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Madagascar news July 2005


France loses privileged relationship with Madagascar   31-Jul-05
Reuters.uk, ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The French president's Madagascar visit aimed to revive a once-strong relationship, but the island's widening trade ties and ...

Click for weather:   31-Jul-05
Hagerstown Morning Herald, ...leaves are somewhat dull. I think I'll plant the shiny-leafed Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). Producing elegant five ...

24 Tamuz 5765, Sunday, July 31, 2005 23:40 IST |   31-Jul-05
Jerusalem Post, Madagascar, a CD-ROM in English by Activision for Dreamworks, distributed by Hed Artzi Multimedia with a 34-page English-language user's manual, requires ...

Theater opens to grand reviews   31-Jul-05
Allentown Morning Call, ...established in the community and get kinks worked out,'' Buchinski said after Saturday's matinee showing of the animated feature film ''Madagascar'' to about ...

Beware of Internet scams: Nigeria 419   29-Jul-05
Chicago Defender, Valencia James is a young woman from Baltimore who carries many amazing experiences in her heart from her time in the African nation of Madagascar, where she ...

Activision Announces First Quarter 2006 Results   29-Jul-05
GamesIndustry.biz, ...strong start. To date DOOM 3 TM , Madagascar TM and Fantastic 4 TM each have shipped in excess of one million units. During the ...

Activision Posts Smaller Loss Than Expected   29-Jul-05
Los Angeles Business Journal, Activision’s recent game titles “Doom 3,� “Madagascar� and “Fantastic 4� have all shipped more than 1 million copies. ...

Activision's First Quarter of 2006   29-Jul-05
Xbox Advanced, To date DOOM 3, Madagascar and Fantastic 4 each have shipped in excess of one million units. During the quarter, we continued to strengthen our business. ...

Madagascar's gemstone industry   28-Jul-05
Economist, THESE days the vast swathes of brick dirt that gives Madagascar its nickname the Red Island are pockmarked by small holes: evidence of the search for sapphires ...

New Corundum Discoveries in Madagascar   28-Jul-05
IDEX Online, Madagascar is once again the site of new corundum discoveries reports Tom Cushman, ICA’s Ambassador to the country. After a new ...

PC games review   28-Jul-05
Taipei Times, The storyline of Madagascar is based on the movie and follows the adventures of a group of eccentric zoo animals who, after undertaking a breakout from a New ...

Madagascar holds no.1   27-Jul-05
gamesradar.com, Brian Lara's entry at two with International Cricket 2005 doesn't quite manage to bowl out the shipwrecked animals of Madagascar, which clings to the top of ...

New corundum discoveries reported in Madagascar   27-Jul-05
JCK, Madagascar is once again the site of new corundum discoveries, the International Colored Gemstone Association says. ICA Ambassador ...

ICA reports ruby find in Madagascar   27-Jul-05
National Jeweler, JULY 27, 2005 - New York -- Following the discovery of a deposit of pink sapphire in Madagascar last December, the International Colored Gemstone Association ...

'Fantastic Four' clobber the box office competition   27-Jul-05
Time Out, That total was enough to knock the cute critters of 'Madagascar' off the top spot, although the 'Wedding Crashers' held their own at number two, suggesting ...

"Fantastic Four" top movie charts   26-Jul-05
Reuters.uk, LONDON (Reuters) - The superhero movie "Fantastic Four" topped the movie charts on Tuesday, ousting animated adventure "Madagascar" which had spent one week in ...

UK CHARTS: MADAGASCAR HANGS ON IN THERE   26-Jul-05
CVG Online 12:19 ChartTrack has released the latest UK All-Formats chart, week ending July 23, to reveal that Activision's Madagascar has managed to cling onto the number ...

From Madagascar to the Faroes, Oil Companies Seek Out the Last ...   26-Jul-05
RedNova.com, ON THE face of it, there's nothing much to link two places as far- flung and disparate as the Faroes and Madagascar. But these islands ...

8% petrol price hike for Madagascar   25-Jul-05
Business in Africa (subscription), ...was expected and inevitable with the current price per barrel on the international market," said Philippe Bourgeois, president of Madagascar's oil producers ...

