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...fresh wave of terrorism violence spreads deeper into Pakistan, the Obama Administration is urging the country to act more decisively against militants who are based in the tribal areas and pose a threat to the region and beyond. For Washington, stabilizing Afghanistan depends on stanching the flow of militants from across the border. But while both political will and public opinion have discernibly shifted in recent days, there remain deep divisions - and some resentment on the part of Pakistan - over how to tackle the threat...
...little boy is lost in a crowd - his mother is nowhere in sight. His darting, desperate eyes search for her. Where is she? Confusion sets in; the boy's bottom lip starts to quiver. Am I alone? A wave of panic. And then - tears and guttural wails...
...improved by adding zombies? Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the premise of which explains itself: the Bennet family lives in a rural English village, where their primary concerns are a) marrying off their five daughters, and b) defending themselves against wave after wave of the remorseless, relentless walking dead. Time magazine book critic Lev Grossman chatted with Grahame-Smith about the challenge of updating a classic...
...than they expected. The call for issuing more debt and supporting job creation may get louder as unemployment rises into the double digits. What seem like a sustainable polity on debt and stimulus may be now, but if EU GDP begins to contract faster and harder than expected, a wave of government desperation could sweep the countries in the union. Obama may have his way. It may just take several months for other countries to come around to his way of thinking...
...more time replicating the winning formula of “Young Folks” before they started tweaking the details.The band’s stylistic influences are diverse but perhaps at the sacrifice of coherence. “I Want You!” with its midtempo ambling New Wave guitar and echoed bass drum, sounds like an early U2 track, and the vocal and lyrical style and African-inflected bass of “Living Thing” directly channels Vampire Weekend’s watered-down “Graceland” vibe. As already established...