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...since the Khmer Rouge regime committed its crimes, the arrest of the elderly pair - Sary is 82 and Thirith is 75 - was little consolation. "Why are you only coming to ask questions now?" she asks, noting that there seemed to be more media attention on Pol Pot's terrifying reign now than there was when he was actually in power. "[The regime] was a long time ago already...
...task of Arab moderates, such as Saudi Arabia, who are trying to reunite the two warring Palestinian factions. Hamas opposes Abbas's plans to attend a U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Arab summit in Annapolis, Maryland, later this month. Ahmed Qurie, chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israelis, compared Hamas's reign in Gaza to the Israeli occupation inside the Palestinian territories. "The policy of silencing the other side will not win," he said. Meanwhile, a Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Fatah for provoking the latest Gaza shooting. With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem
...like the current presidential campaign, but the year was 1800 and the beleaguered candidate was Thomas Jefferson. Four years earlier, he had lost the presidency to John Adams in an election fraught with religious angst. Jacobin revolutionaries had taken over France, closed its churches and threatened to export their reign of terror. Supporters of Adams' Federalist Party linked Jefferson to the French secularists through his defense of revolutionary France and support for the separation of church and state. Adams, in contrast, they argued, was a man of God who opposed radical French ideas, and under his rule America had launched...
...your first weekend at Harvard, they were undoubtedly great times. Watching Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” is like living through those firsts all over again, except in castles with champagne pyramids, satin shoes, and a country under one’s own reign. So, in celebration of those good times and Antoinette’s 252nd birthday, which arrives today, pop open a bottle of Moët, forget about midterms for a few hours, and let the nostalgia wash over you. TAKE A SHOT... 1. Take a shot for every different American...
...ballet that began the reign of Romantic ballet, “La Sylphide,” also began the Boston Ballet’s 2007-2008 season at the Wang Theatre. Due to its brevity, the piece was paired with and preceded by Balanchine’s groundbreaking “Serenade.” With its simple elegance and timeless plot, “Serenade” was, of the two pieces, the true gem, outshining “La Sylphide” in its choreography (by Sorella Englund after August Bournonville) and performance...