Exotic Madagascar   25-Jul-05
The South African Star (subscription), Madagascar is a fascinating place with much to offer for tourists wanting both time to relax and an opportunity of seeing the unusual creatures who live in the ...

'Madagascar' critters snatch top o'seas BO   24-Jul-05
Variety (subscription) The animated zoo animals of DreamWorks' "Madagascar" made a monkey out of DreamWorks/Paramount "War of the Worlds" at the international box office last weekend ...

United States, Madagascar sign ag accord   23-Jul-05
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, WASHINGTON - Iowa farmers will likely benefit from a recently-signed Food For Progress agreement between the United States and Madagascar. ...

World reacts to latest London bombings   22-Jul-05
CCTV, French President Jacque Chirac, who is on an official visit to Madagascar, has also expressed his support to the British people and vowed to fight terrorism ...

'March of the Penguins'   22-Jul-05
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, ...(July 22, 2005) — In Madagascar, penguins who know only the comforts of captivity reach Antarctica to seek their roots. They are ...

Teen review: Take a summer break with ‘Madagascar’   22-Jul-05
Green Bay Press Gazette, ...“Madagascar� may be just what you need. ... More problems land them on the island of Madagascar, forcing them to fend for themselves. ...

Media Control: "Madagascar" file sharers´ favorite at present   22-Jul-05
Heise Online, The new computer-animated cartoon adventure "Madagascar" by Dreamworks, the makers of Shrek, is according to statements by the market research company Media ...

Chirac in Madagascar for Regional Summit   21-Jul-05
CRI, French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Tananarive of Madagascar Thursday to attend the summit of the Indian Ocean Commission consisting of five island ...

French president shows solidarity with British   21-Jul-05
People's Daily Online, French President Jacques Chirac, on an official visit in Madagascar showed support to the British people and vowed to fight terrorism following the latest ...

Madagascar, the new 3-D platform game, hits the UK charts   21-Jul-05
Softpedia The new spin-off 3-D platform game Madagascar has hit number one in this week's ELSPA UK games chart, followed by THQ's action game for the PS2 and Xbox ...

French president visits Madagascar:-   21-Jul-05
Webindia123, French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Madagascar Thursday in a bid to shore up bilateral relations and participate in a regional Indian Ocean meeting. ...

Chirac arrives in Madagascar for Indian Ocean commission summit   21-Jul-05
Xinhua, Chirac, who is on behalf of France's overseas department of Reunion, will join heads of state from Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles in the summit ...

CHARITY HITS OUT AT BLOCKBUSTING MOVIE   21-Jul-05
Community Newswire, An international development charity has today hit out the makers of the new animated blockbuster "Madagascar" describing it as a "monumental missed opportunity ...

French president visits Madagascar   21-Jul-05
Washington Times, French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Madagascar Thursday in a bid to shore up bilateral relations and participate in a regional Indian Ocean meeting. ...

COMOROS-MADAGASCAR-MAURITIUS-SEYCHELLES: Inter-island summit to ...   21-Jul-05
Reuters AlertNet, JOHANNESBURG, 21 July (IRIN) - A two-day inter-island summit in Madagascar is expected to further strengthen ties among five Indian Ocean countries in their ...

Chirac`s visit to Madagascar to focus on trade   21-Jul-05
AngolaPress, Chirac, accompanied by 17 business captains, intends to give a very strong economic dimension to the two- day official visit he starts Thursday in Madagascar. ...

Pan African Mining Corp. Closes Private Placement   21-Jul-05
CCNMatthews (press release), ...uranium exploration program under its Joint venture with L'Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Strategiques ("OMNIS"), a Madagascar government agency ...

MADAGASCAR TOPS BOX OFFICE   21-Jul-05
Contactmusic.com, Animated film MADAGASCAR has knocked WAR OF THE WORLDS off the top spot at the UK box office, after raking in a staggering $9.4 million (GBP5.4 million) in its ...

New zoo crew   21-Jul-05
Fresno Bee (subscription), Lemurs, found on the island of Madagascar, have an 8- to 12-hour mating window once a year and a high rate of infant deaths, mostly because of maternal neglect ...

French president visits Madagascar   21-Jul-05
Science Daily (press release) Chirac's 'daughter' says he may run again (July 20, 2005) -- A young Vietnamese considered the third daughter of Jacques Chirac suggests the French president ...

