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First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents

Priming 12 Million Young Leaders

In Bangladesh thousands of children drown every year in monsoon floods. But one Olympic legacy program is teach youngsters to swim, and to save themselves when swelling rivers inundate their homes.Photos: cwBangladesh experiences massive flooding every ... [ Published 19 hours ago by CommonWealth ]

Entities: Keith Mills, Flooding, London Olympics 2012, International Olympic Committee, London

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Artists invited to attend London Olympiad

Participants will attend the ‘Festival of the World’ as part of the London 2012 Olympiad. Photo / SuppliedApplications close next week for Australian artists and arts-workers with disabilities to travel to London as part of a new professional development ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Arts Hub ]

Entities: Disability, London Olympics 2012, London, British Council, Australia

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Dave Okumu - a serious accident onstage in Lagos

Nigerian Entertainment Today is reporting that Dave Okumu suffered electrocution onstage at the M-U-S-O-N Centre in Lagos last Thursday 17th, at a concert organized by the British Council:A subsequent statement from the British Council states: "‘David ... [ Published May 22 2012 by London Jazz ]

Entities: Lagos (Nigeria), British Council, ELECTRIC SHOCK

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Terry Gilliam

ENO and British Council announce Mini Opera

English National Opera announces Mini Operas, a world-wide online search for composers, writers and film makers to seek out emerging opera talent.Three competitions to find future stars of all the components of creating an opera will be launched online ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Artslink.co.za ]

Entities: British Council, Terry Gilliam, Nico Muhly

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Afghan theatre group to stage Shakespear...

An Afghan theatre company, which escaped a Taliban attack in Kabul last August because of a last-minute change in schedule, will stage an Afghan version of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" here Tuesday.A militant attack on the compound where the group, ... [ Published May 22 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Dari (India)

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

70,000 books available at a click

PANAJI: Aiming to reach out to more people and make knowledge more accessible, the British Council is offering access to its online library.Kajari Mitra, manager, British Library - Pune, said, "The British Council has physical libraries in nine cities ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Times of India ]

Entities: British Council, Pune, HTML

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

British Council

Rocker Dave Okumu Electrocuted On Stage

British rocker Dave Okumu is recovering after he was electrocuted on stage last week (ends20May12).The lead singer of The Invisible was in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday (17May12) when he suffered a "life-threatening electrocution" and was taken to a medical ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Contactmusic ]

Entities: Nigeria, British Council, Lagos (Nigeria)

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

British Council launches Short Support Scheme

It includes a Travel Grant Fund that will support short film-makers from the UK in showing their work at international film festivals. ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Screendaily ]

Entities: British Council, United Kingdom

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Afghan theatre group to stage Shakespeare's 'Comedy of Errors' (With Image)

Source :New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) An Afghan theatre company, Rah-e-Sabz, which escaped a Taliban attack in Kabul last August because of a last-minute change in schedule, will stage an Afghan version of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" at the Azad Bhavan ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Sify ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Dari (India)

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Into the world of wordsSunday, May 20, 2012,09:46:03 AM

Learn the art of story writing from veteran authors Chetan Joshi and Salil Desai Writing a book and learning to bring it to everyones notice is what Chetan Joshi and Salil Desai will be teaching at the Writers Mantra, organised by British Council Library. ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Pune Mirror ]

Entities: British Council, Chennai, Teaching

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Shopping Centres effective for retail and brand marketing

The British Council of Shopping Centres and the Institute of Promotional Marketing have said that new research conducted by the two organisations has shown that shopping centres offer advertisers and brands the most effective venue for brand engagements ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Fashion United ]

Entities: British Council, Education

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Cairo Mediterranean Literary Festival: Programme

'Literature and the Body' is the topic of this year's Cairo Mediterranean Literary Festival, featuring movie screenings, book discussions, exhibitions and concertsIn its third year, the Cairo Mediterranean Literary Festival aims to open a dimension in ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Al Ahram ]

Entities: Cairo, British Council, Jocelyne Saab

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"It's an easy project to explain, because we immediately saw a very pressing need" says Sir Keith Mills, deputy chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, pointing at a photograph...

Priming 12 Million Young Leaders [CommonWealth - 19 hours ago]

A subsequent statement from the BritishBritish Council states: "‘David Okumu of British band, The Invisibles is doing well, after he suffered an electric shock at our concert in Lagos yesterday. David suffered a sprain from the fall in the aftermath of the accident and was rushed to the hospital immediately’" The original story as reported sounds a lot more terrifying than that, and will rightly cause concern

Dave Okumu - a serious accident onstage in Lagos [London Jazz - May 22 2012]

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ENO and British Council announce Mini Opera [ Published May 22 2012 by Artslink.co.za ]
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70,000 books available at a click [ Published May 22 2012 by Times of India ]
Mixing art, dance and life [ Published May 21 2012 by Jerusalem Post ]
Rocker Dave Okumu Electrocuted On Stage [ Published May 21 2012 by Contactmusic ]
British Council launches Short Support Scheme [ Published May 21 2012 by Screendaily ]
Uganda: Eco-Art Gets Its Prize [ Published May 21 2012 by AllAfrica.com ]
Afghan theatre group to stage Shakespeare's 'Co... [ Published May 20 2012 by Sify ]
Into the world of wordsSunday, May 20, 2012,09:... [ Published May 20 2012 by Pune Mirror ]
REEL EARTH Environmental Film Festival Awards A... [ Published May 20 2012 by Scoop ]
Revisiting the lost alleys [ Published May 19 2012 by Bangladesh Daily Star ]
Soundway Records marks 10 years of reviving tro... [ Published May 18 2012 by Abu Dhabi National ]
Shopping Centres effective for retail and brand... [ Published May 18 2012 by Fashion United ]
Concrete and blood-red wax: British art in Kyiv [ Published May 18 2012 by Foreign and Commonwealth Office ]
Cairo Mediterranean Literary Festival: Programme [ Published May 18 2012 by Al Ahram ]
Big Schools dance welcomes the Olympics [ Published May 17 2012 by Londondance.com ]
British online exhibition eyes students [ Published May 17 2012 by Bao Moi.com ]
UK a capella group set to sing in cities [ Published May 17 2012 by Bao Moi.com ]
Artist Jeremy Deller selected to represent Grea... [ Published May 17 2012 by Artdaily.org ]
L.O.L (LEGEND,OUTSTANDER.LEGBREAKERS) NIGHT [ Published May 17 2012 by What's New Bali ]
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Beckham To Be Present For Olympic Torch Handover [ Published May 16 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]
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Films to ignite European Days [ Published May 16 2012 by Bao Moi.com ]

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A show in a suitcase: are there different ways ... [ Published Mar 07 2012 by Theatre blog \| guardian.co.uk ] The four London theatres collaborating with Wildworks on Babel will have to find new ways to tour internationally On Monday I wrote about Babel , the huge participatory London-wide project that is a collaboration between Wildworks and four London ...