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...British press is playing his win as a redemption story. But does the book really make up for the long rap sheet? Vernon God Little is a black comedy about a luckless teenage loser living in Martirio, billed as the Barbecue Sauce Capital of Texas. Little's friend Jesus Navarro has just committed a horrendous Columbine-style massacre at their high school, and Little, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, gets charged as an accessory. Little's desperate attempts to exonerate himself only wind up exposing the venal hypocrisies of the people around...
...groups, meeting in Syria, to coordinate their attacks. FARC Takes a Hit COLOMBIA The second-ranking leader of an élite unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was killed in a gun battle that military officials called a major blow to the group. Edgar Gustavo Navarro is said to have been behind the capture of three Americans - and the killing of a fourth - after their plane was shot down during a counternarcotics mission in February. Still on Top swaziland King Mswati III reigns supreme despite a general election in Swaziland, Africa's last traditional monarchy. Royal...
...pessimists, who think expecting people to be nice is a mug's game. David Rieff is a pessimist--a gloomy pessimist at that. At the end of his ruthlessly lucid book A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis (Simon & Schuster; 367 pages), Rieff, with disconsolate satisfaction, quotes Alberto Navarro, former director of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office, as saying, "Mankind is slowly, but in a very determined way, going back to barbarism...
...couch and expressing with clarity born of self-exploration exactly what she wants. She pinpoints the “21 Things I Want in a Lover,” underscoring her wishlist with a dictatorial drumbeat and distorted guitars courtesy of ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper Dave Navarro. Meet Alanis Morisette the empowered woman instead of the confused post-teenager...
ITALY Vatican Inquiry The Vatican launched an inquiry into the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and other clergy in Africa and elsewhere. Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls acknowledged the allegations, made in the U.S. National Catholic Reporter, but said the problem was a limited one. The article contained signed statements from nuns in 23 countries claiming priests and missionaries forced them into sex, in some cases demanding they take the contraceptive pill or have abortions...