It's the real thing!   21-Jul-05
Comet 24, To celebrate the forthcoming showing of animal-featuring box office hit Madagascar, some of the residents from Paradise Park in Broxbourne - including an owl ...

New USAID Mission Director for Kenya Sworn In   21-Jul-05
USAID (press release), In 2000, Mr. Haykin was assigned to Madagascar as Assistant Director and he became Acting Mission Director in September 2001. In ...

Indian Ocean Summit: Louis Michel advocates regional integration ...   20-Jul-05
EUROPA (press release), Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, will take part in the third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Indian Ocean Commission in Antananarivo, Madagascar. ...

Wonka's double entendre leaves bad taste with viewers   20-Jul-05
Provo Daily Herald, ...insults. Dreamworks followed this trend in "Shrek" and "Madagascar," and Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" does also. ...

Game Daze: 'Batman Begins,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Madagascar'   20-Jul-05
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, But "Madagascar" (Activision; PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, DS, GBA; $19.99 to $39.99; Console/PC versions rated Everyone 10 and up, Handheld versions rated Everyone) is ...

Madagascar tops ELSPA UK games chart   20-Jul-05
TechSpot As we increasingly see the line between games and movies blur, the new movie spin-off game Madagascar has got to number one in this week's ELSPA UK games chart ...

Madagascar takes top spot   20-Jul-05
Total Gaming By Andy Stott. 20 July - The movie spin-off Madagascar has knocked Juiced off the number one spot in this week's UK all-format game chart. ...

Madagascar migrates to the top   19-Jul-05
gamesradar.com, A surprise surge sends the escaped animals of Madagascar to the top while the gang of four below shuffle themselves into new order. ...

Animals from "Madagascar" top box office   19-Jul-05
Reuters.uk, LONDON (Reuters) - New release "Madagascar" ousted alien invasion thriller "War of the Worlds" from the top of the box office charts, Screen International said ...

Animals from "Madagascar" top box office   19-Jul-05
Reuters.uk, LONDON (Reuters) - New release "Madagascar" ousted alien invasion thriller "War of the Worlds" from the top of the box office charts, Screen International said ...

'Madagascar,' 'War' vie for foreign honors   19-Jul-05
Reuters LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Madagascar" and "War of the Worlds" ran neck-and-neck over the weekend for top honors at the foreign box office, with the ...

IOC summit due in Antananarivo   19-Jul-05
AngolaPress, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, 07/19 - Leaders of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) will hold a summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on 22 July, official sources ...

Defining the Target to Target the Defined   19-Jul-05
ClickZ News, Unless you've been living in a cave in Madagascar, I'll assume you've read some of the recent research that implies decreasing consumer TV consumption is ...

UK CHARTS: MADAGASCAR SLIPS INTO TOP SPOT   19-Jul-05
CVG Online ...chart time again folks, with this week's ChartTrack-compiled UK All-Formats chart (for week ending July 16) revealing that Activision's Madagascar has moved up ...

UK Charts: Activision's Madagascar takes the top spot   19-Jul-05
GamesIndustry.biz, Activision's movie licensed title Madagascar has jumped five places this week to take the number one spot in the UK charts, knocking THQ's Juiced down to ...

Juiced downed by Madagascar   19-Jul-05
MCV, Following the release of its silver screen Hollywood cousin, Activision’s Madagascar has leapfrogged THQ’s chart-topping double act to claim top spot in ...

Sterling farms-out Madagascar licences   19-Jul-05
ShareCast, Oil & gas exploration group Sterling Energy said it had signed a farm-out deal with ExxonMobil for the Ambilobe and Ampasindava offshore licences in Madagascar ...

Ticor's mineral sands output drops   19-Jul-05
The Age (subscription), Demand for all of its mineral products remained strong, it said. It has now begun a bankable feasibility study at the Toliara Sands project in Madagascar. ...

MADAGASCAR SNATCHES ELSPA CROWN   19-Jul-05
Tomb Raider Chronicles, LEGO Star Wars slides one place to ninth, with Episode III: Revenge of the Sith sitting snug as the tenth most popular video-game week ending 16 July, 2005. ...

