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...rift, which threatens multi-billion-dollar investments in Libya, began when Swiss police arrested Gaddafi's youngest son Hannibal and his wife in July 2008, for allegedly assaulting two of their servants in a Geneva hotel. The couple denied the charges, which were quickly dropped, but the row continued. Offended by Swiss newspaper portrayals of his son, Gaddafi withdrew billions in Libyan funds from Swiss banks in July of last year, prompting the Swiss president to fly to Tripoli to apologize for the arrest. (See pictures of the rise of Gaddafi...
Theidon, who first learned of “The Milk of Sorrow’s” existence last year when friends began sending her congratulatory e-mails on the film’s growing success, said she has never met Llosa in person and only corresponded with her through e-mail. Theidon also said that though she was not consulted during the production of the film, she has no complaints about the finished product and is considering a trip to Los Angeles for the Oscar party a week from Sunday...
Previous members of both clubs had been part of study groups for a few years to gain support for such a field, but their progress picked up dramatically last spring. About a year ago, students such as Roman-Salazar began meeting to collaborate with professors in African-American Studies, History, and other disciplines and to discuss the prospect of an ethnic studies program at Harvard...
...Senate and the city manager, as well as the initiative, the referendum and the recall. The latter, of course, transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger the movie star into Arnold the Gubernator when the actor became California governor after voters chose to recall Democrat Gray Davis. (Read "How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the Making...
...specter of Nazism. As Greece struggles to avoid default, and Germans debate whether to bail out their spendthrift neighbor, the question of what, if anything, Germany owes Greece for the past has become a topic of bitter debate and angry mutterings in the southern European nation. The row began with a tongue-in-cheek magazine cover in the German magazine Focus. The Venus de Milo - known by Greeks as the Aphrodite for Milos (and considered by some to be part of the country's looted heritage) - was depicted making a rude gesture, with the caption: "Cheats in the euro Family...