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Unfortunately, no breaks are available in Greenock, a depressed shipbuilding town in Scotland, where all the yards are closed. And for a kid nearing his 16th birthday, Liam has a lot of problems. His beloved mom is in jail for drug dealing. Her boyfriend and father are brutal small-time crooks trying to get Liam to induce her back into the criminal life even before her sentence is up. His refusal leads to a beating--and to dreams of revenge and rescue...
...brutal, unchecked crackdown in Aceh is transporting Indonesia back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship, exposing the military's reformist claims of recent years as a sham. With the Aceh campaign entering its third week, T.N.I.'s strategy-if that's the word-is shockingly clear. First, saturate the benighted countryside with trigger-happy soldiers and flush out any GAM suspects on a tsunami of civilian blood. Second, frighten into silence anyone who dares to report on the gory consequences, such as the summary execution of eight young men and boys at Peusangan in northern Bireun district...
Mansfield recalls Faculty meetings that turned into ideological debates, numerous confrontations with students and the brutal suppression of the 1969 University Hall takeover...
...attack, which came days after municipal elections from which the separatist party Batasuna was barred on the grounds it was linked to ETA. French to the Rescue DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The U.N. authorized a French-led peacekeeping force to go to the eastern Ituri region, where brutal tribal warfare has resulted in the killing of more than 400 people in recent weeks. The French troops have a mandate to protect civilians and to secure a regional airport. Democracy Beckons RWANDA Voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, paving the way for the first multiparty elections in four decades...
...vignettes. Girls declare themselves ready to be doctors, teachers, even the President of Afghanistan. Amid the optimism, anarchy rules. There is no water to drink, no place to stay. People find shelter in the hull of an abandoned plane, in the ruins of a palace. After 20 years of brutal occupation, Afghanistan is rich in ruins. The film never raises its voice, but the 23-year-old Makhmalbaf did - on closing night, when At Five in the Afternoon won the Jury Prize (third place). "My movie is about a woman who dreams to become a president," she declared...