HARRY ELEKTRON
Composer, Film and Documentary Music, Songwriter, Singer, Theatrical Performance
Jul 11, 2010
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Demos
Nolan Cook "The Residents" (Guitar in: Cincinnati Airport)
Iniesta the hero as Spain win World Cup for first time - CNN.com
July 11, 2010 -- Updated 2212 GMT (0612 HKT)
(CNN) -- Spain won the World Cup for the first time as an extra-time goal from Andres Iniesta gave them a last-gasp victory over the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City on Sunday night.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Spain win World Cup for the first time with 1-0 win over the Netherlands
- Goal from Andres Iniesta in extra time settles final at Soccer City
- Match is littered with yellow cards and a red for Dutchman John Heitanga
Naomi Campbell will appear at war crimes trial of Charles Taylor - CNN.com
July 9, 2010 -- Updated 1915 GMT (0315 HKT)
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is being compelled to testify about how she obtained a "blood diamond."
World Cup final: Holland 0 Spain 1 match report - Telegraph
Viva España: Andres Inesta celebrates after scoring the crucial goal to hand Spain the World Cup Photo: GETTY IMAGES
A final so far removed from the Beautiful Game, so far out of keeping with such a largely upbeat tournament, was settled four minutes from the end of extra time by Andres Iniesta, so crowning Spain champions of the world for the first time. They had waited so long what was an extra half-hour?
World Cup final: Holland v Spain live, 0-1 - Telegraph
By Nick Pearce
Jubilation: Andres Iniesta, left, celebrates having scored the winning goal for Spain. Photo: REUTERS
‘Nerakhoon’ (‘The Betrayal’) - Refugees’ Tale Took 23 Years to Tell - NYTimes.com
Pandinlao Productions
Thavisouk Phrasavath and his mother in a scene from “The Betrayal” (“Nerakhoon”), a documentary directed by Ellen Kuras.
IT is not exactly news that independent productions can take a seeming eternity. But “The Betrayal” (“Nerakhoon”), a documentary about a refugee family from Laos and the first feature directed by the cinematographer Ellen Kuras, stretches most definitions of a marathon shoot. It was 23 years in the making.
An Olympian Is Smacked by Burden - NYTimes.com
Mark Avery for The New York Times
Bob Malaythong, who was born in Laos, has struggled to come to terms with his family’s hard times and his fortune in becoming an Olympian.By GREG BISHOP
Published: July 31, 2008ORANGE, Calif. — Down the street from Disneyland, a 27-year-old who never had a childhood practices a kid’s game that will take him to the Beijing Olympics.
Cambodia Court Cases Mount Against Opposition - NYTimes.com
Arantxa Cedillo
Cambodian police evicted 70 families on Friday, giving them a small payment for their homes, which were on valuable land.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s courts have been busy in recent weeks with cases of defamation, disinformation and incitement brought by the government in what critics say is part of a broad assault on civil liberties.
Survivors Shed Light on Dark Days of Khmer Rouge - NYTimes.com
Mariko Takayasu
Chum Mey, a mechanic, was spared because he was needed to make repairs. The two men are to testify against their torturer.
Seth Mydans/International Herald Tribune
Bou Meng was singled out during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror in Cambodia to produce portraits of the group’s leader.
The Female Factor - Crusader Rowing Upstream in Cambodia - Series - NYTimes.com
Justin Mott for The New York Times
MAK PRAING, CAMBODIA — “I’m going to get my votes!” cried Mu Sochua as she stepped into a slender rowboat, holding one side for balance. “One by one.”
A Race Changes Lives in Cambodia - NYTimes.com
Rahman Roslan for the International Herald Tribune
San Mao, center, the winner of the 10-kilometer, or 6.2-mile, race for athletes with artificial legs, shook hands with the second place winner in the 14th Angkor Wat International Half Marathon 2009.
The Saturday Profile - Combing Cambodia for Missing Friends - Biography - NYTimes.com
Seth Mydans
Tim Page, a photographer, during the latest of many fruitless trips to find the remains of his friend Sean Flynn, who disappeared during the Vietnam War.
By SETH MYDANS
Published: June 18, 2010
Data on Balkan Wars Found in Home of Suspect - NYTimes.com
Petar Kujundzic/Reuters
Gen. Ratko Mladic in Belgrade in 1993.
ICTY The Hague
A page from a diary General Mladic kept that was discovered behind a false wall in his home in Belgrade, one of 18 notebooks found there.
