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  Hari Mata Hari,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hari Mata Hari was born as Hajrudin Varešanović on 16 January 1961 in Sarajevo.
Mata Hari means ‘break of dawn’ in the Bali language and the dawn of his career came 20 years ago.
Hari Varešanović and ‘Hari Mata Hari’ won awards for the song of the year and the band of the year at the former Yugoslavia’s equivalent of the Oscars.
www.eurovision.tv /english/552.htm   (751 words)

  
 Mata Hari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mata Hari was also a successful courtesan, and had relationships with many high-ranking military officers, politicians and others in influential positions in many countries, including France, Russia and Germany.
Mata Hari was put on trial, accused of spying for Germany and consequently causing the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers.
Mata Hari is mentioned in the song "Genius" by the late Warren Zevon, "Mata Hari had a house in France, where she worked on all her secret plans; Men were falling for her sight unseen, she was a genius".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mata_Hari   (1798 words)

  
 The Execution of Mata Hari, 1917
With the outbreak of World War I, Mata Hari's cross-border liaisons with German political and military figures came to the attention of the French secret police and she was placed under surveillance.
In the early-morning hours of October 15, Mata Hari was awakened and taken by car from her Paris prison cell to an army barracks on the city's outskirts where she was to meet her fate.
Mata Hari was not bound and she was not blindfolded.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /matahari.htm   (1203 words)

  
 NOVA Online | Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies | Mata Hari
Margarete Gertrud Zelle, known to posterity by her alias, Mata Hari, is one of the most infamous spies of the 20th century.
Always clever and coy, Mata Hari convinced her would-be deporters that she was not an agent for Germany and that she wanted, instead, to spy for the Allies and prove her loyalty to their cause.
Mata Hari was executed by firing squad on October 15, 1917, all of the many motions for clemency submitted by various lovers having been denied.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/venona/dece_hari.html   (544 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Mata Hari
Mata Hari (1876-1917) was the stage name of the Dutch exotic dancer and prostitute Gertrud Margarete Zelle, who was shot by the French as a spy on 15 October 1917.
Born on 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, Mata Hari's name has since become synonymous with espionage, although it remains by no means clear that she was guilty of the spying charges for which she charged.
Mata Hari herself claimed she had been paid to act as a French spy in Belgium (then occupied by German forces), although she had neglected to inform her French spymasters of her prior arrangement with the German consul.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/matahari.htm   (440 words)

  
 Tallulahs Biographies & Images; Scandalous Ladies of the French Stage; Margaretha Zelle, Mata Hari
Mata Hari also invented a new past, describing she was born in India from a Brahman family.
In 1917, Mata Hari was arrested by the French, accused of being a spy.
Mata Hari was executed by the French firing squad on October 15th, 1917 at the age of 42.
tallulahs.com /collectors22.html   (811 words)

  
 Mata Hari - Picture - MSN Encarta
Mata Hari, born Gertrud Margarete Zelle in the Netherlands, moved to Paris and worked as a Javanese dancer.
In 1907 she allegedly became a spy for Germany, and during World War I (1914-1918) she betrayed military secrets taken from Allied officers with whom she had established intimate relationships.
She was arrested by the French as a spy and executed.
encarta.msn.com /media_461515680_761556369_-1_1/Mata_Hari.html   (59 words)

  
 1000and1.de - Bauchtanz - Matahari - english
Now Mata Hari was an double-Agent between germany and france and some time later this fact whould be the end of Mata Hari but her occupation for the two Services was not significant.
Sometime she sit in Jail and after an lawsuit Mata Hari - Margaretha Zelle was executed at the firing range of Vincennes near Paris oat October 15.
The legend of the dancer and spyer Mata hari begins and many rumors, wrong informathions and exagegerations, also by her own telled lies and a Film about her life make she immortal and more mysterious as she was at her time of life.
www.1000and1.de /english/belly/matahari.htm   (1101 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Mata Hari 'was framed'
Mata Hari was arrested on a train in February 1917, tried and shot by a firing squad outside Paris on 15 October.
They accused Mata Hari of fabricating some of her testimony, even though they were well aware it was true.
After she was shot in the Bois de Vincennes, Mata Hari's head was removed and for many years kept - along with those of other celebrity criminals - in Paris's museum of anatomy.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1602486.stm   (680 words)

