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	<title>Entertainment Daily &#187; Circuses</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>India orders all zoo and circus elephants moved to wildlife parks after animal rights outcry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nirmala George</dc:creator>
		
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India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

NEW DELHI — All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
The decision affects around 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country, said B.K. Gupta, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viva ELVIS: Cirque du Soleil reveals name of new show in Las Vegas about Presley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Viva ELVIS is name of Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s new show

LAS VEGAS — Elvis is coming to The Strip — Cirque du Soleil style.
Cirque du Soleil announced Thursday that its new show in Las Vegas will be called &#8220;Viva ELVIS.&#8221;
The show will be a tribute to the life and music of Elvis Presley. It will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Pompidou museum to put art under roving big top tent for rural, suburban exhibits</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/05/paris-pompidou-museum-to-put-art-under-roving-big-top-tent-for-rural-suburban-exhibits-57298/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny Barchfield</dc:creator>
		
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Art under the big top: The roving Pompidou

PARIS — Forget the lions, tigers and bears. Paris&#8217; Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders instead, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France&#8217;s culturally deprived rural regions and rough suburbs.
The so-called &#8220;Pompidou Mobile&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil performer dies after falling off a trampoline</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/17/cirque-du-soleil-performer-dies-after-falling-off-a-trampoline-44828/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL — A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling off a trampoline during a training session in Montreal.

Cirque du Soleil said Saturday Oleksandr Zhurov (Sacha) died in a Montreal hospital Saturday a day after falling off the trampoline.
The company said the 24-year-old Ukrainian performer was doing general training exercises for the world-famous circus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte calls his 10-day mission to space a success</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/13/canadian-billionaire-guy-laliberte-calls-his-10-day-mission-to-space-a-success-41748/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — Guy Laliberte, a billionaire who once worked as a stilt-walker and fire-eater, said Tuesday that he accomplished his mission by using a 10-day trip to the International Space Station to promote a humanitarian cause.

The Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder — dubbed the first clown in space — said his $35 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte calls his 10-day mission to space a success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte said Tuesday his mission was accomplished after a 10-day trip to the International Space Station where he hosted a global Web broadcast that featured rock stars and politicians.

The Canadian billionaire, dubbed the first clown in space, said his $35 million trip was an effective &#8220;marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon, Russian and US astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/11/russian-spacecraft-with-circus-tycoon-russian-and-us-astronauts-lands-safely-in-kazakhstan-41144/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon&#8217;s mirthful space odyssey.

Laliberte, who wore a bulbous clown nose during his stay aboard the International Space Station, was extracted from the cramped Soyuz capsule Sunday morning following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space hijinks: Canadian circus billionaire clowns around aboard orbiting space station</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/02/space-hijinks-canadian-circus-billionaire-clowns-around-aboard-orbiting-space-station-38321/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROLYOV, Russia — A Canadian circus billionaire boarded the International Space Station on Friday after a smooth ride up from Earth, and promptly played the entertainer by donning a red clown nose for a camera.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte became the seventh paying space tourist to travel to the station, where he plans to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian circus billionaire, astronaut, cosmonaut board International Space Station</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/02/canadian-circus-billionaire-astronaut-cosmonaut-board-international-space-station-38275/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROLYOV, Russia — A Canadian circus billionaire boarded the International Space Station on Friday and promptly played the entertainer, donning a clown nose after a smooth trip up from Earth.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte became the seventh paying space tourist to travel to the station, where he plans to mix clownish fun with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soyuz craft carrying Canadian circus billionaire docks with International Space Station</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/02/soyuz-craft-carrying-canadian-circus-billionaire-docks-with-international-space-station-38237/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROLYOV, Russia — A Russian spacecraft docked Friday at the International Space Station to deliver Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte — dubbed the first clown in space — along with an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut.

Two days after launching, the Soyuz TMA-16 capsule linked smoothly and on schedule with the space station orbiting 220 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erin go llama: Escaped circus animals bring Dublin&#8217;s major highway to a three-ring standstill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/01/erin-go-llama-escaped-circus-animals-bring-dublins-major-highway-to-a-three-ring-standstill-37883/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Dublin&#8217;s traffic is often snarled, but this could be the first time llamas are to blame.

Five of the South American animals along with two goats ran rampant Thursday on the Irish capital&#8217;s major ring road, the M50, causing 5-mile (8-kilometer) traffic jams. Police eventually corralled the animals safely into a trailer.
Circus owner Alexander [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque de Soleil billionaire celebrates 25th anniversary of his company with space trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/09/30/cirque-de-soleil-billionaire-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-his-company-with-space-trip-37674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Luft</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL — From street performer to circus tycoon and now space tourist, Guy Laliberte has led a life of intrigue. As the billionaire founder of the Cirque du Soleil, Laliberte has made high risk business choices and enjoyed indulgent parties.

