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Clad in white linen and a flowery shirt, Paul Theroux looked a picture of contentment during a recent speechmaking swing through Bangkok. Two Polynesian-style tattoos designed by the 68-year-old himself curved from an exposed wrist and sockless calve. Holding court within the quaintly colonial Authors' Wing of Bangkok's Oriental Hotel, the inveterate travel writer and novelist came off less like some haughty descendant of Conrad or Maugham and more an enthusiastic traveling salesman on a first tour of the exotic East...
...Harvard run fueled by full-court layups from Lin and sophomore point guard Oliver McNally knotted the score at 33 with only 3:31 remaining in the first half...
...returned to his father, Tostes said. He promised the step family would work to ensure the transition was "as smooth as possible" and suggested the handover would not take place until Christmas Eve at the earliest. That deadline was given added weight later on Wednesday when a federal court in Rio later said the handover must be completed at the U.S. consulate by 9 a.m. on Thursday. (See the best pictures...
...migré, Alex Wiens, lunged at her with a 7-in. kitchen knife. The pregnant mother was stabbed to death as her husband and 3-year-old son looked on helplessly. After protests swept the Arab world, Wiens was sentenced in November to life in prison for what the court deemed a racially motivated murder...
...officially rejects violence and explicit Nazi references. Nonetheless, the federal government attempted to ban the party in 2003, only to be overruled by the German high court - an embarrassment for then Premier Gerhard Schr...