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Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen, a Belgian who lives in Rwanda, makes the greatest impression of this first round of books. First there is its setting, modern Rwanda, just after the ethnic massacres of 1994 that left 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Rich in authentic cultural and environmental detail, the book's authority is established within a few pages, putting you in a world never seen before in the medium. A harrowing tale about a madman, Deogratias, who imagines himself a dog, the story moves back and forth in time before and after...
...dubious claims that much of the workforce at Charles de Gaulle airport had become infiltrated by Islamic radicals - which, in some ways, was exactly his intention. At a time when mainstream political leaders like interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy are embracing anti-immigrant positions and xenophobic National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen finds his popularity growing, de Villiers was clearly hoping that his sensational claims would raise the profile of his Movement for France (MFF) among the country's hard right voters, which comprise roughly 20% of the national electorate...
...event, organized by the student-run Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) in conjunction with College administrators, contrasted with past unsuccessful HCC efforts, including pushes to bring rap artists Snoop Dog and Wyclef Jean to campus. Both of those efforts resulted in “fiascos,” according to HCC Director Tyler O’Brien...
...years. Perhaps for that reason, Sarkozy's pronouncement sent shock waves across the French political firmament. Sarkozy - the likely candidate of France's ruling conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in the May 2007 presidential elections - was accused of fishing for votes in the anti-immigrant swamp, where Jean-Marie Le Pen and Philippe de Villiers, the leaders of two French far-right parties, have been making inroads. But while his verbal bravado may raise eyebrows, Sarkozy has plenty of company. Across Europe, immigration policy - whether devised to control legal or illegal flows or the separate issue of political...
...years. Perhaps for that reason, Sarkozy's pronouncement sent shock waves across the French political firmament. Sarkozy - the likely candidate of France's ruling conservative Union for a Popular Movement (ump) in the May 2007 presidential elections - was accused of fishing for votes in the anti-immigrant swamp, where Jean-Marie Le Pen and Philippe de Villiers, the leaders of two French far-right parties, have been making inroads. But while his verbal bravado may raise eyebrows, Sarkozy has plenty of company. Across Europe, immigration policy - whether devised to control legal or illegal flows or the separate issue of political...