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...debate over Islamic dress to women’s rights within Muslim society. Politicians repeatedly invoke the need to “liberate women,” while some left-wing members of parliament have gone so far as to label the burqa a “walking coffin.” That most of the women who dress in this way appear to have made a voluntary decision to do so appears to not matter. As in Switzerland, far-right parties have persuaded voters that the veil is unequivocally a symbol of Europe’s Islamification?...
...temporary coffin carrying Ricketts arrived at Dover Air Force Base on March 2. (The body of Specialist Ian Gelig, also killed in Afghanistan, arrived on the same plane.) Dover is the first stop for dead soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and their families are often on hand to attend a brief, solemn ceremony as the flag-wrapped cases are removed from the plane and brought to the mortuary. The ban on media coverage of these transfers, in place during the Bush Administration, was lifted in February 2009, when Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ruled it should...
...founder Robert Capa invited him to join, and he was still an active member when he died on Jan. 11 at 81. His most memorable photo story was on actor James Dean, with whom he traveled across the country--at one point, Dean decided to pose in an open coffin at a funeral parlor--just months before Dean died in a car accident. Stock's greatest work was his 1960 book Jazz Street. When Dennis died, I found a long-forgotten dedication in my copy: "For John: There is so much in the future to be explored...
...harassed, according to Ken Wafula, director of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy. In early January, the Nairobi Star newspaper reports, men driving a Toyota Prado left an envelope with 3,000 shillings for one witness. The note said he should use the money to buy his own coffin. Another report said that police - many of whom have also been implicated in the violence - killed a man when he would not reveal the location of his cousin, who had testified before the panel. (See pictures of Kenya's post-election violence...
...timing of the movie's release, at the start of an election year, is also controversial. The opposition, still looking bland and disorganized, is worried it could be one more glamorous nail in its coffin. Lula is determined to have his handpicked successor, Dilma Rousseff, elected, and a feature film starring him as a sainted everyman can only add to his appeal and help Lula bring her vital votes in the October election...