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...opposite, a meticulous cleanup artist; Mathieu Kassovitz as a toymaker who dabbles in bombmaking; and Hanns Zischler as an expert document forger. None of them have particularly accommodating natures, but the stress of living under constant danger becomes their bonding agent. The cast too came from all over the globe, including Israel and other parts of the Middle East. "It was like going to the U.N. every day," says Bana, an Australian. "There was always plenty of rich social and political discussion, no doubt about...
...HIV/AIDS pandemic is growing in almost every corner of the globe, but it is an especially great threat to human life in sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 60 percent of those currently infected. Already the poorest region in the world, sub-Saharan Africa continues to see its efforts at economic growth frustrated by a disease that kills farmers, teachers, and businessmen in the prime of their working lives. And HIV/AIDS reserves an especially cruel toll for society’s most vulnerable. Gender discrimination, physiological susceptibility, and economic inequality have combined to affect a profound demographic shift...
JOHANNESBURG Patek Philippe's World Time ($40,000) helps globe-trotting South African customers keep track of the hour in all their favorite cities...
...plans to issue a formal report about the fire’s cause today. Evans, the building’s only inhabitant at the time, died in the fire. Her nieces arrived bearing Thanksgiving leftovers just as crews removed the body from the blaze on Friday morning, the Boston Globe reported. Firefighters arrived at the three-story house around 4:50 a.m., 10 minutes after they received reports of smoke in the area, Gialanis said. They contained the fire within an hour, but the crew of more than 60 personnel remained on the scene for the next five...
...displays is all right with me,” George said. Reuters reported that several Boston residents voiced their dismay over the renaming of the tree on the city-run website promoting the Dec. 1 “Official Holiday Tree Lighting.” According to the Boston Globe, Menino tried to distance himself from the effort to rename the tree, saying that he would continue to call the Nova Scotia spruce a “Christmas tree” regardless of the official name given by the Boston Department of Parks and Recreation. “I grew...