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...Harlem’s American Gangster,” rapper Jim Jones attempts to present a depiction of Harlem street life as only a native of Harlem could do. Unfortunately, Jones fails, offering instead the conventional definition of gangsta rap that the naïve have come to accept and the knowledgeable have begun to ignore. Released on February 19th, “Harlem’s American Gangster” was not compiled as a bona fide album but as a mixtape in response to Brooklyn-born Jay-Z and his 2007 album “American Gangster...
...Serb, I empathize with my compatriots' anger and frustration over losing Kosovo. But as a reporter who witnessed the atrocities against ethnic Albanians in the '90s, I can understand that the vast majority of them would under no circumstances accept living under Serbian patronage, even though Milosevic is dead and Serbia is now a democracy. And as for setting a precedent, I don't think that Kosovo's independence would have much effect on the rest of the world - and frankly, I don't really care...
...that's not enough, Kosovo already faces its own separatist movement: Serbs in northern Kosovo, many of whom were evicted from their homes in revenge attacks by ethnic Albanians, don't accept being dominated by Pristina for exactly the same reasons Pristina refuses to be dominated by Belgrade. With the backing of the Serbian government, they are resolved to keep their territory - some 15% of Kosovo - within Serbia...
Arnold's insane-looking contraptions are mostly an attempt to remedy simple engineering inefficiencies we've come to accept. Why shouldn't we have foot pedals on our kitchen sinks so our dirty hands don't touch the fixtures? Wouldn't a scale that converts metric measurements like grams into more familiar ones like ounces be far more accurate and less messy...
...choice, short of a dramatic move, like dissolving parliament. "I am perceiving a rat-and-cat game," says Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Musharraf's former Information Minister, who lost his seat after 30 years in government. "Musharraf wants to stay in government, whereas the parties are not ready to accept him." This clash of political wills promises a brutal test for Pakistan. If it can be resolved, Pakistan's transition to real democracy may have begun...