  
 Matahari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Although she claimed she was born in India, Mata Hari was born on August 7, 1876 in Holland, the daughter of a hat maker named Adam Zelle.
During the early 1900's in the Salons of Paris, Mata Hari became a successful belly dancer, but around 1910 when her success began to flounder, she became a prostitute and a plaything for wealthy military officers in Germany and France.
Mata Hari's own fabrications on her childhood story, the French Secret Service believing she was the "spy of the century," and many years of rumors and exaggerations have made her life seem more mysterious than it actually may have been.
www.admiraltwin.com /matahari.html   (228 words)

  
 An Underground Education: Mata Hari
Mata Hari … her sensual mouth could coax secrets out of the most hardened officer.
Mata Hari (Malayan for “dawn”) claimed that she was raised in Java by temple priests, taught to dance naked, and then later rescued by an English officer who fell in love with her religious gyrations.
On October 15, 1917, at dawn, Mata Hari — clothed in a long pearl-gray dress, elegant buttoned gloves, lace-up boots and a tricornered felt hat — was tied with a single rope around her waist to a post.
www.walnet.org /csis/people/mata_hari   (1067 words)

  
 Hari Mata Hari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hari Mata Hari was the official singer of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece.
In 2002 with the song "Ružmarin", that became an instant hit, Hari Mata Hari was one of the six finalists in the Croatian Radio Festival and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina for the OGAE in France.
Also in 2002 Hari Mata Hari wins the first "Davorin" song of the year award,for the song "Kao Domine", the music for the song was written by Miki Bodlović and Hari Varešanović, with lyrics by Fahrudin Pecikoza.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hari_Mata_Hari   (1484 words)

  
 Bikini Science--Mata Hari (MT19)
Her stage name--Mata Hari--is derived from Malayan mata (eye) and hari (day, or dawn; sun); she is thus the "eye of the dawn" or "eyes of the days" or "the Sun".
Mata Hari's fame brings her to the various capitals of Europe at a time when the First World War is erupting.
Mata Hari's story is immortalized in the movie Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Ramon Navarro in 1932 (GG3110), in which Garbo, like Mata Hari before her, dances in elaborate and often skimpy costumes--although never as skimpy as the original!
www.bikiniscience.com /models/MT19_SS/MT19.html   (733 words)

  
 greta garbo - mata hari
Mata Hari, now in despair doesn't want her true love to know the truth, and tells him she's ill and has to go through a though operation.
But the screenplay- writers seems to have forgotten what an interesting woman the real Mata Hari was, and made her a dull woman with only cliches coming from her mouth.
The divorcee headed for the anything-goes city of Paris and found her calling in eastern dance when the dark-haired, exotic looking woman convinced a wealthy collector she was a Hindu princess and dancer; a performance was arranged and Mata Hari became the toast of Paris.
www.leninimports.com /ggarbo_mh.html   (587 words)

  
 Spy Book Fact of the Day
She went to Paris in 1905, assuming the name Mata Hari (Eye of Dawn) and the persona of a Javanese princess.
To carry out her assignment, Mata Hari traveled to Spain en route to neutral Holland, from which she could cross over into Germany to rendezvous with the crown prince.
Mata Hari returned to Paris on January 4, 1917, and was arrested on February 13th.
www.randomhouse.com /features/spybook/spy/961113.html   (420 words)

  
 Suhaila.com Article - Mata Hari Part IV: Conclusion
Mata Hari arrived in Paris in 1905 and had a successful career until about 1912 when it was becoming more and more difficult to secure dance appearances.
When Mata Hari was arrested and detained, her prosecutor, Captain Boushardon, described her as a woman "whose facility of languages, innumerable connections, remarkable intelligence and innate or acquired immorality all contribute to make her suspect.
That Mata Hari could loose her life in the process was of no importance to him.
www.suhaila.com /Pages/Articles/Matahari4.htm   (1365 words)

  
 Mata Hari Bar and Nok Yoong restaurant at laguna Phuket
Their restaurant, the Mata Hari is the first one on the right hand side approaching Nai Harn Beach.
At Mata Hari, the deep fried shrimp with crispy noodles is a wonderful appetizer to begin a meal with.
Mata Hari is open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a full menu of both Thai and international foods that will delight as you sit and watch the colors of the Andaman Sea and the sky change.
www.thaiwave.com /benjarong/nightlife/matahari.htm   (704 words)

