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...Thirst gives the vampire genre a new king, or Count, and he wears a cassock instead of a cape. Father Sang-hyun (Korean superstar Song Kang-ho) is a very caring Catholic priest, who gives last rites to terminally ill patients at the local hospital. He is also a serious flagellant, whipping his thighs in mortification to suppress sexual urges. He has a Christ-like desire to save the world through suffering, and that vocation leads him into a medical experiment with dire effects: everyone else who's undergone it has died. (See TIME's photos: 90 years of vampires...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't seem to have many fans left. Just days before his Aug. 5 inauguration to a controversial second term, Iran's President finds himself in a critical struggle over his political future. One thing has led to another: an ill-advised vice-presidential pick, uncharacteristic defiance of the Supreme Leader, verbal fights with influential Cabinet Ministers. The humble son of a blacksmith is easily the most divisive figure in the 30-year history of the Republic. Could his end be just around the corner...
...peaceful group focused on the study of the Koran, according to Abdulmumin Sa'ad, a Muslim scholar and professor of sociology at the University of Maiduguri. "The idea was that there is a lot of sin in the larger society and their parents had amassed a lot of ill-gotten wealth," says Sa'ad, who taught some of the militants. "There is widespread immorality, and so the best thing to do is to remove themselves and camp elsewhere, where they can concentrate on their religion ... mediate, reach out and begin to form a fellowship." Sa'ad claims that the group...
Well, you know, a few months ago, when you brought up your own grandmother's situation [she decided to get an expensive hip replacement operation, even though she was terminally ill], I mean, it was, I think, painful and personal because every family, if they haven't hit some wrenching decision like this, is going to. As you think back on that, I mean, was that the right [medical] decision? Is this the - for your family, for her? Is this the kind of thing that a reformed system, as you see it, would change the dynamic of that decision...
Well, you know, a few months ago, when you brought up your own grandmother's situation [her choice to have an expensive hip-replacement operation, despite the fact that she was terminially ill], I mean, it was, I think, painful and personal because every family, if they haven't hit some wrenching decision like this, is going to. As you think back on that, I mean, was that the right decision? Is this the - for your family, for her? Is this the kind of thing that a reformed system, as you see it, would change the dynamic of that decision...