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...three years in office, Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has helmed the best-performing economy in Southeast Asia and enjoyed stratospheric approval ratings. But a series of recent setbacks has many Thais wondering if he's losing his touch. Thaksin's woes began with his slow response to the recent bird-flu crisis, which has killed eight and devastated the country's chicken industry. Then, in quick succession, he was forced to back down from a controversial plan to close entertainment venues at midnight, respond to accusations that he was using his influence to muffle criticism in the local...
...local McDonald's. About 1,000 Kosovo Serbs have been evacuated to NATO bases inside Kosovo and another 2,600 driven from their homes. Camping out in a friend's apartment in the divided town of Mitrovica, medical student Ivan Radic, 30, a Kosovo Serb, said he has lost touch with his mother and uncle, who had been seeking refuge somewhere in central Kosovo. "I am so worried," said Radic. "God knows when I will see my family again." What broke Kosovo's hopeful peace? The events that triggered last week's violence were unremarkable. On Monday, a Serb teen...
...that the camera’s perspective continues to roll as if it were an actual rolling stone. In the White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl,” Jack and Meg White are rendered as music-making Legos, a visual touch that is compelling in its own right, yet also accentuates the music. In a similar way, the casting of Eternal is creative, but accentuates the writing and directing. Jim Carrey is actually quiet for significant pieces of the role: he underplays, giving Joel a quiet dignity that makes the eventual disgrace...
...lucky enough to get in touch with everybody who I knew in Madrid a couple of hours later to see that they were okay,” Dugi said...
Spent your St. Patrick’s Day drinking O’Douls and studying for midterms? Get in touch with your inner leprechaun on with Altan, “the hottest group in the Celtic realm these days,” according to the Boston Globe. The Irish sextet features fiddler/vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and the acclaimed rhythm section of Dáithí Sproule on guitar, Dermot Byrne on accordion and Ciarán Curran on bouzouki. Altan has been around since the eighties and is consistently rated among the most exciting groups...