Thursday, 4 April 2002
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DaveNet : Four years of XML-RPC: "What followed exceeded my wildest expectations. Today, four years later, XML-RPC is the defacto language for interapplication communication on the Internet, with support in all popular development environments and operating systems."
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Savoring Brazil's Mix and Exuberant Spirit. Brazilian music seduces visiting musicians, and Angélique Kidjo isn't the first internationally known songwriter to fall in love with it. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]
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BBC News | AMERICAS | Canadian convicted of trading with Cuba: "The case has caused some controversy in Canada, where the government has objected to the charges, saying that the United States was trying to enforce its laws outside its borders.
Canadian media have accused the United States of undermining Canadian sovereignty. " X
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Bryn Terfel - In his Own Words The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel will be in Montreal for a benefit gala event for l'Opéra de Montreal on April 7th. A few weeks ago, Terfel spoke to us by phone and in a candid conversation, he discussed his early development, his career, his achievements, his preparation techniques and his future plans. As you will discover, Terfel is well spoken and unassuming.
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"The Voice of the Poet: Adrienne Rich". Hear Rich read a group of poems called "What Kind of Times Are These," available on the latest release of the Voice of the Poet series edited by J.D. McClatchy. [Salon.com]
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Canadian guilty of defying Cuba embargo. National Post Online Apr 4 2002 8:36AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]Faces life in prison for selling water purification tablets to Cuba. This is not a crime in Canada.
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Israel blocks EU mission from meeting Arafat
Israel is refusing to allow a European Union mission to visit
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arafat is surrounded by Israeli forces
in his compound in Ramallah.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Canadian MP heading to Ramallah, hoping to meet Arafat
: "Charging that Israel is "guilty of acts of state terrorism," New Democrat MP Svend Robinson said yesterday he hopes to go to Ramallah to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and "demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people."
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NDP Leader Alexa McDonough endorses Radio-Canada workers in labour conflict. CNEWS Apr 4 2002 5:11AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]"It's high time that the federal government began to give the kind of support to public broadcasting that people in this province and in this country want."
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John Robb compares instant outlining and weblogs to email and instant messaging. [Scripting News]
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Paolo Valdemarin: RemoteEdit “is a Radio [UserLand] tool that we developed at evectors that can be used to edit Radio themes using a standard html editor.” (Via Scripting News.) [mac.scripting.com]evectors are building some wonderful tools to extend Radio.
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Afghanistan, crossroads of art & history. Arab News Apr 3 2002 11:10PM ET [Moreover - Arts and culture news]
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Exiling peace. Ariel Sharon is smashing the Palestinian Authority and hopes to expel Yasser Arafat. But he may be opening the door to leaderless zealots whose fury will make today's atrocities look mild. [Salon.com]
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