Kazakhs counter comic with ad campaign
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Gleaming hotels, the region's best pastrami sandwiches and the planet's largest population of wolves: these are things Kazakhs want the world to know about their country &#151; not the outrageous claims of the British comedian who portrays them as primitive and bigots.
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DC Comics tries to reach what it sees as underserved readers.
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Not long ago, fax machines and e-mail inboxes at Vogue, the world's premier fashion magazine, were briefly assaulted with thousands of angry letters. Not about the latest gorgeously photographed fashion trends or beauty products in its influential pages, but about a single, colorful ad: for Camel No. 9 cigarettes.
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The controversial hit comedy "Borat" stayed atop the box office for the second week in a row, bringing in an additional $29 million. The film, centered on the fictional Kazakh chracter created by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, has had its share of problem...
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Using humor, attitude and the occasional put-down, some presidential candidates are filling the airwaves with ads to stir activists and create an early, positive brand for their campaign.
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Pro-opposition papers in Ukraine have no doubts that "victory" is in sight, but pro-government papers beg to differ.
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A comic book superhero perched in a dangerous location brandishing a banner has become an increasingly common sight in recent months.
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Free and open debate has become a rarity in Russia's media which is mostly controlled by the state or business moguls.
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Miss Kazakhstan Gauhkar Rakhmetalieva defends the mockumentary "Borat", criticised as an unfair smear against the country, saying it was "only a joke" and gave the nation much needed publicity.
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There's no such thing as bad publicity, the president of Kazakhstan joked on Tuesday as he welcomed the attention lavished on his country by the comedy film "Borat".
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I put mainstream media in the same league with comic books. The goal of the media is to sell. When it comes to any message coming from the media, caveat emptor.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News have been encouraged to be creative in their use of advertising , but the papersâ neighbors objected one such promotion involving an inflatable honeybee.
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Sport: Tour de France: The Kazakh is favourite but is dogged by his links to a controversial doctor.
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President Vladimir Putin depicts rebels in Chechnya as part of the international terrorist threat spearheaded by al-Qaida. But analysts say the Chechen insurgency remains largely a nationalist movement aimed at winning independence from Russia.
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Free and open debate has become a rarity  in Russia's media which is mostly controlled by the state or  business moguls.
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Singing, socialising, and scepticism: the Chechen elections received a mixture of responses from the local population.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Before Borat fans start giving each other high fives, 20th Century Fox wants to make clear that the boorish Kazakh journalist is not headed back to the big screen just yet.