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...court and police officers prepared the Iengs for the drive to the tribunal's detention center on the outskirts of Phnom Penh Monday, neighbors came out to wish them good riddance. "They killed many people and they must be prosecuted," says Pouk Salonn, 57, the owner of a small shop near the Iengs' villa who lost her parents during the regime. But with the passage of some 30 years since the Khmer Rouge regime committed its crimes, the arrest of the elderly pair - Sary is 82 and Thirith is 75 - was little consolation. "Why are you only coming...
...ragging on Fred, while Nick becomes a hero to children every December, leads Fred to spectacular resentment.? In a scene that's way too "ouch" for a PG comedy, grown-up Nick says, "You hate me," and grown-up Fred replies, "I don't hate you, Nick. I just wish you were never born." Later, Nick sends Fred a note: "I'm sorry I cut down your tree." Can this conflict get any more forthrightly phallic...
...route to peace. It has given the LRA a large measure of confidence. "We have absolutely no fear of the ICC; it will die a natural death," says Ayena Odong, a member of the LRA delegation. Spotlighted by television cameras at a press conference, Ojul said ruefully: "We even wish we could have signed the [peace] agreement yesterday" - were it not for the indictments. Peace by any means necessary - even if it means shunning the world court - is now the mantra of many Ugandans recovering from an impossibly long...
...devastatingly open about why he and the genre just can’t work it out: Adams cruelly points out its flaws, viciously satirizing a ton of rock music.Just look at the track list. “This Is It,” “Wish You Were Here,” “She’s Lost Total Control”: if those song titles don’t sound strangely familiar, then you don’t listen to rock music. Parody’s the point.And Adams does it ridiculously well, getting nearly everyone...
Confronted with a smorgasbord of “drawings,” one can’t help but wish that the scope of “Drawing: A Broader Definition” was slightly narrower, or at least more focused. Tucked away within the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), the small in-house exhibition takes a kaleidoscopic view of its subject, and spans six millennia and nearly as many continents in 66 objects and 2 rooms. The show is now on display at the MFA through May 4, 2008. In the exhibition’s introductory text, Clifford...