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...major art exhibition has opened in the Afghan capital Kabul. Given its location in a war-torn country known better for anarchy than aesthetics, this is remarkable. But even if one were to ignore that fact, Living Traditions, an exhibition of contemporary pieces from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, is extraordinary on its own merits as a moving meditation on modernity, tradition, beauty and horror...
...York Times foreign correspondent for Dexter Filkins brought the image of the war-torn Middle East to Cambridge last night, with his vivid description of walking into an Afghan town with celebrating Northern Alliance soldiers who believed the Taliban had evacuated. “It was a double cross,” Filkins said nonchalantly, “we nearly didn’t make it out alive.” Then he moved on to tell another harrowing story. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the George Polk award, Filkins, who joined The Times...
...translated into English. Svetlana Boym, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures and comparative literature, introduced Ugresicc as a brave female journalist, writer, and intellectual who, “through humor, through playful writing, offers critical commentary on Croatian nationalism.” In 1991, the dismal conditions of war-torn Yugoslavia motivated Ugresic, a native of that country,c to write critical pieces on the futility and criminality of war. Her anti-war pieces, which were deemed anti-nationalistic, subsequently made her a target for Croatian media and political figures. Ugresicc eventually left Croatia in 1993. She categorized...
...prepared to send monitors, but not a peacekeeping force, to South Ossetia. And it will send humanitarian aid to help rebuild the war-torn regions. But officials did not even pretend that this would be enough to send a strong message to Russia about the E.U.'s vigilance...
...speed skating in 2006 who is now active in the campaign to end the bloodshed in Darfur, says Olympians can raise political issues during the Games and still act within the rules. Cheek co-founded Team Darfur, a group of athletes that work to raise awareness about the war-torn region of Sudan. The NGO has 46 members who will be completing in Beijing, and some who may call for China to lobby its ally Sudan to bring peace to Darfur. Cheek says he believes the Games are "a force for good," but the hosts have to be able...