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...Punjab. At least two people have been killed and 14 injured since news reached Punjab yesterday via text messages and mobile phones that a Sikh preacher of a lower-caste sect, 57-year-old Sant Rama Nand, had been shot dead in a clash in a temple in Austria. Thousands of lower-caste Sikhs took to Punjab's streets armed with swords and batons, burning buses and blocking trains. A curfew was imposed in five Punjab towns, and military and paramilitary forces have been called into the state. The situation remains tense today as the authorities try to arrange...
...knows where Red Bull Cola's coca leaves come from or where they are processed. Red Bull did not respond to immediate requests for comment and Rauch Trading AG, the Austria-based food company that actually manufactures Red Bull Cola was quick to tell TIME that they are not allowed to speak about the product. Meanwhile, Bolivia, which has lots of coca leaves to sell, is getting a kick out of the fact Red Bull Cola admits to using coca in any form (since Coca-Cola evades the question). Ironically, the drink is not actually available yet in Bolivia...
...Palme d'Or (top prize): The White Ribbon, Austria, directed by Michael Haneke...
Best Performance by an Actor: Christoph Waltz, Austria, for Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino...
...found The Producers too tame for our times. Before coming to Berlin, the show had a 10-month run in Vienna. Originally booked for a year, many performances remained a third empty, and as the economic crisis hit, attendance dropped off. The Admiralspalast saw an opportunity and contracted the Austria cast to play the remaining two months on the German-language license in Berlin. (See pictures of Barack Obama in Berlin...