Ballroom is cheap therapy, and the dancing is terrific   19-Jul-05
Wednesday Journal, Currently, Mad Hot Ballroom is up against Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Madagascar, and War of the Worlds, all of which are certainly ...

Exxon boosts Madagascar presence with Sterling deal   19-Jul-05
Reuters South Africa, LONDON (Reuters) - US oil major Exxon Mobil has boosted its oil and gas interests in Madagascar by taking a 70 percent interest in two licences held by small UK ...

US-Madagascar Food Agreement Aimed At Aiding Productivity   18-Jul-05
AllAfrica.com, US Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a Food for Progress agreement in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, on ...

Johanns Signs Agreements Enhancing US- Madagascar Relations   18-Jul-05
I-Newswire.com (press release) Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and Madagascar's Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Harison Randriarimanana signed a Food For Progress ...

'Madagascar,' 'Worlds' lead foreign box office   18-Jul-05
Reuters.uk, SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - "Madagascar" and "War of the Worlds" delivered a bumper weekend at the international box office with estimated ticket sales of ...

'Madagascar,' 'Worlds' lead foreign box office   18-Jul-05
Reuters SYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - "Madagascar" and "War of the Worlds" delivered a bumper weekend at the international box office with estimated ticket sales of ...

'Madagascar,' 'Worlds' lead foreign box office   18-Jul-05
ABS CBN News, SYDNEY - "Madagascar" and "War of the Worlds" delivered a bumper weekend at the international box office with estimated ticket sales of $31 million and $30 ...

Sterling Energy in farm-out deal with ExxonMobil for Madagascar ...   18-Jul-05
Forbes ...listed oil and gas producer, said it signed a farm-out deal with US oil giant ExxonMobil Corp for the Ambilobe and Ampasindava offshore licences in Madagascar. ...

Int'l animal magnetism   18-Jul-05
Variety (subscription) Opting for opening in a few markets at a time rather than massive day-and-date launches, "Madagascar" led a moderate foreign box office with $31 million at ...

Lemur hunting persists in Madagascar, rare primates fall victim to ...   17-Jul-05
Mongabay.com Earth. In these forests you'll find about 50% of Madagascar's species, despite their making up less than 2% of its land mass. Given ...

World Bank offers loans to alleviate poverty in Nigeria ...   17-Jul-05
Xinhua, YAOUNDE, July 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Bank has offered loans of 677.8 million US dollars to Nigeria, Madagascar and Benin for reduction of poverty ...

Naut'-y and nice: Brainy boogers, cheeky penguins take center ...   17-Jul-05
Boston Herald, By contrast, ``Madagascar'' is genuinely cute, even though it is no less a manipulation of contemporary perceptions of ``cute.'' It's based on the movie of the ...

Sarkozy puts the boot in as Chirac falters   17-Jul-05
Guardian Unlimited, Deeply unpopular at home, his only chance of adulation will come this week when his plane lands in Madagascar for a two-day state visit. ...

SECRETARY JOHANNS: "Mr. President,Mister Ministers,   17-Jul-05
USDA.gov (press release), ..."Let me start out and say that it is a great pleasure to be here in Madagascar. "My wife Stephanie and I are honored to be here. ...

Movie capsules   16-Jul-05
News-Leader.com, Madagascar (PG) *** — Central Park Zoo critters are shipwrecked on Madagascar and must learn to fend for themselves in "the Wild." A DreamWorks cartoon that ...

Madagascar just about earns its stripes   15-Jul-05
Ireland Online, ...this warm, fuzzy, yet ultimately disappointing animated feature about a bunch of animals who escape from a New York zoo and fetch up in the wilds of Madagascar ...

Critters get their close-ups in 'Genesis'   15-Jul-05
Bothell Herald, ...comments by the narrator. Filming took place mostly in the Galapagos Islands, Madagascar, and Polynesia. Nuridsany and Perennou ...

New role is a real tall order   15-Jul-05
ic Newcastle.co.uk, By The Evening Chronicle. David Schwimmer is one of the voices in animation movie Madagascar, in cinemas from today. Who needs Friends ...

Johanns Announces Next Steps For Importing Canadian Cattle   15-Jul-05
CattleNetwork.com, Antananarivo , Madagascar , July 15, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today outlined the steps necessary to reopen the US border to Canadian cattle ...

