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...That is a grim prospect for Mindanao?already the country's poorest area?but also for the entire nation. "As long as there's no peace, no stability in Mindanao, there will be no chance for the whole country to progress," says Parouk Hussin, governor of an autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao established 13 years ago after his guerrilla group reached an agreement with the government. With peace talks between Manila and the MILF scheduled to restart within weeks, the government is trying to prevent a rift that would scupper the negotiations...
Lost On A Sea Of Misery ITALY The sight of 13 coffins in a row - each draped in the blue-and-white Somali flag - was enough to chill even Italians jaded by the grim regularity of would-be immigrants dying. On Friday, Italian leaders and ordinary citizens alike turned out for a special memorial service in Rome, capping a week of anguish after 13 still-unidentified Somalis were found dead from exposure in the hull of a fishing boat off the coast of Lampedusa, a small island south of Sicily. Accounts from survivors indicated that as many as 60 other...
...well-fed Budapest could believe that the world was solid, dependable. But Austria-Hungary got into World War I on the losing side, and the seemingly solid world crumbled ... With the nation's life disrupted and anti-Semitism rampant, Teller's father dinned into his son two grim lessons: 1) he would have to emigrate to some more favorable country when he grew up, and 2) as a member of a disliked minority he would have to excel the average just to stay even ... It was easy enough for young Edward to excel the average. In early childhood he showed...
...split." Then he asserted that even in the face of a demand by the primates, such a retraction "is as likely as daisies growing in the Arctic Circle." (ECUSA spokesman James Solheim confirmed this, insisting, "[Robinson] will be consecrated.") So whatever the primates decide, the coming years may be grim indeed. Opinions differ on how much of the U.S. church might depart if a schism occurs - Anderson estimates 30% and liberals describe "a militant fringe." But any exodus is likely to spark dozens of lawsuits for control of church assets, including real estate and pension funds. Legal fees alone could...
...artists who worked in Central Europe between the 1960s and the 1980s. Big names like Jirí Kolár and Poland's Magdalena Abakanowicz are here, but the most riveting displays are by lesser-known artists. Especially imposing is Gebauer's Correct Side of the Slaughter-House, a Grim Reaper-like figure that mimics Lenin's official portraits. Gebauer, now 62, says he enjoys the freedoms of the post-communist Czech Republic, but notes that artistic recognition remains hard to come by. "Things are essentially the same," he says, "except I don't have to worry about...