Word: underground
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...take on exploitation cinema was hardly the stuff of international film festivals --"Those films are so horrible, they should be banned," quips University of Peshawar professor Shah Jehan--but it was an authentic expression of Pashtun culture celebrated by thousands of moviegoers every day. Now the industry has gone underground or moved to cities such as Lahore and Abbottabad in the hope of escaping fundamentalists. The industry's flight from Peshawar has left tens of thousands unemployed, says Ejaz Nayak, 24, an actor who has appeared in 45 movies over the past seven years. He hasn't worked...
...design for the waterfront incorporates a floating barge, gardens, bridges, and a viewing tower. The new Bund will span 1.8 miles with six lanes moved underground...
Comrade Sandhya's voice trembles as she speaks of her father. "He was a major in the Royal Nepalese Army," she begins, cupping her chin with one hand while rearranging a neat schoolgirl plait with the other. "When he found out I had gone underground, he said I was no longer his daughter - only his enemy. The next time he wanted to meet me was on the battlefield...
...drug tenofovir, for example, which was used in the recent Texas study, is often packaged as a potent cocktail with Viagra and Ecstasy or Valium, and sold in dance clubs for $100. Studies in monkeys in 2004 that suggested tenofovir could diminish HIV infection rates appear to have boosted underground sales of the drug, public health officials fear, and other studies among African women in Cameroon and Ghana, although not as successful, have further bolstered sales. A 2006 study by the Centers for Disease Control found that 7% of men who attended gay pride events in four U.S. metro areas...
...impact of the power crisis on the national economy was underlined Friday when the country's gold mines suspended operations for fear that power cuts would trap workers underground. Gold Fields, which owns the world's largest gold mine, said the state-owned power utility Eskom, which supplies 95% of South Africa's electricity, had warned that outages could continue for a month. The world's No. 1 platinum producer, Anglo Platinum, also shut down production at all its South African mines. Gold and platinum prices soared to record highs on the news, spot gold reaching $923.40 an ounce...