This year, he&#8217;s celebrating his 50th birthday and the 25th anniversary of the founding of Cirque [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte, crew mates blast off for space station</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte turned space into his big top Wednesday, boarding a Russian rocket and lifting off on a mission that mixes a serious message on water shortages with some clowning around in the cosmos.

Laliberte, an experienced fire-eater and stilt-walker who founded Cirque du Soleil, joined Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire clown Guy Laliberte, crew mates head for space station aboard Russian Soyuz craft</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.

Minutes after lifting off from the Baikonur launch facility, the Soyuz capsule shed its rocket stages and entered orbit. On board were Cirque du [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even in quarantine, the space clown&#8217;s enthusiasm is infectious</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Even in a sterile quarantine bay, the world&#8217;s first space clown couldn&#8217;t resist the urge to perform.

Two days before he is to blast off for the International Space Station, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte on Monday cracked jokes, donned his trademark red nose and flashed with enthusiasm over the venture that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circus tycoon: I&#8217;ll tickle astronauts on International Space Station in their sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — The man who hopes to be the first clown in space, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, said Tuesday he would tickle fellow astronauts as they sleep aboard the International Space Station.

But the impish billionaire, who also plans to hand out clown noses to the crew, says his $35 million excursion into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire clown Guy Laliberte boards Russian Soyuz capsule for flight to space station</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — The man who plans to become the first circus clown in space, and who may be among the last of the space tourists, was greeted by a raucous crowds of friends and family Wednesday as he prepared to blast off for the International Space Station.

Guy Laliberte and two other astronauts were cheered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder says he&#8217;s got tickles and other surprises for space station crew</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — The man who plans on being &#8220;the first clown in space&#8221; said Thursday he&#8217;s got some surprises planned for the crew of the international space station.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte told reporters he plans to tickle the professional astronauts while they&#8217;re sleeping, and he&#8217;s also bringing red clown noses to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder uses $35M trip to issue water ecology statement from space station</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/09/10/cirque-du-soleil-founder-uses-35m-trip-to-issue-water-ecology-statement-from-space-station-32567/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — The next paying traveler to the international space station wants to use his $35 million trip to highlight concerns about the world&#8217;s water supply.

Guy Laliberte, the Canadian billionaire founder of the Cirque du Soleil, said Thursday that he aims to read a statement to the world about the planet&#8217;s water problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder hopes the world will hear him read from space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — The founder of Cirque du Soleil said Thursday he&#8217;ll be taking some reading material to the International Space Station this month. Not that he&#8217;s worried about being bored, but he wants to read it to the denizens of Earth.

Guy Laliberte wants to use his $35 million trip to promote his concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In space, Canadian Laliberte hopes the world will hear him read</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STAR CITY, Russia — The founder of Cirque du Soleil said Thursday he&#8217;ll be taking some reading material to the International Space Station this month. Not that he&#8217;s worried about being bored, but he wants to read it to the denizens of Earth.

Guy Laliberte wants to use his $35 million trip to promote his concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union says NYC firefighters had to shut firehouse to bathe a circus elephant on city orders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A fire union says a Brooklyn engine company had to close its firehouse for 30 minutes to go bathe a circus elephant, on city orders. The Uniformed Firefighters Association said Engine 245 did not want to partake in the photo opportunity with Suzie, a circus elephant for Ringling Bros. and Barnum &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian billionaire dubbed &#8216;first clown in space&#8217; wants frivolity, philanthropy in cosmos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Canadian billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil wants to turn cosmonauts into clowns when he blasts into space this month.

Quebec-born philanthropist Guy Laliberte departs for the international space station Sept. 30 and is in training at a base outside Moscow.
He said in a video conference Wednesday from Star City that he hopes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA embraces pop culture on upcoming space shuttle flight: Comedian Colbert, Buzz Lightyear</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When Discovery flies to the international space station this week, it will deliver a new treadmill named for a TV comedian and pick up a Buzz Lightyear toy.

In another month, a wealthy circus performer will rocket to the space station. Add that to all the Twittering astronauts and NASA suddenly has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hugh Jackman may join the circus with P.T. Barnum musical &#8216;Greatest Showman&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackman may join the circus with Barnum musical

LOS ANGELES — Hugh Jackman is turning into one of Hollywood&#8217;s biggest showmen.
Jackman may be following his song-and-dance triumph as host of the Academy Awards with a role as legendary showman P.T. Barnum in the musical tale &#8220;The Greatest Showman on Earth.&#8221;
The film about Barnum and his three-ring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citing cruelty, Bolivia bans use of all animals in circuses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/31/citing-cruelty-bolivia-bans-use-of-all-animals-in-circuses-20881/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia has enacted what animal rights defenders are calling the world&#8217;s first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses.

