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...weekend when the top three films boasted African or African-American protagonists, two true-life sports inspirationals took the runner-up slots. The Blind Side, the story of a homeless black teenager who becomes a football star after being adopted by a white woman and her family, continued its run as the season's from-nowhere hit. Made for less than $30 million, the sturdy Sandra Bullock star vehicle took in $15.5 million, and after just 24 days has topped the $150 million mark in domestic receipts. Following a movie about football was one about rugby: Clint Eastwood's South...
...Princess and the Frog, $25 million; $29.9 million, third week 2. The Blind Side, $15.5 million; $150.2 million, fourth week 3. Invictus, $9.1 million, first weekend 4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $8 million; $267.4 million, fourth week 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $6.9 million; $124.5 million, sixth week 6. Brothers, $5 million; $17.4 million, second week 7. 2012, $4,400,000; $155.3 million, fifth week 8. Old Dogs, $4,396,000; $40 million, third week 9. Armored, $3.5 million; $11.8 million, second week 10. Ninja Assassin, $2.7 million; $34.3 million, third week...
...clear. "In Egypt I was always being harassed by the police and I wasn't allowed to work. So how could I make money to buy food?" In Israel, Rozen says, asylum seekers may be turned down for work permits, but a majority finds work, because "officials turn a blind eye." Khamise says there was another reason for his journey. He decided to head for Israel after learning about the Holocaust. "The story of the Jewish people is similar to ours in Darfur, where we are being persecuted as Muslims. That's why I thought Israel would protect...
...inevitably generated controversy. Besides Fukuda and Okamoto, members of a freshman class of 26 female DPJ lawmakers include Kayoko Isogai, a temp worker who was unemployed when she stood for election, and Mieko Tanaka, a former secretary and actress who had a small role in an erotic horror film, Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf. The group has been criticized for being little more than pretty faces unqualified to hold public office. During campaigning, some newspapers dubbed them "Ozawa's princesses" because most were recruited to run for parliament by Ichiro Ozawa, the DPJ's 67-year-old secretary general...
...recent months strengthened diplomatic and trade ties with Tehran, which is a key gas supplier to Turkey. The Turks abstained last month in a U.N. vote condemning Iran's nuclear activities, despite China and Russia's support for it. Erdogan has also criticized Western leaders for turning a blind eye to Israel, widely seen as the Middle East's only nuclear power - albeit an undeclared one. Turkey's relations with Israel soured during Israel's invasion of Gaza last year. At a Davos forum in January, an irate Erdogan accused Israeli President Shimon Peres of "murdering children" and stormed...