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...popular TV celebrity; a comedian; and a former ambassador. Socialist lawmaker Paulo Pedroso, who was released from prison two months ago on procedural grounds, was rearrested and charged. The accused deny the charges. No Time to Lose CYPRUS Turkish Cypriots inched closer to an agreement to reunite the island when veteran leader Rauf Denktash, who's resolutely opposed reunification, handed his rival Mehmet Ali Talat, who favors a deal, the task of forming a new government after last month's elections. Talat's priority is to restart stalled peace talks with the south before May 1, when Greek Cypriots...
Looking for idyllic privacy? Why not rent a private island for a week? BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:NECKER ISLAND Because "it's important to share beautiful things," hip Brit tycoon Richard Branson started hiring out his private paradise in 1985. For $272,650 a week, this Caribbean hideaway comes complete with a 10-room villa, three Balinese houses, freshwater pools, floodlit tennis courts and a staff of 33 to cater to every whim. NEW ZEALAND: FORSYTH ISLAND At 10 million sq m, this is the world's largest island available for rent. And at $4,280 a week, it's also...
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...Island officials estimate that if the travel ban is abolished, 1 million or more Americans would enter Cuba in the first year; absorbing them is not a problem, says Tourism Ministry adviser Miguel Figueras, because most Americans travel from May to August, Cuba's low seasons. But what about the 2.5 million to 3 million the Cubans expect in Year Five? "I can assure you, for that we are not ready," Figueras says. But judging by the mood in Congress, Americans...
...easily turn into high-concept mush, but the many characters play off one another so deftly that instead of one obscuring the other, they illuminate the strange subtexts they have in common. At one point Moore and O'Neill bring in the mad scientist Dr. Moreau (as in The Island of--yet another bad movie), and the grotesque talking animals Moreau breeds become a sinister take on Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows and the talking rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, as well as--this is virtuosity in action, folks--the real-life 19th century painter Gustave Moreau...