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...Qaeda and how they "looked after" his Muslim brethren. It's just such a paradoxical pose, at once insular and international, Islamist and secular, that befuddles those outside Pakistan's porous borders, and which is at the crux of Hanging Fire, a survey of contemporary art from a nation known more today for automatic-weapons fire than the arts and humanities...
...nation of cowards because we looked away from the suffering of children for more than 50 years. As a recovering Irish Roman Catholic, I accuse the Irish clergy of having no shame, no conscience, no remorse. Resign and get out of my country. John J. May, DUBLIN...
...youngest incumbent. Then in September, after four tricky years helming a coalition that yoked her conservative Christian Democrat bloc with the Social Democratic Party, she won a new mandate, with center-right coalition partners of her choosing. Now, as the emboldened leader of Europe's most populous nation and most powerful economy, Merkel has the ability to make her personality and priorities count on a global stage. But what, exactly, does she want to do with her power? And how will she go about doing...
...Quiet Giant So what will she do now? Given Germany's modern history, it is hardly surprising that the nation - and whoever leads it - rarely seeks to thrust itself into acrimonious global issues. German political debate overwhelmingly concerns itself with sustaining and extending the widely shared prosperity and personal security that was a hallmark of the old West Germany. When the Great Recession began at the end of 2008, Merkel initially drew fire for her handling of the crisis, and in 2009, the German economy contracted 5% overall. Critics said she was doing too little, too slowly and that...
...Connor—ranked No. 1 in the nation at 157 lbs.—earned a 6-1 decision over No. 19 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman to cap an undefeated weekend and push his record...