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‘Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic’ to make Middle East debut in Qatar this summer

April 30, 2013· · tags: disney on ice, doha, feld entertainment, mickey mouse, pixar, qatar, Qatar National Convention Center, Qatar Tourism Authority, The Little Mermaid
With reporting from Penny Yi Wang   Parents of small children who are not traveling this summer, take heart: Qatar will host the Middle East’s first Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic show this June.   The 90-minute performance, which runs from June 13 to June 16, will be hosted at the Qatar National Convention Center, and is set to include Disney’s favorite cast of characters, organizers said in a statement:   Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their friends from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast will be taking to the ice with beloved princesses Cinderella and Snow White.   Joining them are Woody and Buzz from Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story, Nemo and Dori from Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nimo and even Stitch from Lilo and Stich drops into wreak his usual havoc during this grand celebration.   Read more
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Packing up the Legal Circus

April 02, 2013· · tags: animal-rights organizations, animals, circus, elephants, feld entertainment, lawsuit, legal, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Losers pay in Judge Emmet Sullivan’s courtroom, at least when those losers bring a “frivolous, unreasonable and groundless” lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act. This welcome news is contained in a Friday order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.   Judge Sullivan ruled that animal-rights organizations that sued Feld Entertainment, producer of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, must pay Feld’s attorneys fees. The plaintiffs included the Animal Welfare Institute and the Fund for Animals. Feld says it has spent more than $20 million on a legal circus that began in 2000 with claims that Ringling was abusing its elephants.   Feld won the case in 2009 after a six-week trial. On Friday, Judge Sullivan noted that “the plaintiffs were unable to produce any credible evidence that any of them had standing to pursue their claims.” The judge also reminded the litigants that the testimony of the plaintiffs’ star witness had been “wholly incredible, and in certain instances, he testified falsely.”   Source: http://online.wsj.com
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