Madagascar - Clips   15-Jul-05
Contactmusic.com, Ben Stiller (“Meet the Parents�), Chris Rock (“Head of State�), David Schwimmer (TV’s “Friends�) and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Collateral�) star ...

This March is no Madagascar   15-Jul-05
Edmonton Sun, Forget the rebellious penguins depicted in camp fashion in the cartoon movie Madagascar. The stars of the new documentary film, March ...

Madagascar (U)   15-Jul-05
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Madagascar tries hard to match these expectations and has a few clever moments, but generally it suffers from a distinct lack of inspiration. ...

Oakland Zoo offers a new place for kids to go wild   15-Jul-05
The Argus, ...near the exhibit, visitors are likely to hear the distinguishable "hooti-hoo-hoo" squeaks of the ring-tailed lemurs, an endangered primate from Madagascar. ...

Cinema: Madagascar   14-Jul-05
Malta Independent, ...whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar ...

Poor Africans need land rights   14-Jul-05
Arizona Republic, It was a grant from President Bush's Millennium Challenge Corporation to Madagascar. ... In fact, the grant to Madagascar, made this April, was the first. ...

Singapore zoo's new baby lemurs a hit following animated movie ...   14-Jul-05
Canada.com, ...ring-tailed lemurs have become one of the Singapore Zoo's most popular attractions following the release of the hit animated movie Madagascar, officials said. ...

MADAGASCAR FILM REVIEW   14-Jul-05
Channel 4 News, Four pampered animals from New York's Central Park Zoo must survive in the wild in this CG animated adventure from DreamWorks. Featuring ...

MADAGASCAR: Polio reported in southern Madagascar   14-Jul-05
UN Regional Information Africa, The Malagasy government and its UN partners are to launch a door-to door immunisation campaign after a case of polio was reported in southern Madagascar in the ...

It's not a city out there, it's 'Madagascar'   14-Jul-05
Taipei Times, By AO Scott. Madagascar, the new computer-animated picture from DreamWorks, is, at least in part, a movie about what a bad idea it is to leave New York City. ...

Madagascar: World Bank Approves US$129 Million for Integrated ...   13-Jul-05
AllAfrica.com, ...an International Development Association (IDA) credit* of US$129.8 million to foster broad based economic growth in three export processing zones in Madagascar ...

Take Your Kid to Watch "Madagascar"   13-Jul-05
CRI, The premiere ceremony was held in Beijing's New Century Cinema on Tuesday afternoon. A lineup of Chinese singers including Lin Yilun ...

MADAGASCAR: World Bank releases $239 million for development ...   13-Jul-05
Reuters AlertNet, JOHANNESBURG, 13 July (IRIN) - The World Bank Board has approved US $239 million in soft loans to help Madagascar reach its development goals, fight HIV/AIDS ...

World Bank approves $80m for poverty reduction in Madagascar   13-Jul-05
Business in Africa (subscription), On governance, PRSC 2 aims to assist the government of Madagascar in continued implementation of its 2004 Priority Action Plan for public expenditure ...

Demand for wood-sourced vanillin soars on price pressures for ...   13-Jul-05
Food Navigator, ...export market for natural vanilla is valued at around $422 million (€317 million) with nearly 50 per cent sourced from the leading producer country Madagascar ...

MADAGASCAR: World Bank releases $239 million for development ...   13-Jul-05
UN Regional Information Africa, JOHANNESBURG, 13 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - The World Bank Board has approved US $239 million in soft loans to help Madagascar reach its development goals, fight HIV ...

The Leader receives congratulation from the president of ...   12-Jul-05
Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation, 2005-07-12/ The Leader of the Revolution received a cable of congratulation from the president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, for the big success realized ...

Madagascar Review   12-Jul-05
PALGN, Madagascar is based on the DreamWorks movie of the same name. ... In Madagascar players take control of either Alex, Morty, Gloria, Melman and the crazy penguins. ...

Madagascar: The World Bank Supports Madagascar’s Response to HIV ...   12-Jul-05
Harold Doan and Associates (press release), Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of US$30 million to support the Government of Madagascar’s efforts ...

