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News Item B: The mythological adventure Clash of the Titans was No. 1 for a second week, narrowly defeating the Steve Carell-Tina Fey romantic comedy Date Night and proving the box-office muscle of movies released in 3-D. This was the 13th week in the past 17 that a 3-D picture has topped the weekend tally...
...will replace long-serving member James R. Houghton ’58, who joined the Corporation in 1995 and, in 2002, became its senior fellow—a position members have in the past described as a first among equals...
...after about 300 Red Shirts attempted to breach the walls and lines of troops surrounding the First Regiment army base. The base is located on an avenue adjacent to the Phan Fa Bridge, one of two major intersections the protesters have seized in the capital and occupied during the past month. At times, they have drawn as many as 100,000 demonstrators, but an army spokesman said only about 8,500 were on the streets on Saturday. (Read why the Reds are in revolt...
...Emboldened by their victories of the past few days, a contingent of Red Shirts attempted to overrun the First Regiment base on Saturday, only to discover a new resolve among the soldiers. Troops slowly pushed back the demonstrators, who threw bottles, rocks, sticks and iron traffic barriers. The soldier responded with water cannon and tear gas. Government spokesman Panitan said live rounds were fired in the air, and rubber bullets fired at the crowd. Red shirt protesters claimed live rounds were fired at them...
...remains to be seen what shape Otunbayeva's foreign policy will take. In the past, the 53-year-old career diplomat has served as both a Soviet apparatchik in Moscow and a Kyrgyz ambassador to the U.S., Britain and Canada. While the country remains in a state of limbo, Otunbayeva and the other revolution leaders have tempered their pro-Russia rhetoric, focusing on the consolidation of power at home rather than jumping into foreign policy dilemmas. They've said the U.S. can continue operating its military base for now, and they've pledged to hold elections in six months, although...