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...devastated the country's chicken industry. Then, in quick succession, he was forced to back down from a controversial plan to close entertainment venues at midnight, respond to accusations that he was using his influence to muffle criticism in the local press, watch as thousands rallied in Bangkok to protest government plans to privatize state-owned industries, and defend his heavy-handed war on drugs after the U.S. State Department cited it as proof that Thailand's human-rights record had "worsened...
...Let’s Go Hell, the infernal judge Aeacus is an Army drill sergeant, and the contest between Aeschylus and Euripides is presented as a game show. While bizarre, these settings make good sense; the Chorus political moralizing is far more palatable when presented as part of a protest by flower children, and it only makes sense that the ferrier to the land of the dead (Ian Maisel) would be a death metal...
...part of Serbia, though it is run by the U.N.) Diplomats in the region said some of the violence appeared organized, probably by militants intent on forcing the international community to grant the province independence now. Veton Surroi, publisher of the independent daily Koha Ditore, said people leading the protests identified themselves as former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or student organizations. "What started as a spontaneous protest turned into a mass upheaval which became an organized revolt," he said. "The violence is directed toward forcing out the Serbs and accelerating [the U.N.'s] departure." U.N. officials stress...
...movie focusing on sexy teenagers in 1968 Paris who are obsessed with movies, sex and politics, in that order, from the director of Last Tango In Paris. The plot begins with Matthew (Leonardo DiCaprio look-alike Michael Pitt) encountering Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) at the protest of the closing of the French cinemathéque, the classic movie theater where these three cinephiles have spent many an afternoon. Soon, Matthew is invited to stay at Isabelle and Theo’s house while their parents are away. Movie-inspired sexual games ensue. One of the more interesting...
Tomorrow, hundreds of thousands of anti-war activists, including Harvard students, will again be coming together in New York City, this time to protest the colonial occupation of Iraq. It is as important to keep our sights on the future as to remember what has passed. We must not forget that the conflict continues despite the rhetoric of the war being won. Our responsibility as citizens of the occupying country, as well as of the world, is far from done. Until self-determination and economic sovereignty are established in Iraq, we must keep our efforts strong...