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 October 22, 2007 - The Oscar Goes to ... the Top Bidder
NEWSWEEK -Wanna buy an Oscar? Because of a rule established in 1950 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which allows the organization to buy back unwanted statues for $1 before the public gets a shot, the opportunity to purchase an actual Oscar is extremely rare. But in December, Sotheby's will be auctioning one off, and it's a doozy... More...
 October 16, 2007 - Welles' Oscar Up For Grabs
E! Online - Orson Welles is long gone, but now's your chance to pick up a little something to remember him by—if the price is right. Sotheby's New York has revealed plans to auction off Welles' one and only Oscar, for co-writing 1941's Citizen Kane, the consensus pick of film critics and historians as the greatest film ever made.More...
 October 16, 2007 - Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" Oscar to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It won only one Oscar, but Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane" is widely considered his best movie. Now the Academy Award Welles received for his masterwork can be bought for a cool million -- or maybe more...More...
 October 16, 2007 - Citizen Kane Oscar under hammer
BBC News - The only Oscar won for Orson Welles' iconic 1941 film Citizen Kane is to be auctioned and is estimated to fetch $800,000 (£393,000) to $1.2m (0.5m). The Oscar was for best original screenplay and was given jointly to Welles and Herman J Mankiewicz...
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 August 14, 2007 - ‘Climate change to hit poor nations harder’
The Herald - DEVELOPING countries will be hit harder by climate change because they do not have the capacity to adapt as fast as richer countries, says the Minister of Environment & Tourism Cde Francis Nhema.More...
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