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...Vivaldi. Joined by pianist Nora I. Bartosik ’08, he will close his four-show run with Beethoven’s first sonata, the piece that made him start playing cello. And after how far he has come, how fitting is it that he return to his beginnings. ––Roy Cohen
...Most of them, it turns out, are Americans who weren't even born into Hasidic families. (They call themselves bal-chuva- "those who return" to the faith.) Emboldened by drink and by their warmth, I take the opportunity to ask the questions I'd always wanted to ask about Hasidism: What is it like? Why the clothes? I don't quite understand some of the more thoughtful answers about the second coming of Moses and Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. But I know Harry Potter, even if I never saw its Jewish significance...
...opposition to Mugabe, although they were spoken not in Zimbabwe, but in the South African city of Johannesburg, where the opposition leader has been courting support for demands that the election results be immediately released. Tsvangirai may, in fact, be on the verge of making a triumphant return home. On Tuesday, electoral officials are at last expected to announce the results of the presidential poll, which Tsvangirai insists that he has won by a margin greater than the 50% majority he needs to avoid a runoff race against Mugabe...
...last month, the attention of the Iraqi and American militaries shifted in large part from Sunni insurgents to the Shi'ite Mahdi Army. With daily car bombings and IEDs still lower in Sunni areas of the capital than they were a year ago, officials are hesitant to declare a return of al-Qaeda just yet. But with all eyes focused on the Mahdi Army's stronghold of Sadr City, it appears that the insurgent group is beginning to take advantage of the distracted U.S. and Iraqi government forces...
...many, the process has descended into farce. For those clinging on to the process, Kony's next chance to come out of the bush is on May 10, when Ugandan elders will return to Southern Sudan to supposedly discuss questions of justice. No one has any idea if he will turn up, and patience, too, is wearing thin, especially among those in the international community, which has paid over $10 million for the process. They complain that for some of the negotiators the process has become more about money and political positioning than resolving the problems of northern Uganda, long...