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...almost banal: Ishak, a 51-year-old farmer who was standing watch over Alue Bieng that night, was sprawled on a wooden platform used by the village's night watchmen, his T shirt pocked with bullet holes. Beneath the platform lay a pool of blood and the brass casings of the seven bullets that killed...
...peace talks, Jakarta launched a massive military campaign against G.A.M.?a move that many saw as politically expedient for President Megawati Sukarnoputri, bestowing upon her an image of toughness that would belie her reputation as a remote and indecisive leader. The campaign was also popular with senior army brass, still smarting at their loss of prestige and power after dictator Suharto's toppling in 1998. But the quick success the generals predicted was not to be. After a vicious initial round of fighting that left hundreds dead, the conflict settled down into a bloody stalemate: the security forces saturated...
Executives at the MTV networks stood and roared their approval at a budget meeting last November when Sumner Redstone, chairman and CEO of parent company Viacom, pledged $30 million of corporate cash to launch Logo, a gay channel that the MTV brass had regarded as a top priority. Under Viacom president and heir apparent Mel Karmazin, the channel had been delayed. But at this meeting, attended by Karmazin, Redstone openly said to MTV chief Tom Freston, "You want to do it? You have the money." Karmazin was silent. "It was a dramatic moment," Freston recalls. "All of a sudden...
...hours before sunrise on Oct. 18, 1953, the Harvard University Band filled the streets of New Haven with brass melodies and curious crowds, drawing the ire—and handcuffs—of the New Haven Police Department...
...Cannes jury would have honored itself more than Zhang by giving her the Best Actress prize for 2046 or for Daggers, which was not shown in competition. A source close to the film said the festival brass declared it "too good" to compete. (Who says the French have lost their gift for diplomacy?) Instead, it cited Maggie Cheung, the most intelligently beguiling Chinese actress of the past 15 years...