  
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www.shopping.com /xGS-Mata_Hari   (959 words)

  
 Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Mata Hari - Main Page
'Mata Hari' was to become one of the most infamous spies in history.
--After her divorce she would start to use the name Mata Hari which was Malayan for 'Eyes of the days' or 'The Sun'.
The dance she did was a Siva dance, which used shawls that she slowly removed and dance very provocatively for the time, she was an instant success, however, a professional dancers work is usually short and hers was no exception, it would only last from 1905 to 1912.
www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2mata1.htm   (428 words)

  
 Mata Hari
Mata Hari, professional name of Gertrud Margarete Zelle (1876-1917), Dutch courtesan and
She was convicted of being a spy and was executed in October 1917 by the French.
This then, is when she began to call herself "Mata Hari" which means "Eye of Dawn".
fanzone50.com /Tales/MataHari.html   (173 words)

  
 Mata Hari - BPAL Madness!
Mata Hari starts off streight strong coffee of course and drys down to a floral that smells a lot like Nyx on me. I do not know about a bottle yet but I will use the imp.
Jasmine often becomes overpowering with my skin-chemistry and sadly that is just what happened with Mata Hari.
If I sniff at Mata Hari carefully, I can teel that it's roses and jasmine and all, but all blended together, it smells exactly like Lily of the Valley.
www.bpal.org /index.php?showtopic=4410   (1924 words)

  
 Mata Hari - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Mata Hari - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Mata Hari, professional name of Gertrud Margarete Zelle (1876-1917), Dutch courtesan who was executed for being an alleged spy for Germany.
I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Mata_Hari.html   (76 words)

  
 Mata Hari Timeline and Biography
Both of the children are poisoned, allegedly by a lover of the children's nurse.
She is put on trial in France and is accused of being a double agent for Germany and France.
Mata Hari is bound to the stake to be executed by a 12-man firing squad.
www.twoop.com /people/archives/2005/10/mata_hari.html   (328 words)

  
 Mata Hari News
Mata Hari News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
To mark the centenary of Greta Garbo's birth Garbo: The Signature Collection is releasing six of her classic films - Mata Hari, Anna Karnenina, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Anna Christie and Camille.
After the Swedish actress was brought to Hollywood in the 1920's, she wove her spell in silent films such as "Flesh and the Devil" and later in the talkies "Camille" and "Mata Hari." But her fans were shocked...
www.topix.net /movies/mata-hari   (556 words)

  
 Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Mata and Hari - Main Page
Ruth Mata began her dance career by giving own modern and interpretive dances in recitals, supper clubs etc. and Eugene by acrobatics in
Hari appeared in most of the televisions shows.
NOTE:Mata Hari" was another dancer who was a spy and was executed as such, she was no relation
www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2matah1.htm   (203 words)

  
 Propaganda Postcards of the Great War, Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle alias Mata Hari was born in Leeuwarden (NL)
At the beginning of the 20th century she moved to France where she started a career as a nude dancer.
So, the French Secret Service asked Mata Hari to mingle with the Germans and find out as much as she could.
www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com /mata_hari.html   (247 words)

  
 YouTube - Hari Mata Hari - Upomoc
i love hari mata hari me and him are both from sarajevo i love this song i have all his great songs like lejla!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Hari Mata Hari - Bas ti lijepo stoje suze
youtube.com /?v=P0rwdURtXaA   (139 words)

  
 Mata Hari EM Pinball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Over 16,000 solid state Mata Hari's were made by Bally in 1978, but only 170 of this rare EM were made, and many are no longer in existence.
Recently, a Mata Hari EM with a worse playfield but nicer backglass sold on Ebay for over $2,500, and another non-working Mata Hari with no backglass at all sold on Ebay for $1,000.
The Mata Hari is in excellent working condition.
www.cs.fiu.edu /~jweiss/matahari   (213 words)

  
 First Wave: Mata Hari - TV.com
Colonel Grace was wearing a ring with the Illuminati symbol on it.
Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, an exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I. She was accused by the French of being a double agent for Germany.
Tell the world what you think of Mata Hari, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /first-wave/mata-hari/episode/49488/summary.html   (221 words)

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