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DIED. Arthur Lee, 61, psychedelic rock pioneer and leader of the 1960s Los Angeles band Love, regarded as having influenced the Rolling Stones and the Doors; of leukemia; in Memphis, Tenn. Lee never reached the fame of his contemporaries, but his 1967 album Forever Changes, which blended folk melancholy with rock verve, is one of the genre's most important albums. In May 2006, as part of his leukemia treatment, he became the first adult in Tennessee to receive a stem-cell transplant...
Hamas is a Sunni organization, but it has no known ties to al-Qaeda. When bin Laden's band tried to instruct Hamas on how to proceed after it won Palestinian elections in January, the group--which takes pride in its homegrown, independent character--told al-Qaeda to buzz off, according to Hamas and Israeli intelligence sources. Hamas accepts limited assistance from Iran, and some of its leaders take sanctuary in Syria, but the group holds both countries at arm's length...
...Despite the Beatle-like frenzy that sweeps crowds at his concerts, a closer look reveals that Yusuf is a different kind of pop singer. His boy-band good looks are framed by the close-cropped beard of an observant Muslim. He sings about God's love, never romantic love. His backup singers are all men. His screaming fans include not just star-struck young women in head scarves, but teenage boys in blue jeans and gelled hair, old men in traditional Arab robes, and middle-aged moms bouncing toddlers on their knees...
SURRENDERED. Johnny Htoo, left, child soldier who, along with twin brother Luther, led a band of ethnic Karen rebels known as God's Army against Burma's military junta in the late 1990s; in southern Burma. Htoo, believed to be about 18 years old today, turned himself in to government forces along with eight fellow rebels earlier this month, according to reports. The brothers, revered by followers who believed they had mystic powers and could not be hurt by bullets or land mines, fled to a Thai refugee camp in 2001, where Luther reportedly still lives with his wife...
Pink Martini, a jazz/world band led by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale ’92, has given Forbes the perfect venue to do just that. Lauderdale spent his undergraduate years at Adams House, where he was famous for wearing expensive women’s evening gowns to the dining hall and throwing extravagant shindigs—one of which forced the closing of the former house pool. He’s parlayed that exuberance into 14 beautifully composed songs on 2004’s “Hang On Little Tomato.” The album is instrumentally immaculate, orchestrally...