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Typically, the guild's choice repeats at the Academy Awards in the categories of best director and best picture. The Oscars will be presented March 29.
The guild honor, chosen by a vote of its 9,000 members, was presented in dual ceremonies in Beverly Hills and in New York. A variety of television directors also were honored.
Eastwood had been the heavy favorite to win the award, followed by writer-director Neil Jordan for his Irish thriller "The Crying Game."
The other nominees were Robert Altman for "The Player," the brutal sendup of Hollywood and murder; Rob Reiner for his adaptation of the courtroom drama "A Few Good Men," and James Ivory, who directed the English class story "Howards End." Only Reiner wasn't nominated for a best director Oscar.
In the 45-year history of the Directors Guild of America award, only three winners haven't gone on to win the best director Oscar.
The last time came in 1985. Steven Spielberg was recognized by the guild for directing "The Color Purple," but wasn't nominated for a best director Oscar. Sydney Pollack won the Oscar for "Out of Africa."
"Unforgiven" is up for nine Oscars, including best picture, director, actor and supporting actor. It picked up the top directing prize at the Golden Globe awards and from the National Society of Film Critics.
The guild's honorary D.W. Griffith Award for lifetime achievement was awarded this year to director Sidney Lumet, whose many films include "Network," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Serpico" and "Twelve Angry Men." PANAMA CITY, Reuter - Three bandits saw their plans for easy money go up in smoke when they inadvertentlyburned almost 10,000 in cash while trying to open a service station safe with a blowtorch, police said on Tuesday.
The men, armed with pistols and wearing nylon stockings over their faces, tied up attendants at a Panama City petrol station early on Monday and went to work on the safe, police said.
"They spent more than 30 minutes trying to open it with a blowtorch. The safe got very hot and the bills burned. It was an absurd robbery," the police spokesman said. LONDON, Reuter With the end of the Cold War, Britain has decided it no longer needs a strategic food stockpile, the government said on Tuesday.
Agriculture Minister John Gummer told parliament he had decided to liquidate the stockpiles of food around the country held since the end of World War Two in case of hostilities. Agriculture ministry officials said Britain held 200,000 tonnes of emergency food, mainly high-protein army rations. No decision has yet been taken on how to dispose of the food.
The move follows earlier decisions to sell a network of nuclear shelters around the country. LONDON, Reuter - British athletics chiefs are trying to bury an embarrassing dispute with club runner Robert Hamilton-Jones who has been flouting a drugs ban by racing under assumed names.
Athletics federation officials offered to waive any disciplinary action if Hamilton-Jones agreed not breach the four-year suspension imposed for failing to take a drugs test.
British Athletic Federation vice-chairman Peter Radford has written to Hamilton-Jones, who has competed twice in recent months under aliases, in an effort to resolve the situation. Hamilton-Jones has won sympathy from other athletes who believe the ban was unjust as he only failed to take the drugs test in 1991 because he had to get to work. LONDON, Reuter - Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip left Britain on Tuesday for a controversial yacht tour of the Caribbean that has been criticised as a squandering of taxpayers' money.
The prince, 71, flew to Dominica on one of the queen's private jets. He will board the royal yacht Britannia for a 10-day tour to the West Indies, Montserrat and the Virgin Islands in what Buckingham Palace describes as 'official working visits'. But British tabloids, abuzz for months with critical stories about the royals, have said the trip looks suspiciously like a sunshine break for the prince. LONDON, Reuter - The father-in-law of of Britain's Prince Andrew resigned on Tuesday from his job at a leading polo club following allegations over his private life.
Major Ronald Ferguson, whose daughter Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson has separated from Prince Andrew, said he was stepping down from his post at the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club. Ferguson was honorary polo manager for Prince Charles until last week when Charles said he would no longer be playing at the top level and would not require his services.
The move was seen as a bid by the royals to distance themselves from Ferguson, who is alleged to have had an affair with a woman polo friend. KIEV, Reuter - A city in western Ukraine has hired karate enthusiasts to help col-
collect. lect bus fares from recalcitrant passengers, the Ukrinform news agency said on Tuesday. Authorities in Chernivtsy near the Romanian border turned to the martial arts practitioners, all volunteers, after repeated attacks on bus inspectors, many of whom are young women. "It is an indisputable fact that order on public transport has improved," the agency said.
Fares in the city stand at five karbovanets, Ukraine's interim currency, compared to the minimum monthly salary of 4,600.
Passengers caught without a ticket are liable to a fine of 30 karbovanets. WACO, Texas, Reuter - A 10-day stand-off between a cult and federal agents grew increasingly confrontational on Tuesday as the FBI said it had enough firepower including heavy tanks to subdue the heavily armed group if necessary.
Cult leader David Koresh told authorities that his surname comes from the Bible "and that the name Koresh is in fact is the surname of God. It also means death."
M-1 Abrams tanks rolled in early on Monday to replace lighter Bradley Fighting Vehicles after Koresh bragged he had weapons, possibly rockets, powerful enough to destroy the lighter armoured troop carriers.