World Cup Final Transcends South Africa’s Colonial Past - NYTimes.com
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Many black South Africans are supporting the Netherlands against Spain in Sunday’s title game.
By JERÉ LONGMAN
In Haiti, the Displaced Are Left Clinging to the Edge - NYTimes.com
By DEBORAH SONTAG
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
Hundreds of families live on the median strip of a road in the Port-au-Prince area.
Six months after an earthquake, only 28,000 of 1.5 million displaced Haitians have new homes, and Port-au-Prince remains a tableau of life in the ruins.
YAHOO, World News
- 'Barefoot Bandit's' 2-year run from law is over (AP)
AP - The teenage "Barefoot Bandit" who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement was nabbed Sunday as he tried to make a water escape then brought handcuffed — and shoeless — to the capital to face justice, abruptly ending his two-year life on the lam.
- Japan ruling party handed big defeat over tax plan (AP)
- Soldiers take over where Afghan gov't fears to go (AP)
- China confirms it renewed Google operating license (AP)
- 775 coffins: Bosnia marks 1995 Srebrenica massacre (AP)
- How the World Cup Has Resurrected India's Enron (Time.com)
YAHOO, Entertainment
- 'Despicable Me' tops weekend box office at $60.1M (AP)
AP - "Despicable Me" wasn't such a bad guy after all, it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated $60.1 million.
- LeBron's 'Decision' watched by nearly 10M people (AP)
- Carrie Underwood marries hockey player Mike Fisher (AP)
- Amber Riley to bring some 'Glee' to All-Star game (AP)
- Naomi Campbell will testify at war crimes trial (AP)
- Soprano Angela Meade conquers 'Norma' (AP)
YAHOO, Local
- 'Barefoot Bandit's' 2-year run from law is over (Seattle Times)
- Canyon wildfire forces evacuations in C Washington (Seattle Times)
- Distressed whale beaches itself again (seattlepi.com)
- 33-hour closure of I-405 in Renton this weekend to congest region's traffic (seattlepi.com)
- Sources: Someone else may know what happened to Kyron (KING5 Seattle)
- 'Barefoot Bandit's' two-year run from law is over (KING5 Seattle)
YAHOO NEWS
- LeBron James: Loved, hated, misunderstood | 13 Votes
- Official: Bahamas police catch teen fugitive 'Barefoot Bandit' | 27 Votes
- 'Barefoot Bandit' busted in Bahamas: police | 14 Votes
- Mobster Mickey Spillane's actor son plunges to death from Manhattan apt. | 23 Votes
- Synthetic Marijuana Spurs State Bans | 36 Votes
- Carrie Underwood marries hockey player Mike Fisher (AP) | 62 Votes
YAHOO, Top Stories
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Oil unleashed temporarily in attempt to contain it (AP) AP - Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil are being allowed to spew into the fouled waters of the Gulf of Mexico while BP engineers prepare to install a new containment system they hope will catch it all in the coming days.
- Japan votes in election seen as test for Democrats (AP)
- Kennedy's clout could grow on high court (AP)
- Bosnians mark 15 years since Srebrenica massacre (AP)
- Official: Bahamas police catch 'Barefoot Bandit' (AP)
- New photos show smiling Fidel Castro out in public (AP)
Bulgaria: FIFA Boss: 2010 World Cup Survived Vuvuzelas - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
Sports | July 11, 2010, Sunday
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected criticism of the 2010 World Cup. Photo by EPA/BGNES FIFA President Sepp Blatter has defended the achievements of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, calling the tournament “special”.
"Every World Cup has its own history and its own culture. It was a World Cup in a new continent with new culture and therefore it must be analysed on different levels. If you look at the enthusiasm in South Africa and the TV audiences around the world then it was a special World Cup,“ Blatter told 5 live's Sportsweek in a interview ahead of Sunday night's final between the Netherlands and Spain.
"Every World Cup has its own history and its own culture. It was a World Cup in a new continent with new culture and therefore it must be analysed on different levels. If you look at the enthusiasm in South Africa and the TV audiences around the world then it was a special World Cup,“ Blatter told 5 live's Sportsweek in a interview ahead of Sunday night's final between the Netherlands and Spain.
Bulgaria: Serbia to Swap Territories with Kosovo, Unblock UN Membership - Report - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
World | July 10, 2010, Saturday
Serbian president Boris Tadic. Photo by EPA/BGNES. Serbian authorities are seriously considering an unblocking of Kosovo's membership in the EU in return of an exchange of territories between Serbia and Kosovo, according to Serbian sources quoted by Bulgarian National Radio.