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...During Ntirushwamaboko's trial last week, he also described the looting of houses, crops and cattle, and mentioned his accomplices. These episodes roused fierce accusations, too. Murdered family members can't be replaced; cows and other chattels can. Looters are required to make restitution. As the winners of the brief civil war that followed the genocide, the current government of Tutsi President Paul Kagame set the terms of the gacaca trials. For many, this type of justice is incomplete. The gacaca courts will not consider accusations against the Rwandan Patriotic Front...
KILLED. ASLAN MASKHADOV, 53, separatist leader elected President of the Chechen Republic in 1997, during a brief period of self-rule; by Russian special forces, who cornered him in a bunker and bombed it when he refused to surrender; in Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya. After the slaying of this relative moderate, who was open to negotiation with the Russian government, rebels vowed to carry on an Islamic holy war to wrench the region from Russian control...
...HFA’s greater failing, however, was its lack of contextualizing materials for the filmgoer new to Kwon-taek’s oeuvre, or Korean cinema and culture in general. A brief essay on the politics and culture of late 19th-century Korea would have gone a long way towards improving the viewing experience...
...M.I.A.,” she mutters magnetically about Kate Moss and George Bush in the same breath. Each of Arular’s 13 tracks, really, is a standout—even the three skits—and its 40-minute run time is far too brief...
...club is located at 47 Palmer St.; if you walk down the alley between the Palmer and Brattle Street Coops, it will be on your right at the end of the block. Schedules are available at www.clubpassim.com or in the newsletter/schedule available at the club; the latter includes brief descriptions of each performer...