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Last updated: 22 january, 2011 - 09:00 GMT

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  Andrei Konchalovsky, Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, Yi Zhou, Comedy Jihad.
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  New Indian Cinema, an Anthology Of Rap, Steinbeck's Fargo.
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Femi Kuti

New musical celebrates life of Femi's father, Fela Kuti.
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Music producer Nick Gold and a Malian and Cuban blend

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Iraqi publishing gets going again
Geoffrey Philp

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Hector Abad

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John Woo

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For Coloured Girls

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Zambian Dance

Why the traditional practices may be under threat
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The Pearl Fishers

George Bizet's opera gets a modern spin in a new English National Opera production

Art and Design

Khalili Collection: Picture gallery

Prof Khalili on his new exhibition of Islamic art
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Photo gallery from the retrospective show
Jeff Sheng

Jeff Sheng talks about the photographs he has taken of gay US servicemen and women

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