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Indonesian literary festival cancels 1960s massacre events

A major literary festival in Indonesia was forced to cancel events related to a 1960s anti-communist purge, the organisers said Sunday, after authorities threatened to revoke its operating permit. Five programmes, including discussion panels, a book launch and film screening were scrapped from the annual Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, which will kick off Wednesday on the resort island of Bali, a festival spokesman Hanna Nabila told AFP. “The authorities

Indonesian literary festival cancels 1960s massacre events

A major literary festival in Indonesia was forced to cancel events related to a 1960s anti-communist purge, the organisers said Sunday, after authorities threatened to revoke its operating permit. Five programmes, including discussion panels, a book launch and film screening were scrapped from the annual Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, which will kick off Wednesday on the resort island of Bali, a festival spokesman Hanna Nabila told AFP. “The authorities

Actress Maureen O'Hara dies aged 95

Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired star of “How Green Was My Valley” and “Miracle on 34th Street” who was one of Ireland’s most successful acting exports, has died aged 95, her family and the Irish president said. O’Hara, an iconic figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 1940s and 1950s who was once considered one of the world’s most beautiful women, also played a string of feisty women opposite John Wayne,

Actress Maureen O'Hara dies aged 95

Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired star of “How Green Was My Valley” and “Miracle on 34th Street” who was one of Ireland’s most successful acting exports, has died aged 95, her family and the Irish president said. O’Hara, an iconic figure in Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 1940s and 1950s who was once considered one of the world’s most beautiful women, also played a string of feisty women opposite John Wayne,