Word: sulu
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...time Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban) introduces himself to Kirk on a transporter full of new recruits, my grin had settled in for good. In terms of casting, Ryder is Abrams' only blunder. John Choo (aka Harold of Harold and Kumar fame) as Hikaru Sulu? Perfection. Simon Pegg as Scotty? Genius. I didn't recognize Anton Yelchin, who makes a charming 17-year-old Chekov, from his role in Hearts of Atlantis but I was mentally clapping him on the back as well...
George Takei is famous for portraying Mr. Sulu on Star Trek, but the actor - who has a recurring role on NBC's Heroes - has also earned widespread acclaim for his success as an activist for the gay community. In the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure banning the recently earned right of gays to marry in California, Takei spoke to TIME about the future of marriage equality...
...KIRK vs. SULU: Fight...
...southern Philippines look serene, but the region is a battleground where the MILF and its parent group, the Moro National Liberation Front, have long waged bloody struggles for independence. In the mid-1990s the MNLF brokered a deal with the government to share power in areas of Sulu, 900 km south of Manila. The MILF has been in sporadic peace talks over its claim for territory in the south, but a clash with government troops last year left 14 marines dead, 10 of them beheaded. Ranging across the rugged Mindanao terrain and further south is the Islamic terrorist Abu Sayyaf...
...National Liberation Front, a former separatist group that gave up armed struggle in the late 1990s. Its peace deal with the government secured autonomy for some Muslim areas, which the group now governs. Jikiri is skeptical about the Manila-led effort to win local people's trust. "Life in Sulu is still 40 years behind the times," he says. But the military is doing some good, he adds, by "curbing the commission of crimes in some areas where the police presence is very minimal." According to a national intelligence report sighted by TIME, however, troops are being reshuffled from...