Word: rebels
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...more kibitzers. One day a heavy mist draped the mountains of Binh Dinh and sank into the rice paddies in the valleys below. An ancient Citro?n spun its wheels on the muddy track, in a scene that would bring Fowler to a rebel leader's camp in the Vietnam of 1953. Suddenly Noyce shouted and pointed at a tree line: "Somebody do something about those kids!" Two boys had climbed some bamboo trees and were swaying at the top, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-style. Very cute, but it ruined the shot. A translator pleaded for the children to come down...
...hired an English tutor, memorized the entire script in phonetic English, took four screen tests and got the part. (Boyfriend Hai also won a role in the film, as the rebel leader General The.) She was aided by a top acting coach: two-time Oscar-winner Michael Caine. "As they were putting in the clapperboard," Caine says, "we would still be whispering to each other what we were going to do and how we were going to move ... The girl at the end of the movie was like a consummate film actress...
...emergence of al-Qaeda in Dhaka is merely the latest sign that Bangladesh's more radical Islamic groups are coming out from the forests. The former Burmese rebel says three of the camps near Cox's Bazar have closed since October?not because of the kind of governmental pressure being applied in Pakistan, but because the militants feel safe enough to transfer their operations to like-minded madrasahs, some of them in the capital. On May 9 and 10, 63 representatives of nine Islamic groups?including Rohingya forces, the Islamic Oikya Jote and the ULFA?met in Ukhia to form...
...also finalize its €12 billion disposal plan this week. Growing Pings HSBC continued its international expansion, buying a 10% stake in China's No. 2 insurer, Ping An, for $600 million. INDICATORS Chocolate Prices Get Hot Cocoa prices hit 17-year highs of $2,317 a ton as rebel forces in the Ivory Coast blocked roads and moved toward the key trading town of Daloa. The country produces 40% of the world's cocoa, and prices have risen nearly 15% since the fighting began. That Should Catch Them Rest easy: prompted by the government, American business is enlisting itself...
...Well, it's better than stewing in stir. But for the reigning rebel of Chinese pop, crooning to grannies might be hard time indeed...