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...There is hope that Bongo's death may help set a new pattern for Africa, opening the way for a new era of reform and shared prosperity. Across the continent, the old "Big Men" dinosaurs are dying off. Gone are Idi Amin of Uganda, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre, Hastings Banda of Malawi and Charles Taylor of Liberia. Those that remain are precariously long in the tooth: Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has been in power for 39 years, while Dos Santos of Angola and Obiang of Equatorial Guinea have ruled for 29 and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe...
...road because we cannot afford a boat," he says. "But most victims live close to the water. We cannot get through to them." He says Burma desperately needs more boats and helicopters from abroad. Not even the nation's richest private donors - who include junta cronies like tycoon Tay Za, who was put on a U.S. sanctions list last year - have the means or expertise to meet even a fraction of the needs in far-flung delta areas...
...over the Saders and, in the process, hand the squad its first loss of the season. I'm excited. Troy, are you stoked? I could not be stoked to a higher temperature at this moment. I've got my Sprite, a cold slice of the best Domino's 'za Worcester has to offer in my belly, and I'm ready for an upset. Let's get her done, as they say. *Footnote: There is 17 minutes to game time. This game blog will suffer...
...love is surely what the world of contemporary music feels for Liza (pronounced Lee-za), 38. Barely out of the VCA, Lim was approached by Germany's Radio Bremen to create a new work for soprano and orchestra, and the febrile Voodoo Child (1989) was born. A flood of commissions followed, climaxing last year with her most ambitious work, Ecstatic Architecture, for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's inaugural season at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall. Inspired by Frank Gehry's gravity-defying architecture, the piece saw Lim's musical standing soar. In November, the Festival D'Automne in Paris...
Want to know where global commercial culture is going? Go to the movie and visit the websites (and don’t forget the .fr, .jp, or .za versions) and play the video game and shop at a Toys R Us. Want to know how China is dealing with its international image? Look at how the government treats Zhang Yimou. Want proof that film has to be fought for? Look at how Harvey Weinstein treats Zhang Yimou...