Madagascar: The World Bank Supports Madagascar’s Response to HIV ...   12-Jul-05
Harold Doan and Associates (press release), Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of US$30 million to support the Government of Madagascar’s efforts ...

Win a trip to Madagascar   12-Jul-05
News & Star, VUE cinemas, on Botchergate, in Carlisle have given us three pairs of tickets for the new animated film Madagascar (U), which comes out on Friday. ...

Madagascar: World Bank Approves US$80 Million for Poverty ...   12-Jul-05
noticias.info (press release), ...for All program. “The proposed series of PRSCs will contribute to Madagascar reaching its development goals. The reforms will ...

World Bank approves $240 mln in loans to Madagascar   12-Jul-05
Reuters South Africa, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank approved loans totaling nearly $240 million for Madagascar on Tuesday for infrastructure development, HIV/AIDS prevention ...

DreamWorks Animation Announces Withdrawal of Secondary Offering ...   11-Jul-05
Yahoo News (press release) March 28, 2005. "With the release of Madagascar, the company has delivered another highly successful film at the box office. To date ...

DreamWorks cuts forecast as DVD sales fall   11-Jul-05
Financial Times, DreamWorks, the company behind films such a Shrek and the recently-released Madagascar, cut its earnings forecast for the second quarter from “no profit ...

Madagascar lemurs descended from single primate ancestor, finds ...   11-Jul-05
Mongabay.com Sciences. Madagascar is world famous for its lemurs -- primates that look something like a cat crossed with a squirrel and a dog. ...

Hollywood could help save Madagascan forests   11-Jul-05
Reuters AlertNet, ANTANANARIVO, June 11 (Reuters) - The hit movie "Madagascar" has raised hopes that its namesake island will benefit from higher tourist visits, which could ...

DREAMWORKS WANT PIXAR CROWN   11-Jul-05
Contactmusic.com, Dreamworks animations chief JEFFREY KATZENBERG has warned CGI kings Pixar the MADAGASCAR team are coming to steal their crown. Pixar ...

Movie Magic Might Be a Nightmare in Real Life   11-Jul-05
InfoAboutNetwork ...this summer's animated movie Madagascar, four animal friends—a lion, giraffe, zebra, and hippopotamus—escape from a New York City zoo. ...

A new place for kids to go wild Oakland Zoo to open its children's ...   11-Jul-05
Oakland Tribune, ...near the exhibit, visitors are likely to hear the distinguishable "hooti-hoo-hoo" squeaks of the ring-tailed lemurs, an endangered animal from Madagascar. ...

Hollywood flick puts Madagascar on the map   11-Jul-05
Independent Online, ...industry is patiently awaiting an expected boom in visitors to the Indian Ocean island nation driven by the animated box-office hit Madagascar, officials said ...

DVD sales losing steam   11-Jul-05
New York Daily News, Some big movie titles are about to come out in DVD, including "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," "Madagascar," and "Robots" - but it's not just ...

Naughty but nice   11-Jul-05
Age (subscription), And I liked Madagascar. ... That was The Upside of Anger. Let's just say that I didn't squirm in my seat nearly as much watching Madagascar. ...

A Nightmare at Dreamworks   11-Jul-05
TheStreet.com The hammering is all the more galling for shareholders in light of the first-run success of Madagascar, a feature that has grossed about $180 million ...

Cranes survive Madagascar   10-Jul-05
New Vision, Madagascar converted a try in the 18th minute, before Bonney Moro had his second try in two games, to bring the score to 14-13 for the hosts. ...

French novelist Simon dies at 91   9-Jul-05
BBC News, ...a dream-like atmosphere. Born in Madagascar in 1913, the writer received the Nobel prize for literature in 1985. One of his most ...

Nobel Prize-winning French author Claude Simon dies at 91   9-Jul-05
Monsters and Critics.com, Simon was born October 10, 1913, in Tananarive, on the island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa, when Madagascar was a French colony. ...

Screening Give-Away: Sith, Madagascar, Crashers, Endings and ...   9-Jul-05
Cinematical, Madagascar: Hollywood, CA - The Entertainment Technology Center at USC’s Digital Cinema Lab presents a special digital screening on Monday, July 18th at ...

