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...true that Sunday's sold-out match at Camp Nou, like all games between the two teams, will be heavy with symbolic meaning. Barça and Real Madrid are long-time rivals, and not just because they are the two most successful teams in Spanish soccer history (and currently sit in first and second place in the standings). If Barça was a symbol of dissent to the Franco dictatorship, Real Madrid was the regime's - and the Generalísimo's - favored team. (Santiago Bernabeu, the former club president for whom the Galácticos' stadium is named...
...middle of nowhere, but this Maoist guerrilla camp marks a fork in the road for the Himalayan nation. After a decade-long civil war that has claimed 13,000 lives and prompted mass protests in 2006 against the autocratic rule of King Gyanendra, the Maoists have been brought into the political mainstream, via a peace agreement that would turn the oft-romanticized Hindu kingdom into a secular republic representing the true social and ethnic diversity of Nepal's 27 million people. The self-styled People's Liberation Army agreed to retire to rural camps such as this one, to begin...
...just possible, though, that White Shoes will be able to leverage its Internet buzz and get noticed by college trendsetters on the lookout for musical exotica. The debut album treads a daring line between cool and camp, filtering Paris of the 1960s, or swinging London, through an Asian prism. The tunes call to mind not only film soundtracks but also TV themes and tacky advertising jingles from consumerism's golden age. It's a deliciously anachronistic sound, underscored by the lack of digital instrumentation (the band's lineup includes three classically-trained musicians...
...sharp blow for a candidate who the latest polls say is set for an easy victory. Lee's camp responded by saying their candidate had "exaggerated" his involvement with the company in the video, and reiterated that Lee did not found BBK. But despite renewed questions over his possible involvement in the stock scandal, most observers believe a Lee victory is still all but certain. With outgoing President Roh Moo Hyun deeply unpopular because of his perceived failures to create more job opportunities or to combat rising housing prices, Korea's electorate seems more eager for a leader...
...Lebanese army earned nationwide praise for its role in the three-month battle this summer with Fatah al-Islam, an Al-Qaeda-inspired faction that was based in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. As head of military operations, Hajj played a prominent role in the confrontation as well as organizing the deployment of Lebanese troops along the border with Syria through which militants and weapons are alleged to have been smuggled into Lebanon. "General Hajj played a big role in anti-terror operations and his murder could be revenge by the terrorists," a senior Lebanese...