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...Adrian Noble's "Brand," with Ralph Fiennes. (I missed Patrick Stewart in "The Master Builder"). Fiennes, his thin voice willing itself to fierce majesty, is ideal as Brand the mad priest, so devoted to saving people for God that he destroys them. The piece ends with a literally moving coup de theatre that ... well, go see for yourself. Cheapest round-trip New York-London airfare...
...used to getting what he wants. When he lost the country's first post-war elections in 1993, he rejected the results and insisted on being named co-Prime Minister. When that partnership with Prince Norodom Ranariddh didn't work out, he ousted the prince in a blood-soaked coup in 1997 and won the next round of elections a year later. Last week, Hun Sen received a far more orderly mandate in elections that were deemed the cleanest and most peaceful yet, though still marred by intimidation and vote-buying. "Hun Sen is always the Prime Minister," the chain...
...Desperado, the 1995 Hollywood version of El Mariachi, had a sky-high body count but was in turn seriously outgored by Rodriguez's next movie, the 1996 vampire pic From Dusk Till Dawn. His upcoming film, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, due in September, is about a bloody coup. Weinstein's response to the Spy Kids pitch: "Are you kidding...
...Riyadh that killed 35 people. Authorities blame al-Qaeda for that attack. Although the government hailed the arrests as a major strike against the network, Interior Minister Prince Nayef warned there was still a threat of terrorism. It's Over Already SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE A bloodless army coup ended as President Fradique de Menezes returned from Nigeria after signing an accord granting amnesty to the troops who toppled him a week earlier. Under the deal, de Menezes will stay on as President, but has promised to replace the government. Coup leader Major Fernando Pereira, who said the takeover...
...appeal throughout the military ranks. If they aren't alleviated, the complaints could lead to more anti-government outbursts by the often volatile armed forces. "The message is that the government should take action - real reform," says Lieutenant Col. Rod Mejia of the Marines' intelligence unit. "If not, this coup will continue and continue and continue...