| Africa: Around the Continent by Road
From Cape Town-around Africa-to Cape Town, in less than a year. This is the mission, with which they hit the road, bearing a banner of unity, communication and shared development for all of Africa. On April 15, this year, Johan Botha, Elizabeth Cloete, Rosie and Joseph Jovani set out from South Africa in a Toyota Fortuner, a heavy-duty off-road 2006 model, to traverse the continent. Purpose? To put pressure on the UN so it can campaign for G8 funding to Africa that hardly ever materialises. .
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But thanks to a little bit of Stones in the soundtrack, it picks up towards the end to become a passably-entertaining addition to that great long line of instantly-forgettable festive fluff. While Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) is loving and giving, big brother Fred (Vince Vaughn) spends his time repossessing gifts, lying and generally being a right old Scrooge. But when jail beckons, brother Nicholas - always a saint - bails him out on the condition he comes to the North Pole to learn to be a nice chap. There is some ghastly ‘believe in yourself' type-nonsense towards the end; and there is even a cynical, black orphan thrown into the mix to tug at the heart strings; but you'd have to be as miserable as Fred not to get a little bit drawn into the let's-save-Christmas drama of the finale. It's all driven by the film's star turn, a terrific Kevin Spacey as a mean-and-nasty accountant-type intent on shutting Santa down.
Dermatologist gets jail for selling drugs
Paul Caviness said he traded prescription painkillers to feed his addiction. He apologized for letting down his patients. More Philadelphia Suburbs news A former Middletown dermatologist will serve at least two months behind bars for selling prescription painkillers to feed his drug habit. Paul Caviness, 49, was sentenced Friday in Bucks County Court to nine to 23 months in county prison. Judge John Rufe ruled that Caviness must spend the first two months of that sentence at the jail, then four months on work release and the remaining time on house arrest. .
Chasing Amy
The boom in digital cameras and celebrity magazines has created a paparazzi plague. Decca Aitkenhead joins the pack in London. ''Leave her alone, you dirty scum! Why don't you just leave her alone?" As two paparazzi scramble on to the pavement to catch Amy Winehouse emerging from a Mercedes van, a pair of young women bustle out of a cafe. "She's just trying to lead her life!" they scold, before pursuing the singer into the newsagency. "You doing all right then, love?" the pair cluck. One throws an arm around Winehouse, drawing her tight, while the other steadies her mobile phone camera for the shot. "Now then, Amy," the woman exhorts, "smile!" Winehouse surrenders an unseeing gaze to the lens, then turns to study the newsstand. At the counter she realises the shopkeeper is filming her on his mobile.
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