PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Monday, December 3, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Monday, December 3, 2007

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Epic Records/Legacy Recordings Unveil The 25th Anniversary Edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller The World's Biggest Selling Album Of All Time

Epic/Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's biggest-selling album of all time, with a newly expanded deluxe edition of the phenomenal record-breaking pop culture touchstone. It will available in the U-S on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. The album will be available worldwide the week of February 11, 2008. The Michael Jackson Thriller 25th anniversary celebration kicks off in December 2007 with the release of a new single and continues throughout 2008 with a multi-faceted global marketing campaign featuring high-profile television, radio and online events around the world.

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World Vision Index of Concern: Half of Americans Surveyed Said They Would Be Willing to Pay More Taxes to Combat AIDS

A new World Vision Index of Concern released last week reveals that even following the death of an estimated 28 million people from the AIDS pandemic over the past 26 years, one in three adults among the world's top industrial democracies say they still know little or nothing about the disease. However, half of Americans surveyed said they would be willing to pay more taxes to combat AIDS.

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Voting Can Be a Real Battle for U.S. Troops and Others Overseas in the 2008 Primaries

U-S Troops in Iraq and other places around the world are center stage in this year's presidential elections. But when it comes to casting votes for the candidates, American soldiers and other U-S citizens living abroad often face daunting obstacles. A new report from The Century Foundation sheds light on this problem, which has received surprisingly little public attention. It also warns that with a frontloaded primary system and a large number of caucuses, U-S military personnel and other citizens living abroad could find it more difficult than ever to have their votes count.

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UNIVERSAL PICTURES MOVES UP RELEASE OF 'CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR' TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007

Universal Pictures has accelerated the release date of "Charlie Wilson's War" by four days, moving the film from Tuesday, December 25, 2007, to Friday, December 21. The film, starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman, tells the outrageous true story of how one congressman who loved a good time, one Houston socialite who loved a good cause and one C-I-A agent who loved a good fight conspired to bring about the largest covert operation in history. Director Mike Nichols, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman bring George Crile's best-selling book to the screen.

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