Vedanta fights back over Indian hill tribe’s sacred mountain
Region: India
FTSE 100 mining giant Vedanta is challenging a ban on mining the sacred mountain of India’s Dongria Kondh tribe. The Orissa High Court will hear the case on Wednesday 2 February. The Dongria Kondh, whose plight... more
Views: 1525And The Oscar Goes To: LaLa Land Stages Its Annual Pageant
Region: United StatesApparently, tonight was the night of nights for those in LaLa Land. The Oscar awards show. According to the buzz, this year's awards ceremony was true to form as so many before. Politically and globally correct, a... more
Views: 1700Tribal people appeal to James Cameron
Region: United States
Survival has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron on behalf of an Indian tribe through an ad in the film industry magazine Variety (published on 8 February 2010). In the ad Survival asks Mr Cameron to help the Dongri... more
Views: 1561“Avatar is real,” say tribal people
Region: California
Following the film Avatar’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today. A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, to... more
Views: 1863We See You - Avatar captures global mood
Region: MassachusettsWhen a motion picture story makes $1.12 billion in its world wide box office in the first week of release you have to believe there is something beyond technology at work, drawing people to see it. And after tw... more
Views: 1901Virtual ‘Maple Story’ Murder Reveals Online Lives Gone Too Far
Region: JapanThe arrest of a Japanese woman who killed the online version of her virtual husband shows how the line between reality and fantasy can become blurred. The Killing of an Avatar A 43-year-old Japanese piano t... more
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