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...musicians joined in a mighty fortissimo, and the organist literally pulled out all the stops, glorious sound washed through the Esplanade concert hall like a thrilling sonic typhoon. It was a fine, acceptably idiomatic rendition of one of the most exalted masterpieces of German Romanticism?performed on an equatorial island in Southeast Asia...
...pressure, and unfortunately de Bernières doesn't live up to it. The book's setting is promising enough. De Bernières' first four novels were all set in picturesque but war-torn corners of the world - Latin America or, for Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek island of Cephallonia. And so Birds tells of the pretty, fictional Turkish coastal town of Telmessos during and after World War I. Greeks and Turks live harmoniously there until 1923, when aggressive expansionism and horrific fighting between the two nations culminates in a population exchange - Turks deported to Turkey, Greeks...
...Australia and New Zealand now spend tens of millions of dollars a year to help small island states tackle corruption, tighten border controls and train law-enforcement officers. Police and customs agents from both countries played key roles in investigating the Fiji ice lab, and cleaning it up. Australia and New Zealand are also helping small states update their antiquated laws. Police had to wait 14 months to smash the ice gang because Fijian law does not ban methamphetamine's ingredients, only the finished product. A new drug bill?increasing the top sentence for trafficking from eight years to life...
...Respect for Taiwan "To The Brink and Back" [May 31], about Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's inaugural address, was informative and insightful, but it consistently referred to Taiwan as an "island" rather than a country. Although there may continue to be bickering about Taiwan's international status, there is no reason to always refer to it as a mere island. Taiwan is a country, an island-state and a full-fledged nation. Dan Bloom Chiayi City, Taiwan...
...Well, we go to different corners of the room, and we face the wall." PRESIDENT BUSH, joking during a press conference at the conclusion of the G-8 summit ON SEA ISLAND, GA., when asked what meetings are like with world leaders who have not supported him on the war in Iraq...