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Monday, September 30, 2013
Eric Clapton-owned Richter painting to sell in NYC Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — An oil painting by German abstract artist Gerhard Richter from Eric Clapton’s collection is heading for a New York City auction. Christie’s auction house says “Abstraktes Bild” is estimated to sell for $20 million to $25 million on Nov. 12.
It says the English guitarist and songwriter bought the painting at auction in 2001. The large oil painting was executed in 1994. It has a rich palette of red, purple, violet and yellow evocative of a fall landscape. Richter’s “Domplatz, Mailand” set a record for any living artist at auction
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in May when it sold at Sotheby’s for $37 million.
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This photo provided by Christie’s Auction House shows a 1994 oil painting by German abstract painter Gerhard Richter entitled “Abstraktes Bild.”
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Miss Philippines crowned Miss World Agence France-Presse
NUSA DUA - Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 in a glittering finale Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, amid tight security following weeks of hardline Muslim protests.
Glenn Greenwald working on new NSA revelations AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
Journalist Glenn Greenwald listens to a question during a panel following the screening of the “Dirty Wars” documentary at the Rio Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Associated Press Writer
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two American journalists known for their investigations of the United States’ government said Saturday they’ve teamed up to report on the National Security Agency’s role in what one called a “U.S. assassination program.” The journalists provided no evidence of the purported U.S. program at the news conference, nor details of who it targeted. Jeremy Scahill, a contributor to The Nation magazine and the New York Times best-selling author of “Dirty Wars,” said he will be working with Glenn Greenwald, the Rio-based journalist who has written stories about U.S. surveillance programs based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
“The connections between war and surveillance are clear. I don’t want to give too much away but Glenn and I are working on a project right now that has at its center how the National Security Agency plays a significant, central role in the U.S. assassination program,” said Scahill, speaking to moviegoers in Rio de Janeiro, where the documentary based on his book made its Latin American debut at the Rio Film Festival. “There are so many stories that
are yet to be published that we hope will produce ‘actionable intelligence,’ or information that ordinary citizens across the world can use to try to fight for change, to try to confront those in power,” said Scahill. “Dirty Wars” the film, directed by Richard Rowley, traces Scahill’s investigations into the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC. The movie, which won a prize for cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, follows Scahill as he hopscotches around the globe, from Afghanistan to Yemen to Somalia, talking to the families of people killed in the U.S. strikes. Neither Scahill nor Greenwald, who also appeared at the film festival’s question and answer panel, provided many details about their joint project.
Hundreds of Islamic radicals held a prayer session in a mosque near the capital to express their anger, while Megan Young wept as she won the coveted title on Hindumajority Bali at the end of a three-week contest. The 23-year-old, wearing a pearl white gown, promised to be “the best Miss World ever” in front of a cheering crowd, which included many Filipinos, in a venue guarded by heavily armed police and water cannons. The final was moved to Bali, where there is little hardline influence, from its original venue just outside the capital Jakarta after thousands of protesters took to the streets across the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. Denouncing the pageant as a “whore contest” and “pornography”, the demonstrators pressured authorities into shifting the venue, the latest sign of the growing influence of country’s hardline fringe. Hundreds of police were deployed across Bali for Saturday’s final, which saw 127 contestants clad in stilettos and shimmering gowns take to the stage in the Nusa Dua resort, southern Bali. The contestants were quickly whittled down to six. Then, they faced a question-and-answer round before the winner was announced in a contest broadcast to more than 180 countries. Young, the first ever Philippine Miss World, took the crown from last year’s winner, China’s Yu Wenxia. Young, who is studying digital media and also presents TV shows in the Philippines, pledged to “just be myself in everything I do, to share what I know and to educate people”. France’s Marine Lorphelin was second, while Ghana’s Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter came in third. Adding to security concerns in the run-up to the final, the American, British and Australian embassies had warned that extremists might attack the pageant. Bali has suffered extremist attacks before, notably in 2002 when bombings killed more than 200 people, most of them foreign tourists. But Saturday’s finale passed off smoothly, with no new protests or security scares -- despite a pledge by prominent hardline group the Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI) to stage demonstrations. Continued on page 6
Newly crowned Miss World Megan Young of the Philippines
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