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While China has already transformed itself into a modern global power, the Olympics will be one of the first chances for the rest of the world to appreciate these developments, Li added...
...tradition of challenge and inquiry that demanded a re-interpretation of the Koran relevant to the current era - is bold. Were she alive at the time of publication, she most certainly would have been charged with blasphemy by fundamentalist circles. Bhutto offers no new revelations - any close scholar of modern Islam will have made the same observations. But her reiteration of the Koran's message of peace and tolerance bears repeating; it is one that is often drowned out by the more headline-grabbing missives of those calling for death to America...
...three months ago. Do you regret your decision to pursue this cause? AHSAN: Why should I regret it? I play a clean game of cards. It is a shame that the world doesn't notice this most unprecedented move - in all history around the world, from ancient, medieval to modern, there is no precedent of an emperor or a shah or a king or a sultan or a Caesar dismissing 60 judges and arresting them. And some of them continue to be detained. Imagine the Supreme Court justice being dismissed by the president of the United States. Think of John...
...tool Kertész uses efficiently to protect his novel from the passing of time. Despite the major changes that the last half of our century has seen, his work is still as relevant and readable today as it was on its release 31 years ago. Applicable to a modern readership, it has not been bogged down by historical particulars. And yet the ghosts of Auschwitz do haunt the novella through the obsession of Martens’ colleague with a torture instrument named the “Boger swing.” The inventor of this device, William Boger...
...Modern advances in technology have allowed artists to push the boundaries of art further than ever before. The old guard may question: Is photography Art? Are videos Art? What would these doubters think of an artist who combines both of those media? For over a decade, the Belgian artist David Claerbout has blended both still and moving images. His work has been shown in many prominent museums, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Fortunately, Cantabridgians don’t have to travel to Paris; a survey of his innovative work is currently on display at the List Visual Arts Center...