2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year that started on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2008th year of the Common Era or Anno Domini designation, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and 21st century, and the 9th of the 2000s.
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Manu Chao (born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on June 21, 1961), is a French singer of Spanish roots (Basque and Galician). He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995, and since then tours regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba.
Chao was born to Spanish parents. His mother, Felisa Ortega, is from Bilbao, Basque country and his father, writer and journalist Ramón Chao, is from Vilalba, Galicia. They emigrated to Paris to avoid Francisco Franco's dictatorship—Manu's grandfather had been sentenced to death. Shortly after Manu's birth, the Chao family moved to the outskirts of Paris, and Manu spent most of his childhood in Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres. As he grew up he was surrounded by many artists and intellectuals, most of whom were acquaintances of his father. Chao cites much of his childhood experience as inspiration for some songs.
John Felix Anthony Cena (/ˈsiːnə/; born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE as a member of its Raw brand.
In WWE, Cena has won 19 championships in total, including 12 world titles (having won the WWE Championship a record 10 times and the World Heavyweight Championship twice). In addition, Cena has also won the WWE United States Championship three times, and is a four-time Tag Team Champion, having held the World Tag Team Championship twice (once each with Shawn Michaels and Batista), and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice (once each with David Otunga and The Miz). Cena also won the 2008 Royal Rumble match, and is a two-time Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner (2009 and 2010). He also has the fourth highest number of combined days as WWE Champion behind Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino.
Cena started his professional wrestling career in 2000, wrestling for Ultimate Pro Wrestling, where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship. In 2001, Cena signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where he held the OVW Heavyweight Championship and the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (with Rico Constantino).
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Three years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress from Turkey, had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes. From his Kurdish village, Hama Ali sends Ayca video love letters which he has filmed on his handycam. She watches them from her sofa in Istanbul, with her cat for company. The video love letters capture the hellish violence engulfing Iraq, the goats and uncles populating his rural area, and also his tender affection towards her. Feeling suffocated by her own city and angered by the indifference towards the war that surrounds her, Ayca decides to make the journey eastwards to Iraq to be reunited with her lover. GITMEK, a dramatic feature film, is based on the true story of Ayca's departure from Istanbul and her extraordinary journey to the Iraqi border. At a time when many people were fleeing from East to West in search of safety, Ayca makes the opposite journey, in search of love. She is helped by immigrant artists who live in the slums of Istanbul and the mothers of long distance truck drivers who she meets at various border towns. The journey takes her through breathtaking landscapes, strange encounters and terrifying times.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, border, bureaucracy, cinema-verite, iran, iraq, iraq-war, kurd, kurdish, kurdistan
There is a war in all the heads and there's a war in
mine as well
And if I could explain it any better, I'm sure I would
We're in a bus and it's night, you opened up and so
will I
But though I'm good with words, I've never been good
with words
But all I know is there's something new this year
All I know is there's something new real near
There is a town that I live in and it's a town that
favors winners
And when I win I think about when I'll next lose
I took a train that took me north
And it's the place where trees speak louder than the
people
But if I have to pick that's what I'll choose
I walked along the river Ume, it chilled me out of my
bones too
But a cold wind is always better than a cold voice
I am not strong enough for win city, I'll stay in to
play Sin
Witty people without hearts have always had a lead on
But all I know is there's something new this year
All I know is there's something new real near
All I know is there's something new this year
I don't know much, but there's something new coming
near
I'll walk into the shop where you work, it is a shop
that kills you slowly
There'll be no blood but another shirt on a hanger will
still behead you
I'll lift your arm and you'll lift mine, and in a
Communist state of mind
We're not worth more than anyone else but surely not
worth less
And all I know is there's something new this year
All I know is there's something new real near
All I know is there's something new this year
I don't know much, but there's something new coming
near
All I know is there's something new this year
All I know is there's something new real near
All I know is there's something new this year
You have won the Olympic game 'cos you got lot of money to pay!
But how much you gonna pay for me all the people
Under the table.
Every time I out of my practice place, take bus back home so far away
Killing me oh my baby killing me oh my stomach
hope my dream is not so far away
Many time I walking on the street, See the workers hang out on the street
You said you have won the Olympic but how you gonna pay for the workers
Ja znam, ja znam
Ja znam gde pripadam 4x
Jos jedan dan odlazi u noc
Tama grad nezno pokriva
Moje su misli negde u daljini
Noc svoju dusu lagano otvara
Prolaze sati, ne mogu da zaspim
Ruke kao da su vezane
Sve tudje greske ne mogu da platim
Nisu nam iste sudbine
Nikada mi tudja ruka
Nije bila portebna
Uvek nadjem neki izlaz
Ni danas mi niko ne treba
Ja mogu svakog da pogledam u oci
Nikom nista ne dugujem
Sve sto dodje mora i da prodje
Ja nikad ne odustajem
Ne govori mi nista
Nema potrebe
Ja znam gde pripadam
I svoje srce necu da ti dam
Ja znam gde pripadam
I svoje srce necu nikad da ti dam
Ja mogu svakog da pogledam u oci
Nikom nista ne dugujem
Sve sto dodje mora i da prodje
Ja nikad ne odustajem, ne
Ne govori mi nista
Nema potrebe
Ja znam gde pripadam
I svoje srce necu da ti dam
Ja znam gde pripadam