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Cannes Film Festival 2008: 'Hunger': An artist-turned-filmmaker's take on a coming-of-age protest

A scene from "Hunger," starring Michael Fassbender, left, as Bobby Sands. The film, competing for the Caméra d'Or, is by the British artist Steve McQueen

Fine arts graduates to go on hunger strike from July 11

DHARWAD: Members of Akhil Karnataka Fine Arts Graduates Association have decided to go on indefinite hunger strike in front of the Deputy commissioner’s office, Dharwad from July 11 to press for their demands.

The feature film debut of Steve McQueen, also an artist who has won the prestigious Turner Prize, it stars actor Michael Fassenbender (pictured) as the protagonist, who was born in Germany but >

'Hunger', the film about the last days of Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker, has won the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Best First Feature.

Hunger fears after Mugabe aid ban

Aid workers fear Zimbabwe's "desperate" situation may get even worse after President Robert Mugabe's government banned the distribution of food aid.

Ethiopian millions 'risk hunger'

Six million children in Ethiopia are at risk of acute malnutrition following the failure of rains, the UN children's agency, Unicef, has warned.

Videogame Theater: Pac-Man: The Insatiable Hunger

A twisted look at the secret lives of videogaming's classic heroes. Created by Scott Chernoff, former contributor to Jimmy Kimmel Live; Frank Meyer, the Webby Award winning creator of G4tv.com’s Freestyle 101; and BJ Guyer, the coordinating producer, puppet builder, and puppeteer Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers.Help

U.N.: Up to $20B needed each year to combat hunger

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Biodiversity Loss Puts People At Risk

Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity. And as biodiversity plummets our use of resources soars - WWF now estimates that biodiversity has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.

Matt Sorger Is Coming To Austin, Texas In Early June For A Power Shift Conference

There is such a hunger in the air for revival. We are seeing unity across denominational lines," says Pastor Charles Robinson of Tree of Life International in Austin Texas. "We are excited to be hosting this incredible event and we are anticipating Matt Sorger's visit will unite and strengthen the body of Christ in Austin. We are expecting God to move powerfully so make plans to attend. We are asking for the city of Austin to pray for this citywide event."

Anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa claim at least 12 lives

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Emmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared with Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead.

Review: Urbanspoon for iPhone and iPod touch

Ever find yourself in an unfamiliar neighborhood when hunger pangs set in? Tired of eating at the same old neighborhood places over and over again? Try your luck with the Urbanspoon iPhone app. This quirky program, derived from the Urbanspoon Web site—which aggregates restaurant reviews from newspapers, bloggers, and diners—puts a Vegas spin on selecting a nearby eatery.

Java development becomes reality TV sport

OLPC Sugar software goes independent Yahoo-Microsoft pact could lead to merger Computer downtime could solve world hunger CBS buys CNET for US$1.8 billion Sun unveils quad-core Opteron servers Woman charged over MySpace suicide IT managers bemoan broken dreams Asus to offer Linux on all motherboards OLPC to ship with Windows XP MIT engineers claim fuel cell breakthrough OpenSuse joins Google Summer of Code Yahoo board fights back at Icahn Developers favour XP over Vista Strong prospects in software to spy on bank staff

Study: hungry mice are happy mice

When our bodies notice we need more calories, levels of a hormone called ghrelin increase. Ghrelin is known to trigger hunger, but new research suggests this may be a side effect of its primary job as a stress-buster.

Space-age foods save lives in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AFP) - You won't find Plumpy'nut and BP-5 on your supermarket shelves. But the space-age foods have become one of the world's best weapons to fight hunger after disasters like the Myanmar cyclone.

A world of stories from a son of Vietnam

The boat in the title story of this remarkable collection is filled with Vietnamese refugees, 200 people squashed into a space meant for 15, going on two weeks at sea, racked by thirst and hunger and illness, their skin blistered by the unrelenting sun on deck, the quarters below awash in vomit and human waste. There is no medicine and little water for the ill; the dead, bundles of skin and bones, are thrown overboard into the shark-infested waters. After days on the boat, Mai, the teenage heroine of this story, realizes that she now understands why her father - who spent five years fighting the Communists and two years in a re-education camp - tried to live on the surface, in the now of the moment, not looking backward or inside:

Leonard Cohen, Lara Logan, Madonna

The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland for his first concert there in 23 years. Cohen played his hits "Suzanne" and the much-covered "Hallelujah," as well as the lesser-known "The Future." The four-time Grammy winner Erykah Badu opened the event. Joan Baez, k.d. lang and Sophie Hunger played an all-female night, while Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan and Angelique Kidjo will perform at a 75th birthday celebration for the music impresario Quincy Jones on July 14. Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Simon and Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles will also be playing at Montreux. Organizers say they expect 220,000 people to visit the festival, which opened last week and ends July 19.

Former Supreme Court Justice Switches to Video Games

TechDirt is reporting that former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has moved into the one industry that I don't think anyone might have expected, video games. Not only did she speak at a recent gaming conference, she is also working on creating a video game about the courts. "There have been many similar 'civic education' video games out there, like the UN video game to teach kids about world hunger and, my personal favorite, a video game to teach kids how to gerrymander voting districts to get political support. It's not clear how successful any of these sorts of games really are, but it's nice to see a former Supreme Court Justice taking an interest in these sorts of things. Though, some might point out that this could be seen as something of a gimmick, and students might just be better served by adding a decent civics curricul

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