhere.
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See professional surfers around the world
How to see professional surfers in action, from Hawaii and California to Australia and France
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