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...grossed $50 million globally and sold more than 1.5 million DVD copies, and its viral effect continues. In Los Angeles, producer Kevin Wall saw it and decided to put on the global extravaganza called Live Earth. In Washington, a retired Republican businessman named Gary Dunham-in town from Sugarland, Texas, for his wife's Daughters of the American Revolution convention-saw it and started giving his own version of the show to anyone who would listen. Dunham became the first of more than 1,200 to be trained as presenters. "All the trainees will tell you the same thing...
...next chance comes on Sunday, when Vasco hosts Sport. Thousands are expected to turn out to see him search for that elusive Gol Mil. Expect an epic celebration when he does; if there is one thing Romario does even better than score goals, it's party - and this party town will be happy to provide the platform. After all, everyone loves a malandro...
When Gaza is aflame, Sderot is typically the first Israeli town to feel the heat. The small town of about 23,00 people perched on a pleasant bit of countryside near the Gaza Strip is within easy range of the homemade, unguided, Qassam rockets fired by Palestinian militants across the fence. And with Gaza spiraling into a chaotic Palestinian civil war, at least 70 rockets have been fired into Israel over the past two days, several of them landing in Sderot. One even hit a building near the home of Defense Minister Amir Peretz, a Sderot native...
...them. "People in Tel Aviv can sleep at night but we don?t have this option," said Limor Aflalo, a 35-year-old beautician whose home was damaged by a rocket that struck next door. Aflalo and her husband would like to take their two daughters and leave the town, but they said it would be impossible to sell their home. "I don?t know what the solution is, but the government should tell us what to do and we?ll do it," she said...
...there much that Sderot can do to protect itself. Advanced anti-rocket laser systems are both prohibitively expensive and hardly foolproof against Qassams, which cost next to nothing to build. So, the town makes do with a basic early warning system involving a surveillance balloon moored on its outskirts providing a view over Gaza, and alarms that sound when there is a rocket launch. This gives residents about 15 seconds to take the nearest available cover. The city opened its bomb shelters on Tuesday for the first time since the 1967 war, 40 years ago. And the city school system...