A handful of other countries have banned the use of wild animals in circuses, but the Bolivian ban includes domestic animals as well.
The law, which states that the use of animals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder steals space show, promises no fire-eating during his fall flight</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/23/cirque-du-soleil-founder-steals-space-show-promises-no-fire-eating-during-his-fall-flight-19144/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA&#8217;s show Thursday, saying he&#8217;ll be &#8220;like a kid in a candy store&#8221; experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international space station.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is shelling out a reported $35 million for his round-trip ticket aboard a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder steals space show, previews station trip while astronauts work on lab</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/23/cirque-du-soleil-founder-steals-space-show-previews-station-trip-while-astronauts-work-on-lab-19113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA&#8217;s show Thursday, saying he&#8217;ll be &#8220;like a kid in a candy store&#8221; experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international space station.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is shelling out a reported $35 million for his round-trip ticket aboard a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder steals space show, previews mission while astronauts work on lab</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/23/cirque-du-soleil-founder-steals-space-show-previews-mission-while-astronauts-work-on-lab-19112/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Dunn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A former stiltwalker and fire-eater is stealing NASA&#8217;s space show.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy LaLiberte met with journalists Thursday and previewed his upcoming space station visit. He will rocket into orbit from Kazakhstan this fall as a paying tourist.
Laliberte says he won&#8217;t be playing with any fire in space, for obvious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PETA: Video shows Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey trainers abusing animals backstage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/22/peta-video-shows-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-trainers-abusing-animals-backstage-18425/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/22/peta-video-shows-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-trainers-abusing-animals-backstage-18425/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — An animal-rights group has released a video showing what it says is the abuse of Ringling Bros. circus elephants.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Wednesday released what it says is a secretly recorded video showing handlers striking elephants backstage. PETA says someone affiliated with the group made the recording during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circus elephant parade through downtown Los Angeles before Jackson memorial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/07/circus-elephant-parade-through-downtown-los-angeles-before-jackson-memorial-14616/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Hours before a public memorial for Michael Jackson, a herd of elephants were on the march through downtown Los Angeles in a fitting start to a circus-like day.

Eleven Asian elephants and seven horses from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &#038; Bailey circus lumbered from Union Station toward the Staples Center early Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circus elephant parade set to march into Staples Center before Jackson memorial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/07/circus-elephant-parade-set-to-march-into-staples-center-before-jackson-memorial-14358/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — As if the atmosphere outside Staples Center didn&#8217;t promise to be circus-like enough come Tuesday morning, they&#8217;re sending in the elephants.

A herd of 11 Asian elephants and seven horses is scheduled to lumber into a side entrance of the complex before dawn Tuesday in preparation for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circus Parade returns to Milwaukee after 6 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/29/circus-parade-returns-to-milwaukee-after-6-years-12683/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE — The Great Circus Parade is returning to the streets of Milwaukee July 12 after a six-year hiatus.

It was last held in Milwaukee in 2003, but organizers couldn&#8217;t raise enough money for it to return until this year. In 2004 and 2005 it was staged in Baraboo, about 150 miles west of Milwaukee.
The Ringling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarasota&#8217;s rich circus history always on display at Ringling museum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/29/sarasotas-rich-circus-history-always-on-display-at-ringling-museum-12678/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Stacy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SARASOTA, Fla. — Sarasota and the circus became forever linked more than 70 years ago when John Ringling decided to move the headquarters of his &#8220;Greatest Show on Earth&#8221; to the lovely Gulf Coast city where he spent his winters.

&#8220;No announcement ever made in Florida has meant more to the state as a whole,&#8221; gushed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal rights groups say larger elephant displays invite more captivity, not better conditions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/18/animal-rights-groups-say-larger-elephant-displays-invite-more-captivity-not-better-conditions-9990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Nieves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Seven lumbering elephants — four of them newcomers — are the star attractions in the San Diego Zoo&#8217;s biggest, most costly expansion in its 90-plus years.

But such multimillion dollar displays like the city&#8217;s $45 million Elephant Odyssey are prompting an outcry from animal rights activists who view similar expansions in Denver, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte space-bound in September</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/03/cirque-du-soleil-founder-guy-laliberte-space-bound-in-september-7058/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL — Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is set to become Canada&#8217;s first space tourist when he travels on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in September.

Chantal Cote, a spokeswoman for the circus troupe, confirmed the trip Wednesday but would not provide further details before a press conference on Thursday.
The 49-year-old Laliberte is in Moscow for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Patrick Harris gets ready as host of the 2009 Tony Awards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/06/03/neil-patrick-harris-gets-ready-as-host-of-the-2009-tony-awards-7041/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kuchwara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Ask Neil Patrick Harris how he sees his job as host of the 2009 Tony Awards, and the star of TV&#8217;s &#8220;How I Met Your Mother&#8221; says judiciously, &#8220;ringmaster at the circus — I want to be strong enough to earn your trust but be able to allow all the specialty acts [...]]]></description>
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