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...easy answers. Such abstractions and complexities seem to authentically reflect the atmosphere of the post-Sept. 11, 2001 world, where political and moral tensions temper our economic relationship with other nations.Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, “Syriana” is a gritty film that traces oil corruption from the golden deserts of the Persian Gulf to Capitol Hill. Gaghan, Oscar winner for his screenplay for “Traffic,” formats the film in a similar style, choreographing the careful intersections of multiple plots and characters through common dependencies. The writing and acting manage...
...Zuma's troubles began in June when the Durban High Court convicted his friend and financial adviser Schabir Shaik on charges of corruption and fraud. Judge Hilary Squires said that Shaik had paid some $180,000 to Zuma in bribes, and had also helped a French arms trading company bribe Zuma to deflect corruption investigations over a $7.5 billion government deal to buy ships, submarines, helicopters, jets and other arms. Squires said that there was "overwhelming" evidence of a corrupt relationship between Shaik and Zuma. Soon after, President Mbeki sacked his deputy, saying that the court's verdict had "raised...
...taking his pregnant wife to a Baghdad hospital; TIME had been trying to reach him to have him relate what he saw.) "All fingers point to the Ministry of Interior," insists Saddam's personal lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, "its militias and Iranian intelligence." While al-Jaafari conceded that a corrupt Interior official could have been bribed to carry out the killings, he says the likely culprits are ex-Baathists and "those who want to disrupt the political process." An ex-Baathist field commander says his group wouldn't target Saddam's attorneys. "These people are doing their duty defending...
...very flamboyant, Jefita focused his attention on the actors and managed to glean what was happening through their movements and body language. “Slavs!” may be in essence a play completely made up of discussions—about philosophy, capitalism, socialism, ideologies, poverty, corrupt regimes, repressed desires, and sexuality. But the interpreters—as well as the set and costume designers, the actors, and the production team that decided to do the interpreted performance in the first place—deserve a standing ovation for their work, which managed to illustrate those discussions...
...Paris as a terrorism suspect and send him to Pakistan to be tortured. In Syriana a young Pakistani immigrant can't find work in a rich Persian Gulf nation, so he joins an extremist madrasah, but the movie's sprawling story also faults the U.S. for supporting corrupt, oil-rich despots...