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This week features an exciting mix of events, from a stellar performance by the Australian Boys Choir to the Pink Martinee Crazee Hat Themed Party! It’s June — and you know what that means, don’t you?

Bollywood and Bangalore have changed the image of India in a globalised world, says noted French economist Guy Sorman.

Chinas deputy central bank governor Hu Xiaolian () said big moves in major currencies hurt the global economy, signaling the government is unlikely to give into pressure from the US and EU over the strength of the yuan.

The Jewish Federation will host its First Amendment Dinner with a presentation by David L. Hudson Jr. of the First Amendment Center on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace.

After years of stagnation and gratuitous exhibitions, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe has finally unleashed our countrys once dormant creativity in an all-encompassing, comprehensive, multi media and multi racial art exhibition entitled “Live and Direct”.

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The appointment of the new Ireland Professor of Poetry, Harry Clifton, recognises four decades of imagination and an exemplary dedication to poetry, writes GERRY SMYTH

Ahomeless black man lived under one of the arches near Waterloo station until about five years ago, when he and his box vanished. His name was Samuel (pronounced to rhyme with Danielle). Most of the time, he talked to himself or slept, but on some summer evenings he would start clapping and sing lines from songs by Marley or The Beatles, or reminisce about Liverpool, where he was born and raised …