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Either way, Zelaya, 57, says he trekked 15 hours by foot, car and plane (he won't say over which border or who helped him) before showing up at the Brazilian mission. It took him in, even though it may have to host Zelaya, who would be arrested if he stepped outside, for weeks if not months. Zelaya had tried unsuccessfully to fly and walk into Honduras in July. "How could I stay in exile," he asks, "when the coup has been condemned by every country in the world? I had to come back to show support for the people...
...human cost of violence that permeated a society. Elders are the villains in Hirschbiegel’s vision. It is their inability to forgive what has been done to them and their willingness to compromise their own children that fuels this cycle. As a teenager, Little takes on his mission to kill Jim Griffin in order to achieve acceptance and respect from his Protestant elders. Joe is motivated to consider revenge against Little not because of his brother’s death, but because of the emotional trauma caused by his mother, who blames him for Jim?...
...shoulder, as if it is pressing her into that bowed position. At the entryway of the gallery, Palma states that one of his objectives is to “give a body to ghosts that govern personal relationships.” In this piece, he exemplifies that artistic mission. Though Palma has only depicted an interaction between a hand and the woman, he infuses the photograph with a tension, the implication of an unseen force behind the relationship and an invisible person attached to the hand.Other photographs may not employ surrealism, but still prove evocative; one example...
...million out of its budget this year following the agreement between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the legislature on how to close California's massive $26 billion shortfall in July. Many of the protesters believe the constant increase in fees over the past decade is endangering the university's mission as a public university that offers students an outstanding education at a cost that middle- and working-class families can afford. (Read a story about budget cuts at the University of California system...
...rambling diatribe to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world body for being unfair to small nations. The comment struck a chord with the Swiss, since Gaddafi has been on a self-proclaimed mission to destroy their little country...