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...deploy about 600 U.S. personnel, including 150 special forces, to train and advise Philippine soldiers fighting Abu Sayyaf guerrillas. The group has been linked to the al-Qaeda network and has held two U.S. missionaries and a Filipino nurse hostage for eight months. ZIMBABWE Another Nail in Democracy?s Coffin As March presidential elections approach, Zimbabwe?s Parliament approved a bill that essentially gags independent journalists. Although clauses that barred criticism of President Robert Mugabe - who is fighting for his political survival after nearly 22 years in power - were dropped, the new law makes it illegal for reporters to work...
...hates sunlight, prefers to sleep in a coffin and has an upside-down crucifix tattooed on her shaved scalp. He drinks blood and found her through a magazine ad that read: "Vampire seeks Princess of Darkness who hates everybody and everything." Together, Manuela and Daniel Ruda are accused of killing a close friend with a hammer and dozens of stab wounds. Said prosecutor Dieter Justinsky: "I have never, ever seen such a picture of cruelty and depravity...
...Grand Ayatullahs, the highest rank in Shi'a Islam, local authorities refused to let him be taken to Tehran for medical treatment, according to family members. After he succumbed, special police in camouflage gear stormed the funeral procession, beat pallbearers and stole the corpse, which fell from its coffin twice during the scuffle. Reformists privately told TIME that this outrage proves the ruling clerics have zero tolerance for opposition. Power is still in their hands, and anyone who speaks out against them is finding that even a liberalized Iran can be a dangerous place for dissent...
With a few exceptions (Roman busts, Fayumic coffin likenesses), portraiture in art's long span is quite a new--well, newish--form. It really gets under way in 15th century Italy. It came with problems, though. Portraiture as we know it is the art of making recognizable likenesses of individuals. But not all Renaissance portraits are about verisimilitude, and even when they seem to be, their truth can't be tested because usually there are no other images of the same person to test it against...
...supporting the cleric's opposition to the Islamic regime. With Shirazi's death, the saga of state intimidation and years of house arrest seemed over. But special police in camouflage gear stormed the funeral procession, beat pall-bearers and stole the Ayatollah's corpse, which fell from its coffin twice during the scuffle. "If it's true, it will be among the blackest moments in the Islamic Republic's history," whispered one aghast cleric in Tehran. Black-clad mourners filled Qom's Chaharmardan Street as they proceeded toward Shirazi's home. In his will, the cleric asked to be buried...