Critters remind us that games are meant to be fun   9-Jul-05
Quad City Times, ..."Madagascar" (Activision, for ... "Madagascar" offers a lot more than most movie tie-ins — probably enough to keep the film's fans busy until the DVD comes out.

Loggers cut Madagascan rainforest with impunity (Reuters/ by Tim ...   9-Jul-05
Peninsula On-line, Environmentalists say such scenes are common in Madagascar, a huge Indian Ocean island whose dwindling rainforests shelter some of the world’s most treasured ...

Ali G actor is an animal   9-Jul-05
The Sun, By SIMON THOMPSON. HERE is your exclusive look at Sacha Baron Cohen's Hollywood debut - as a cartoon animal in the smash hit movie Madagascar. ...

JOHANNS ANNOUNCES TRAVEL TO CHINA AND AFRICA   9-Jul-05
USDA.gov (press release), In Africa, Johanns will travel to Antananarivo, Madagascar July 14 to July 16 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Harison Randriarimanana, Madagascar's ...

African Artisans Find Markets Through Cooperatives   9-Jul-05
Voice of America ..."We are standing in front of a booth with crafts from Madagascar and what I think is attracting so many of the people are the handbags," says the president of ...

Animal magic   8-Jul-05
ic Wales, A quartet of New York zoo animals find themselves shipped back to the wild in Madagascar, this year's big animation blockbuster. ...

Studies prove people of Madagascar came from Borneo and Africa   8-Jul-05
Mongabay.com Studies released earlier this year found the people of Madagascar have origins in Borneo and East Africa. Half of the genetic lineages ...

Insectival festival features roach racing, cricket spitting, and ...   8-Jul-05
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, ...flat. Only at Insectival, the roach races will use "Oxbow's own Madagascar hissing cockroaches," says Jill Whiting, with the center. ...

Madagascar: Inauguration of Eco-Body to Fight Oil Spill Pollution   8-Jul-05
RedNova.com, ...regard, a regional project coordination centre for the fight against oil spills in the member islands and countries, has been set up at Ambatobe in Madagascar. ...

Three Zambian Refs to Handle Madagascar/Uganda Match 7 July, 2005   7-Jul-05
AllAfrica.com, THREE top Zambian rugby referees have been appointed to officiate a World Cup qualifying encounter between Madagascar - Uganda. ...

Madagascar bananas baked in coffee   7-Jul-05
iAfrica.com, I was fortunate to visit the incredibly beautiful island of Madagascar recently. What a place and what wonderful food! I never thought ...

Madagascar hopes for movie boost   7-Jul-05
BBC News, The island nation of Madagascar is hoping for a boom in tourism following the success of an animated movie named after the country. ...

Madagascar hopes movie will boost tourism and economy   7-Jul-05
Mongabay.com The Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar is hoping that a recently released Dreamworks' movie will spur tourism in the country despite its lukewarm success ...

Cape Verde Signs Compact With Millennium Challenge Corporation   6-Jul-05
AllAfrica.com, Cape Verde has been named the second African country - behind Madagascar -- to sign a compact with the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the White ...

A long-term approach to helping the poor in Africa through private ...   6-Jul-05
Mongabay.com The first recipient of aid under the MCA was the Indian ocean island nation of Madagascar, one of the poorest countries on Earth. ...

UIP and Hyper Happen create eight-minute online preview for ...   6-Jul-05
Digital Bulletin, LONDON - UIP and Hyper Happen have created a teaser campaign featuring the first eight minutes of the new film 'Madagascar', Dreamworks' first move at showing ...

Get real!   6-Jul-05
Chicago Tribune, Like Mexican vanilla, Bourbon vanilla--which contains no bourbon liquor--is made from Vanilla planifolia. It is the type of vanilla grown in Madagascar. ...

Madagascar awaits tourism windfall from hit movie   6-Jul-05
Mail & Guardian Online, ...industry is patiently awaiting an expected boom in visitors to the Indian Ocean island nation driven by the animated box-office hit Madagascar, officials said ...

How to attract moviegoers when even 'Herbie Gets a Remake' fails   6-Jul-05
Daytona Beach News-Journal, After a series of movies that merely did well -- "Revenge of the Sith" ($366 million), "Hitch" ($179 million), "Madagascar" ($172 million), "Batman Begins ...

