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...junctions or congregate in temple grounds where they peer through monsoon downpours with shotguns at the ready. One morning at the temple of Chang Hai Tok village in Pattani province, a batch of Iron Ladies, outfitted all in black, runs through military exercises. Surveying the training from behind a trio of Buddha statues, 60-year-old abbot Pracharoonkittisophano shrugs his shoulders when asked whether women twirling rifles, along with a shooting range behind his sleeping quarters, elicits any spiritual discomfort. "Guns are normal things in our world," he says. "I see them on TV all the time, and the types...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Aiming For Parity | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...thought that the trio would continue to dabble in acoustic collaborations is very quickly disproved on the band’s debut. Opener “No One Loves Me & Neither Do I” sees its guitars set about slowly and heavily crushing what melody there is. Proceeding at a restrained pace for a while before shifting into an incredible stomp for its final two minutes, the unrelenting assault of the opener proves that TCV have no intention of making shiny guitar rock like Foo Fighters or the classic heavy metal of Led Zeppelin. This is very much QOTSA...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Them Crooked Vultures | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

What is clear is that pressure for a solution is growing. After threatening to kill the hostages in threes until their comrades were returned, the pirates on the Alakrana removed a trio of hostages from the ship and brought them to shore on Nov. 6. Although the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the three have since been safely returned onboard, Andrew Mwangura, director of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program, which is involved in the negotiations, denies the claim. "The three are not on the ship," he says. (Read "How China Is Battling Its Pirate Problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pirate Capture Complicates Hostage Issue | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...next four drives ended in turnovers—two fumbles from the Lions, two interceptions for Winters—and it was not until the final drive of the half that Harvard was able to put another trio of points on the board...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Remains Undefeated With Win Over Lions | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...concert the audience had a chance to experience firsthand the multicultural themes explored by the Silk Road Ensemble. Ma, Russian violinist Jonathan Gandelsman, and pianist Charlie Albright ’11, performed the second movement, “Pantoum,” of Maurice Ravel’s piano trio. The piece is usually associated with the Western classical tradition but, as Ma explained, Malaysian dance forms heavily influenced Ravel during his attendance of the World’s Exhibition in Paris in 1889.Later, six other undergraduates joined the Silk Road Ensemble to play music of Turkmen, Armenian, and Yiddish...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reaching the End of the Silk Road | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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