The first reason why I decided to speak about this film is that it's linked with another blog - EBM (by Alex). "Ray" tells us the life story of Ray Charles (yes, the very "Hit the road Jack" song), a great American jazzman, who actually played jazz, rhythm-and-blues and gospel. His biography is almost ... Read more »

Aid workers in quake-hit Sumatra say they are increasingly unlikely to find survivors under the rubble, as they push into devastated remote areas.
Four days after the 7.6 tremor, the scale of the disaster is becoming clear, with entire villages destroyed.
Widespread road damage is preventing teams from reaching many of the injured beyond Padang, a city of 900,000 people that took the full force of the quake.
About 1,000 are known to have died; up to 3,000 more are said to be ... Read more »