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...words, no serious incidents of ethnic violence has occurred in recent years. In June 2008, Bosnia signed a crucial agreement with the E.U., putting it on the road to membership. Most importantly, the country's armed forces were recently unified and, unlike Bosnia's political apparatus, put under central command. The military is taking steps to join NATO. "People do talk of another war, but I don't think it can really happen again", says Muharem Bazdulj, a prominent Sarajevo-based writer and a columnist for the daily Oslobodjenje newspaper. "The fact that the military, of all institutions, just successfully...
...question of if and when the Catholic Church will be ready to follow the United States in choosing a man with roots in Africa - or anywhere outside of Europe - to lead its ever more diverse flock. Vatican insiders are reticent to name names with Benedict so firmly in command, but there are several prominent clerics likely to take Arinze's place as most papabile African, alongside other better known possibilities from Latin America and Asia who might one day become Pope. (See photos of the election of Pope Benedict...
...other Carrey movies, the star needed magical or divine intervention to change his ways: a boy's wish that his dad will tell the truth for 24 hours in Liar Liar and, in Bruce Almighty, God's command that he try being omnipotent in order to learn how tough it is to be in charge of the universe. This time it's just an excitable friend (John Michael Higgins) who drags Carl to one of those personal-help messiahs who pock the California mindscape. The word from this shock-haired swami (Terence Stamp) is "Yes." By saying yes to every...
...speak as one who invested early in Rourke futures. Reviewing Barry Levinson's 1982 buddy comedy Diner for TIME, I wrote that "the prize in this gallery is Mickey Rourke, who made a strong impression in Body Heat and assumes command of Diner whenever he is onscreen. With a face as handsome as it is streetwise, and a smile that manages to be both shy and cunning, Rourke has the potential of a young Jack Nicholson...
...stay relevant online. The Internet has made information a far less valuable commodity, given the range of sources available to readers. Newspapers must cater to those areas where they still hold an advantage, such as editorial writing and investigate journalism. Most blogs and other Internet sources do not command the authority that newspaper editorialists do, and most lack the resources to do substantial investigative work. Indeed, many of the more successful existing online newspapers specialize in these endeavors. The success of opinion-heavy sites like the Huffington Post and The Daily Beat, as well as of investigative outlets like ProPublica...