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...decade ago, they "won't speak to journalists without permission," says Lankov. Even at the joint South and North Korean industrial complex at Kaesong, just north of the Demilitarized Zone, journalists don't really expect to land interviews with regular North Koreans, says Voice of America's Kurt Achin, who was part of a press tour there about two years ago. (See pictures of the reportedly ailing Kim Jong Il, doctored by his government...
...assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in the troubled region. The groups say they have no clear idea why they had been targeted, and their aid efforts in the autonomous region of South Sudan have not been affected. "We've actually received no official reason or explanation," said Kurt Tjossem, Regional Director for the Horn and East Africa at the International Rescue Committee. "We did ask them on what grounds and that was not responded...
...investment banks fluctuates every year. In addition, the restriction on H-1B visa holders may not apply to those who are hired while holding a student visa but later apply for an H-1B, Casey said, an interpretation Harvard officials are lobbying the Department of Labor to recommend. Kurt Piemonte, an associate director of career services at the Business School, wrote in an e-mailed statement that companies looking to pick up their newest recruits are “hopeful” that the statute will be interpreted in their favor, but remain in a state of limbo...
...target audience (tweens Spike, 11 and his sister Ginger, 8) and veteran movie critic (Richard Corliss). The brothers Jonas, in case you've missed them, comprise Joe, the junior Mick Jagger of the group; Kevin, guitarist and second-string show pony; and Nick, the cute, sensitive, cleaned-up Kurt Cobainy one. You discover this slowly, through the songs, since there's little dialogue in the movie, and most of it in the first 10 minutes after they get their 4:30 am wake up call from bouncer Big Rob and discuss the day's punishing schedule over breakfast. After that...
...demands ellipses, or at the very least, abbreviation. The Pains, TPOBPAH, perhaps PBPH, or, as their label Slumberland Records prefers, POBPAH. One verb short of a clause, it is arguably the most misguided decision in band-naming since the exclamation point in Panic! At the Disco. Thankfully, Kip, Kurt, Alex, and Peggy—who, in a seeming reversal on their word count policy, prefer to forego their surnames—are much better at making music than they were at christening themselves.On their self-titled debut album, they prove themselves to be unapologetically dedicated to crafting tight and wistful...