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...century writer and anthropologist Georges Bataille called "the basic desire of all men, of whatever period or region, to be amazed." Like few other creations of the human hand, it is a patrimony not of any one country or culture, but of humankind as a whole. Yet Lascaux's robust longevity belies a frightening fragility. Five years ago, after the ill-conceived installation of new climatic equipment, Lascaux suffered an outbreak of fungal infection that threatened to destroy in a few years what thousands of millenniums had left largely unscathed. The cave's custodians are still struggling to eradicate this...
With oil prices now more than $70 per bbl., Russia is awash in cash--and more of it is trickling down to ordinary people in ordinary places. Seven consecutive years of robust growth--currently about 6% a year after inflation--have transformed the country, giving birth to a consumer class and bringing signs of prosperity to the long-suffering hinterland. Although the distribution of wealth is far from egalitarian--the rich are getting a lot richer, corruption is endemic, and millions continue to struggle--the good life is in reach for more Russians than ever before. Victoria Grankina, a Moscow...
...good program. But now that blogging has become much more mainstream, it was time for an upgrade,” he said. The blogs now use Wordpress software, rather than Manila.“At a technical level, it’s just much easier and a much more robust offering,” he said. “It’s got very good tagging functionality and allows for a number of different things that will make searching a lot easier.”Hal Roberts, the project manager for the new server, agreed that...
...governmental organizations working in the region say only a robust international intervention will stop the killing. Matt Bryden, director of the Horn of Africa Project for aid and lobby group International Crisis Group, points out that "the extent of Khartoum's resistance [to a beefed-up peacekeeping force] hasn't been fully explored yet." If the talks in Abuja fail, that may be the only option left to end the slaughter...
...Hanoi. Known as a canny consensus-builder, Manh remains head of a party beset by recent corruption scandals, including the resignation of the minister of transport over accusations he failed to prevent embezzlement of state funds by several officials. Manh pledged to combat graft while maintaining Vietnam's robust economic growth by accelerating market reforms...