Word: rai
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...Unthong's mother was the first casualty in Thailand's war on drugs. She died just after midnight on Feb. 1, moments after the launch of a three-month government campaign to rid the country of narcotics. Jay's parents were small-time dealers in their village of Ban Rai, in western Ratchaburi province. His mother, Yupin, was reportedly on a police blacklist. Her husband, Boonchuay, spent 18 months in jail for possession of amphetamine pills, known in Thai as ya ba, or crazy medicine. On Jan. 31, the family spent the evening playing fairground games at a local temple...
...Australian tycoon's bid to expand his Italian cable TV holdings. Rutelli smells a backroom deal and vowed to begin a parliamentary battle to force the ruling center-right majority to put some teeth into its proposed conflict advisory board. Berlusconi's running of the state-owned RAI network has drawn the harshest criticism. The Feb. 15 antiwar march in Rome, which drew more than a million people protesting the Prime Minister's pro-U.S. position, was not covered live as is usually the case for rallies of such importance. The decision again spotlit RAI 's troubled board, whose...
...consider the plight of Bharat Shah, the producer who corralled megastars Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit for Devdas. Shah has more troubles than a screenwriter could dream up. First, the police claim he was one of Shakeel's long-distance phone chums. Then rival don Abu Salem boasted of his investment in Devdas. Shah was arrested in January 2001, accused of being a front man for the Mob, and was jailed for months before getting bail. Now he's caught between two sets of gangsters. That raises, as they say, loyalty issues; it's like playing the Bosnians...
...longer to see their clubs kick a ball in anger. Their season, which should have started on Aug. 31, will not kick off until Sept. 15 because the clubs and television companies have failed to agree to new deals. The delay was inevitable after state broadcaster Radio-televisione Italiana (RAI) offered the Serie A and B teams a paltry $44 million for its popular weekly highlights program, 40% less than last year, which the clubs rejected out of hand. Meanwhile eight of the smaller Serie A clubs and three Serie B sides have yet to strike pay-per-view...
...supersplendiferous Devdas, which opened last week in 33 U.S. theaters. Reportedly the priciest movie in Indian history, Devdas could be the most visually intoxicating film ever. Its pristine, gargantuan sets inebriate the eye, even as the plot--rich boy (Shahrukh Khan) loves poor girl (former Miss World Aishwarya Rai) and suffers magnificently for it--seems drunk on luscious masochism. The dialogue is ripe enough to provide song cues for nine fabulous dance numbers. But the fervid emotion and visual chic are what make the thing sing...