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...reaction by most Sudanese to Gibbons' lenient sentence was mostly benign; still, the government's fears of a larger backlash bordered on paranoia. Riot police were deployed, and Internet access to some stories was denied. Lord Ahmed, one of a pair of British parliamentarians who traveled to Khartoum as private citizens - and as co-religionists with the Sudanese - to secure Gibbons' release, told TIME that Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir admitted to them he was weighing a retrial - on stricter charges...
...fails to match, much less outdo, the Wonka story in its breadth of imagination and originality, compensating for its shortcomings with special effects and the celebrity of its two leads. Mr. Magorium’s empire centers around a strange and fantastical toy store, where children run riot without fear of breaking things or having to actually purchase anything at the end of the day. Mr. Magorium, played endearingly and with a random lisp by Dustin Hoffman, fits snugly into the role of the eccentric and magical entrepreneur seeking a rightful heir to his empire. And that?...
...British officials are working behind the scenes to expedite the release of the former deputy head teacher, who remains behind bars. Riot police looked on as the protesters marched from the palace to Unity High School, where Gibbons had taught, and then on to the British embassy. But the demonstration was isolated, and most of Khartoum remained peaceful. Many Sudanese families spent the afternoon in the city's small parks along the Nile River as usual...
...know the type of '80s rocker--tight pants, bleached hair, long tongue. Though pop metal (or, to some, "hair metal") is often remembered for big-name bands like Twisted Sister and Mötley Crüe, Kevin Dubrow, the front man for Quiet Riot, was a key force in popularizing the genre. His frequent diatribes against other musicians--and his own record company--could grate. But his gravelly vocals on songs like Cum on Feel the Noize helped propel Riot's 1983 album, Metal Health, to No. 1 on Billboard's pop charts, a first for a metal band. Dubrow...
...absent for the first 72 hours of violence in Villers-le-Bel that began when two local youths were killed during a traffic accident with a police car. After two nights of considerable disorder that left around 80 police injured (versus 200 for the entire three weeks of rioting in 2005), a massive deployment of riot officers helped bring near order to the area Tuesday evening. Limited skirmishes were in stark contrast to the pitched battles, arson and even gunshots that rioters inflicted on police during the previous two evenings. Fear that unrest would spread to similarly disgruntled residents...