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...kingdom; but with increased ambition comes increased corruption. He is often in conflict with the purer morals of his brothers, and his determination to become a powerful government official turns “The Warlords” from a war-movie bromance into a devastating moral tragedy centered around the complete destruction of a friendship...
Stirratt further expounded on the theme of balance, musing, “You look around and realize that your hobby has been usurped by your profession… I realized how wonderfully narcissistic being an artist in your twenties is—just unlimited amounts of time, and now I feel like I’m better than I’ve ever been at doing what I do, but I don’t really have the time for it. It’s interesting, when I get home I’m handed the child immediately...
...This time around, Yunnan is expected to receive far fewer visitors than usual for the celebration. Chinese travel agencies report that hotel bookings in Dai-populated areas have tapered off. Candy Wei, a travel adviser at China Highlights, which offers customized tours and cruises in the region, says that she has had relatively few inquiries about participating in the event. "We suspect that the drought has severely affected our customers' itineraries in Yunnan." Those places accustomed to welcoming hordes of tourists, like Xishuangbanna's capital city of Jinghong, have previously been characterized by the most boisterous water-splashing celebrations; there...
...country - specifically, in his native province of Dzhalalabad. Special-forces units loyal to the new government have reportedly been dispatched to arrest Bakiyev, who, with members of his inner circle, has been charged with ordering riot police to open fire on protesters on April 7, littering the streets around the presidential palace with bodies. Bakiyev declared that any attempt to capture and kill him would "drown Kyrgyzstan in blood." But the first signs that the ousted President was prepared to change his mind came at a news conference in his home village of Teyit Tuesday where he said...
...open fire only on those who carried weapons. My conscience is clear," he told RIA Novosti. Many of the protesters were able to snatch weapons, including shoulder-mounted grenade launchers, after overpowering and beating riot police on the streets of the capital, Bishkek, and several other cities around the country. They then used the weapons to storm and loot government buildings in a day of upheaval that claimed some 80 lives and left hundreds wounded. By the following day, Bakiyev had fled to his power base in the south, and a new government had claimed power and restored a level...