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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (14649)	5/27/2001 6:45:59 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I'm not sure you want to waste your time on Quills if you haven't seen the other good movies out there. Quills was ok- but not great. There are so many really outstanding films out there, you probably out to sample those first. I thought Bridget Jones was incredible- it isn't the book, but it's marvelous. I love both the book and the movie- for the very different works of art they are. I also enjoyed Shrek- it was superb. I'm going to buy that. I saw an Affair of Love recently- that was interesting and a bit sad. Best of Show is FABULOUS- make sure you see it. The Lost Son was good, it has Daniel Auteuil (make sure you see his new hilarious comedy The Closet) in it- I love his movie the 8th Day- which is one of the most sensitive movies on disability I've ever seen- I'd rank it right up there with My Left Foot. Patrice Leconte (who directed Ridicule, one of my favorite movies) has two new marvelous movies out- The Girl on the Bridge, and the Widow of St. Pierre (the widow being a guillotine). I prefer the Girl on the Bridge- because the Widow is very sad- but it is so beautiful I have to recommend it. Actually, the Girl on the Bridge reminded me of Wings of Desire- it has the same lovely lyrical mythic quality.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (14649)	5/28/2001 1:24:39 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Powell Says He'll Work For More AIDS Funds , moved deeply in African tour KAMPALA, Uganda (AP)--Secretary of State Colin Powell says his four-nation tour of Africa has put human faces on the AIDS epidemic sweeping the continent, and he'll use the experience to lobby for more U.S. aid. "I can go back and make a case in Washington of the need for more resources," Powell said. "I hope I can convey the passion of what I have seen" when he reports to President Bush this week. On Monday, Powell was wrapping up an African tour that also took him to Mali, South Africa and Kenya. He was next headed to Budapest, Hungary, for NATO meetings Tuesday and Wednesday. The secretary visited AIDS outreach centers Sunday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, and Kampala, the Ugandan capital. He said he was deeply moved by hearing the experiences of AIDS victims in both places, and watching Africans trying to come to grips with the disease through song, dance and skits. "You don't really get a full appreciation until you see the people who are stricken," Powell said. The Bush administration announced earlier this month it was contributing an initial $200 million to a global $7 billion fund to combat AIDS. That's on top of about $460 million the United States had earlier committed to fighting AIDS this year. In Kampala, Powell announced $50 million in aid over five years to help Uganda expand a prevention program. He saluted the program for sharply cutting Uganda's HIV-AIDS rate from nearly 30% to about 10 percent. On his travels through Africa, Powell has said repeatedly that he would work to get additional U.S. support for AIDS prevention, research and treatment programs. "Even though there are wars in other parts of the world, even though there's a crisis in the Middle East, even though people are dying in these conflicts around the world, there's no war more serious, there's no war causing more death or destruction, there's no war on the face of the earth that is more grave than the war in sub-Saharan Africa against HIV-AIDS," he said. More than 25 million people on the continent are infected with HIV. Meanwhile, Powell praised Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for his decision to begin withdrawing troops from Congo and announced new food assistance to drought victims in northern Sudan. He decried the long bloodshed in both countries. Regarding Congo, Powell said, "I think it's important that we work hard to bring peace to that region and all armies withdraw." Museveni said at a news conference with Powell that he would begin the withdrawal in about three weeks. Uganda has about 8,000 troops in Congo. Museveni's planned withdrawal would drop the number to about 1,400, U.S. officials said. Rwanda also has troops stationed in Congo. Powell and his aides also said the United States was sending a ship to Port Sudan with an initial shipment of 17,000 tons of wheat. In all, 40,000 tons of food grain will be provided to drought victims. It marked a change of policy for the administration, which in the past had mainly sent humanitarian aid to war victims, mostly in southern Sudan. Powell cited a "desperate situation" in Sudan, where civil war has raged for 18 years. (END) DOW JONES NEWS 05-28-01 01:15 AM * end of story *