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...first three days, F&F had the biggest opening not only of any 2009 film but also of any movie released in the normally somnolent month of April. (Previous top dog of the cruelest month: the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson Anger Management, which picked up $42 million six years ago.) F&F also cadged $30.1 million internationally, bringing its three-day cume to $102.6 million. (See TIME's auto special: "The 50 Worst Cars Ever Made...
...glow of the beach and musical triumph still on their faces. The trip had provoked the wrath of Zakaria Zubeidi, head of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the area. Zubeidi banished Younis from Jenin, forcing the closure of the music school where she had spent the last six years teaching Palestinian teenagers to play the violin, the Oud and drums. "The children are now crying. They're afraid," Younis told TIME in a telephone interview. "One girl told me she sleeps with her violin hidden under her bed because she's afraid that these men will come...
...some violence and harassment but I'm not sure they can be associated with politics," says Humam Hamid, a sociology professor at Syah Kuala University in Aceh."They could also be purely criminal acts, which happen everywhere." Regardless, many Acehnese are predicting victory for the Partai Aceh, one of six local parties joining 38 national parties in the legislative elections on April 9. "I think Partai Aceh will get the majority but am not sure by how much," predicts Humam. A local businessman expects it to be a landslide. "I think they could get as much as 75%," says Muni...
...question now is whether Aso's performance on the world stage has given a temporary reprieve for his flagging administration. Just six weeks ago, Aso's support rating at home had plunged into the single digits as Japan's recession worsened. Shortly after that poll came out, former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa embarrassed the Aso administration by showing up in what appeared to be an inebriated state at a press conference during a Group of Seven meeting in Rome. Nakagawa later stepped down. (See pictures of Japan and the world...
...Japan's economy contracted at an annualized rate of 12.1% in the last quarter of last year - the sharpest downturn since the oil crisis of the mid-1970s. Tokyo is working on an additional stimulus package - the country's third in the last six months - that is expected to pump at least $100 billion more into the economy...