Film Listings   6-Jul-05
San Francisco Bay Guardian, ...who loves to dance. (1:50) (Koh). Madagascar DreamWorks Animation must realize by now that it's no Pixar. Shrek has legions of fans ...

Family day out for funnyman Conley   5-Jul-05
ITV.com, Funnyman Brian Conley enjoyed a family day out when he took his kids to the UK premiere of animated smash hit Madagascar. Lucy and ...

'War Of The Worlds' Wins Weekend Box Office Battle   5-Jul-05
KFOXtv.com, It's now made $154 million in three weeks. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is third, followed by "Bewitched," "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and "Madagascar.". ...

Madagascar set for ATM:ad deal   5-Jul-05
Media Week, ATM:ad has been selected by United International Pictures to help promote the forthcoming release of Madagascar, the new animated adventure from DreamWorks. ...

WIN! Madagascar the movie sticker packs   5-Jul-05
News & Star, THIS summer, DreamWorks Animation presents the film Madagascar, a computer animated comedy about four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in ...

Medal of Honor: European Assault continues reign on top of UK ...   5-Jul-05
Pro-G ...to No.6. The highest new entry this week is EA's Cricket 2005, entering the chart at a respectable No.5. Other new entries came from Madagascar, which should ...

War of the Worlds Tops Weekend Box Office   5-Jul-05
WLNS, ..."Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is 3rd, followed by "Bewitched," "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and "Madagascar." "Rebound" fouled out, opening only in 7th place.

Review: Madagascar   4-Jul-05
Stuff.co.nz, By GERARD CAMPBELL. PS2: Madagascar, the movie, is topping the charts at the moment, so this game, based on the movie, should do just as well. ...

"Madagascar": slightly more fun than taking an airplane to the ...   4-Jul-05
Yes! Weekly, Madagascar tries to get by with the bare minimum, satisfying only the talking-animal requirement and exhibiting no true originality. ...

FEATURE-Loggers cut Madagascan rainforest with impunity   3-Jul-05
Reuters AlertNet, ANKALONTANY, Madagascar, July 4 (Reuters) - When loggers came to hack up centuries-old ebony trees from their sacred forest, the people of Ankalontany village ...

JUDD UPSET BY PROSTITUTION DOCUMENTARY   3-Jul-05
Contactmusic.com, ASHLEY JUDD has been left scarred for life after filming a harrowing documentary about Madagascar's young prostitutes for MTV. The ...

"Madagascar": slightly more fun than taking an airplane to the ...   2-Jul-05
Yes! Weekly, Madagascar tries to get by with the bare minimum, satisfying only the talking-animal requirement and exhibiting no true originality. ...

"Madagascar": slightly more fun than taking an airplane to the ...   2-Jul-05
Yes! Weekly, Madagascar tries to get by with the bare minimum, satisfying only the talking-animal requirement and exhibiting no true originality. ...

"Madagascar": slightly more fun than taking an airplane to the ...   2-Jul-05
Yes! Weekly, Madagascar tries to get by with the bare minimum, satisfying only the talking-animal requirement and exhibiting no true originality. ...

Pixar falls on sales setback   1-Jul-05
MSN Money The company's Madagascar, expected to be an important source of earnings in 2006, is performing well in cinema release with US ticket sales of $150m so far. ...

Movie tie-ins provide fleeting fun   1-Jul-05
San Jose Mercury News, ...around. CHILD'S PLAY: First things first: Marty the zebra in the ``Madagascar'' video game may sound like Chris Rock, but it's not. ...

ALSO OPENING THIS WEEK   1-Jul-05
Scranton Times, HHH. Madagascar: Four animals are stars at the Central Park Zoo: Alex the Lion (voice by Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David ...

Mini-reviews   1-Jul-05
Skagit Valley Herald, Delivers more or less what audiences will probably be expecting, for which I give it marginal approval. (Sports comedy, PG-13, 113 minutes.) ***. Madagascar ...

Movie review: Madagascar   1-Jul-05
Bolton Common, There have been brilliant CG (computer-generated) movies, good CG movies and mediocre CG movies, but "Madagascar" may be the first all-out dud. ...




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