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-- MOVIES --
A scene from
Avatar
Avatar offers hope, entertainment
By Pooja Shah in FREMONT, California, U.S.A. –
Instant blockbuster status, burgeoning sales, and widespread
praise – James Cameron’s new film, Avatar, was making so
much news that I didn’t know if I should trust it.
After watching the movie, I knew the buzz was well deserved. The
film combines extraordinary graphics, take-home messages, a
gripping plot, and just the right amount of action.
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Amazing Avatar takes viewers to another
world
By Shweta Ganesh in MUMBAI, India -
I personally am not a
sci-fi lover, but Avatar has changed that. It’s a
science-fiction movie like nothing seen before.
I went into the theater
slipping on my 3D glasses, but I refused to take them off even
after the movie ended. I was totally transported into another
world.
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-- NEWS --
Horror and hope in Haiti
By Gokce Yurekli in EDISON, New Jersey, U.S.A. –
When Rayna Allonce, a high school
junior in Pennsylvania, saw on television the way a powerful
earthquake had crumbled buildings in her native Haiti, she
“didn’t think there would be much hope” for family members
living in the Caribbean nation.
“I was filled
with disbelief that something like this could happen to my
country, my family. I just couldn't believe it," she said.
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Wana St. Fleur in
Cap-Haitien,
Haiti, one of Rayna Allonce's aunts, at Allonce's grandparents house.three years
ago.
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At least two cousins died beneath the
rumble, Allonce said, but at least some other members of her
family are alive.
Allonce, who attends Liberty High
School in Bethlehem, Penn., said she was home on January 12
“trying to come up with an idea as to what I should paint for an
English project” when her mother phoned her.
"Turn on the
TV. Now!" her mother said.
When Rayna
turned to CNN, she learned the devastation her country suffered.
Most of her family members live in Port-au-Prince, the capital.
“This
was a few hours after the earthquake and there weren't really
any pictures and such yet, but they talked of the probable
devastation and all I could think about was how I had a lot of
family members living in Port-au-Prince,” Allonce said.
“One of my aunts has two
small children of two and four and lives in a two-story house
made of stone,” she said.
“At the time that the
earthquake had occurred, she wouldn't have even been home yet.
The children would have been with a servant, whose first
instincts would have been to save herself, not the kids,”
Allonce said.
She said she had a great
aunt who “lives in a three-story house built into the mountain
side.”
“I was filled with
disbelief that something like this could happen to my country,
my family. I just couldn't believe it. The fear and other
various emotions set in after it sunk in that this really was
happening,” Allonce said.
Her parents
spent the next two days trying to reach their relatives.
"Right now we
have confirmation that two of my aunts are ok. My aunt's
children are okay," Allonce said.
“My great-aunt's house had
completely collapsed with her and her son inside but they
managed to get out through a window on the third floor, although
she is heavily wounded,” Allonce said.
Other family
members are unaccounted for.
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