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...street. "Dispersal orders," for example, allow officers to ban individuals from public spaces even if they have not been convicted at court, and to arrest them if they disobey. Operation Leopard is a part of this trend, and it is clear the officers are still unsure of how to wield their new powers...
...many contemporary writers can muster Ghosh's panoramic verve - even fewer can wield it with his deftness and poise. His research into 19th century nautical manifests led him to the lascars, a fascinating pan-Asian community of sailors employed aboard nearly all European craft in the Eastern hemisphere. Some of the book's most affecting passages involve their moonlit gatherings aboard the Ibis' deck, singing songs, swapping tales and forging a globalized identity long before such things were ever in vogue...
...recipe that has only five ingredients. But things got easier. Italian suddenly clicked. I could eye my vanilla gelato to see how much longer it needed in the mixer and judge the doneness of my frittata by its firmness. After slicing watermelon every morning for breakfast, I could wield a knife as deftly as a pencil. I could give porcini mushrooms a sponge bath with my eyes closed. I knew the recipe for egg pasta by heart and they counted on me to make the daily batch of dough. By the end of my stay, my ankles were swollen...
...Meanwhile, violence is on the rise. In eastern cities, young men wave autonomy flags while they wield bats against indigenous women in traditional dress. Over the past few days, groups of opposition loyalists have taken over several state institutions (airports, state television studios, educational facilities) in the opposition controlled departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni and Pando. Yesterday, just hours before the Morales' declarations against Goldberg, a bomb exploded on one of Bolivia's main natural gas pipelines, cutting into its exports to Brazil...
Power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe are on the verge of a complete breakdown, according to sources inside the negotiations, with President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai unable to agree on who should wield greater power in a unity government. Underlining how the mood between the two sides has soured, one general in Zimbabwe's army reiterated a threat to defend Mugabe's regime "even if it means going to war," adding that Tsvangirai would be arrested if talks fail. And that would not appear to be an idle threat: the opposition leader, who won more votes than Mugabe...