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Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive in the Swat Valley, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts. A day after an élite unit of army commandos secured the release of 39 hostages, bringing to an end a 22-hour siege of its military headquarters that left 25 people dead over the weekend, the Taliban struck again. In the fourth major attack in eight days, a suicide bomber killed 41 people in a marketplace near Swat on Monday, underscoring the militants' enduring ability to strike across the country...
...unearthing treasure from the country's rich past. Occasionally they strike gold, like Terry Herbert, a 55-year-old Staffordshire man who, it was announced Sept. 24, discovered more than 11 lb. of Anglo-Saxon gold on a farm north of Birmingham. But mudlarks, who consider themselves élite archaeologists, tend to view treasure seekers with disdain. While anyone can obtain a permit to search the five or so miles of the river's southern foreshore between Westminster and Wapping, the 51 licensed mudlarks are the only people allowed to excavate the historically rich north side of the river, which...
...love the pre-Raphaelites!" gushes Jenny (Carey Mulligan), with the unself-conscious exuberance of a bright 16-year-old. The star pupil at an élite London girls' school, Jenny has her eyes on Oxford, but can't help giving a longing glance at the world of luxe, of fine art and good restaurants, that she is mad to enter. Admission to the dolce vita is the apple held out by her new friend David (Peter Sarsgaard), a suave businessman twice her age. He, in turn, is seduced by Jenny's intellectual brio and, for all her poise, innocence. With...
...20th century, but her ordeal occurred well before 24-hour news and carnivores with cameras. Chelsea Clinton's did not. Which explains why Chelsea appeared to be the Garbo of presidential children; after some snide remarks in the press about her awkward adolescence, Chelsea was shielded in the élite Quaker fortress of Sidwell Friends School and fiercely protected by her parents. When Rush Limbaugh called her "the White House dog," T-shirts appeared saying LEAVE CHELSEA ALONE. Which, remarkably, most people...
...heavyset fellow with a doofus grin, alternately laughing and badgering but perennially at the center of attention. For all his girth, Moore fits the mold of the little guy in classic Hollywood movies. Like Jefferson Smith and Rocky Balboa, he bucks the odds and takes on the power élite: the gun lobby in Columbine, the occupation of Iraq in Fahrenheit, the health-care industry in Sicko...