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...academic approach to what was once known as primitive art, but is now termed "the primary arts." The Musée du Quai Branly presents at any given time 3,500 of its objects, not as strictly anthropological artifacts, but as works of art from unique human contexts. The core of the museum is a vast space without partition, with zones defined for pieces from each of the four major geographical regions. Running through it is an undulating "river," along which visitors will move in a way that encourages them to make their own connections among the masks, sculptures, robes...
...trend has been especially hard on Central City, the working-class neighborhood sandwiched between New Orleans' downtown core and the historic Garden District. The neighborhood was dark for months after Katrina, but residents began returning in large numbers this spring, some to repair damaged homes and a dangerous few, law enforcement officials say, to stake out territory in the city's gang wars...
...roots rock and hippie-tinged "jam bands,"has managed to shift its image and dent Coachella's reputation as the nation's coolest summer rock happening. Coachella's relatively underwhelming lineup last April was probably hurt more than helped by the last-minuterecruitment of Madonna, who had some hard-core rockers grumbling that the festival hadbesmirchedits indie-rock soul with Material Girl pop gloss. The resulting rift - left coast trendies in the desert vs. Eastern roots rockers - has polarized fans, who have been duking it out in blogs and message boards for months...
...Japan's stock market is down 11% on the year; gold has had its biggest slide in a decade and a half; and many emerging markets are wobbling. After Wednesday's Consumer Price Index report from the Labor Department, which showed a 0.4 percent increase in prices for May (core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3 percent), the stock market made a comeback. But with future interest rate hikes now starting to be priced into the market, investor fears that central bankers around the world will go overboard and continue to drive rates higher is set to furuther...
...betrayed by less extreme elements within the insurgency. But if the Jordanian's death signals a fracturing or softening of the insurgency, now is clearly the time to exploit that weakness in pursuit of the long-running strategy of splitting off homegrown Sunni nationalists from foreign fighters and hard-core Baathists...