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...Darfur male children are being murdered because the Janjaweed believe they could be future enemies. How dare my country ignore this grim situation! Why is genocide allowed in this day and age? Is it because it is happening on a continent that is mostly black? How can we turn a blind eye to this African Holocaust? You reported that Secretary of State Colin Powell, in congressional testimony, stated his conclusion "that genocide has been committed in Darfur, and that the government of Sudan and the Janjaweed bear responsibility, and that genocide may still be occurring." But in this election year...
Despite what the title may imply, this play’s primary inspiration is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with a political twist. The drama follows the story of a young, undecided voter as he visits the lighthearted past, sectarian present and grim future of voting in America. Only the Adams House Drama Society could give us something this original and unorthodox. Friday, Saturday 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. $4 students, $3 Adams House residents. Adams House Pool Theatre (13 Bow Street...
...poverty and, in the early 1980s, the occasional mortar round fired across the Cambodian border by the Khmer Rouge. "Some days we'd be sitting down to dinner and the mortars would explode in the village, blowing out our windows and doors," Jaa says. He escaped these grim realities by viewing the films of Chan and Lee on outdoor screens at temple fairs. "It was powerful for me to watch," he says. "What they did was so beautiful, so heroic. I wanted to do it, too." Jaa practiced in his father's rice paddy or, when bathing the family...
...possible sanctions. Some diplomats are worried about what they call their nightmare scenario: an air strike by Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities, to which Washington would acquiesce, inflaming anti-U.S. feeling among Muslims. Says a British official: "There's worry that a crisis is looming." On that grim prospect there is also wide agreement...
...first five minutes. Within minutes of polls closing on the mainland, it's clear Labor, which needs an extra 13 seats, has lost two - Bass and Braddon - in Tasmania. By 6:45, the count is showing a swing to the Coalition. Before partygoers sample their first spring roll, the grim faces of Labor heavies on the big screen herald a night to forget...