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...face.) The snake impregnates the peasant woman. Her husband returns from a trip, discovers her infidelity and slits open her belly, releasing hundreds of tiny snakes, which he tries to kill. But one slithers to safety. It grows into snake-girl Soraya, played by Pich Chanboramey. With a magic ring she can transform her Medusa-like locks into normal hair, but not forever. When Soraya loses her virginity, she is fated to change into a serpent forever. And then she falls in love...
Gertrude sits upright on a donated bed in a cardboard shack in a rough Durban township that is now the compass of her world. Perhaps 10 ft. square, the little windowless room contains a bed, one sheet and blanket, a change of clothes and a tiny cooking ring, but she has no money for paraffin to heat the food that a home-care worker brings. She must fetch water and use a toilet down the hill. "Everything I have," she says, "is a gift." Now the school that owns the land under her hut wants to turn it into...
...Politicians have old fear of being soft on crime. It's a hangover from the drug war heyday of the 1980s." And even today, some politicians still find a willing audience for anti-drug rants, Nadelmann adds. "It's still possible to demagogue this issue - although demagoguery does not ring as sweet to American ears as it used...
DIED. FRANCISCO "CURRO" RIVERA, 49, Mexican bullfighter who triumphed in Spain, of a heart attack while practicing in the ring; in the western state of Jalisco. He retired eight years ago after completing more than 1,000 fights but was training for a comeback this year...
...worth noting that listening to Soros listen to his money is an awfully fun activity. Ring. Hello? Yes, YES, YES!! Followed by several minutes of nine-digit bets on market moves that are here left off the record, by agreement. This is what Soros will say: he is up 9.5% to 10%. "A terrible two months for the market," he says as he shakes his head. Then, brightening: "But a great two months for hedge funds!" Soros thinks the U.S. is coming in for a hard landing. Fed rate cuts, he worries, won't come fast enough. Tax cuts...