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1. IFFA to honour Rehman, Benegal and Mumtaz (Calcutta News) - Mumbai, May 17(IANS) Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, actress Mumtaz and music maestro A.R. Rahman will be honoured by the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) for their contribution to Indian cinema at a ceremony in Bangkok next month.

2. International Indian Film Academy : Bangkok 2008 (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) - The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is an institution that brings together the worlds of Indian and International cinema on one common global platform.

3. World cinema comes to India (Business Standard India) - Until some time ago, world cinema was an alien term for me. It was a shame not being exposed to some of the rich cinema emerging from countries like Iran, Japan, Argentina, Korea, or France for that matter.

4. QT comes to Bollywood! (The Times of India) - TOI gets an exclusive dekho at the first robot of Indian cinema.

5. As violence ebbs, Kashmiris shyly take to alcohol (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Residents of Indian Kashmir, the country's only state with a Muslim majority, are drinking more and more alcohol, excise officials said, after years of intimidation by Islamist militants.

6. Faith in Brief: 05/17/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle) - Church holds auction event today; Singles group offers dinner, movie night; Baccalaureate for Brethren grads; 36th annual bike blessing on Sunday; Choral group at Onekama Brethren; Supper benefit for Chinese orphanage; Stem cell expert offers presentation; GTACS seeks Hall of Fame nominees; Revival Center holds holiday yard sale; Traverse Bay UM yard, bake sale; American Indian history ...

7. Transgenders play 'female' leads, create celluloid history (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Karpaka and Revathi, who are transgenders in real life, will rewrite cinema history by playing 'female' leads in the forthcoming Tamil films 'Paal' and 'Thenavattu'.

8. Sports as business - the game is afoot! (Calcutta News) - With the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL), sports as business has arrived in India, like in the United States and Europe. According to estimates, trade in sports-related activities is five percent or more of world trade. In India it is cricket for now that is flush with entrepreneurial money but with time we may see the same phenomenon in other sports such as hockey and football.

9. Transgenders play 'female' leads, create celluloid history (New Kerala) - By Ayyappa Prasad, Chennai, May 17 : Karpaka and Revathi, who are transgenders in real life, will rewrite cinema history by playing 'female' leads in the forthcoming Tamil films "Paal" and "Thenavattu".

10. Sports as business - the game is afoot! (Commentary) (New Kerala) - By Sangeeta Goyal: With the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL), sports as business has arrived in India, like in the United States and Europe. According to estimates, trade in sports-related activities is five percent or more of world trade.