Angelina Jolie set to make directing debut with Bosnian war film
Actor, mother, United Nations goodwill ambassador: Angelina Jolie has many strings to her bow. This autumn she will add another after signing on to make her feature directing debut on the self-penned low-budget tale of a Bosnian woman who falls in love with a Serbian military man. The movie, so far untitled, will cost $15m (£10m) to make, will feature local actors from the Bosnia and Herzegovina a
1972 Claudy bombing report released
A priest directed the Claudy IRA car bomb attacks in 1972 but his role was covered up by senior police officers and the Catholic hierarchy, a report reveals Wreckage outside the Beavpont Arms in the Northern Irish village of Claudy in 1972. Nine people were killed and more than 30 were injured when three vehicles exploded on the main street in Claudy without warning on 31 July
Petraeus’ dubious strategy in Afghanistan
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 3:49 a.m. Gen. David Petraeus recently began a public relations blitz to convince American public opinion that the U.S. should stay the course in Afghanistan rather than holding to President Obama’s pledge to start withdrawing troops in July. But most non-military observers understand that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won in
Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq
The BBC's Hugh Sykes says there is a suggestion of al-Qaeda involvement At least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks across Iraq. The deadliest killed 19 people in the southern city of Kut. Several blasts hit Baghdad, including a suicide bombing in which 15 died. There were also attacks in other major cities. Officials blame al-Qaeda. Correspondents say t
Headscarf ban sparks debate over Kosovo's identity
Florinda Zeka refused to remove her headscarf at school and has had to leave The home of Florinda Zeka in central Kosovo is an idyllic spot, surrounded by undulating hills. The silence of the countryside is broken only by the family chickens wandering idly through the garden. But for the last few months, life for this 17-year-old has been anything but peaceful. She was forced to leave school when
Mired in poverty: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon see little hope in new law
Standing in the narrow streets of Shatila refugee camp, south Beirut, as battered mopeds speed past and electrical wires dangle messily overhead, seven-year-old Hasan Hameid is clear about what he wants to do when he grows up: "I want to be a doctor and to treat sick people." But despite Lebanon's proclaimed sympathy with the Palestinian people, Lebanese law will prevent him fulfilling his dream w
BBC - The Devenport Diaries: A Long Way To Tipperary?
Today's Police Ombudsman report confirms the suspicions raised back in 2002 that the NIO under Willie Whitelaw colluded with the Catholic church to get Fr James Chesney moved out of Northern Ireland, when the police should have arrested the priest and put to him their suspicions about his involvement in the Claudy atrocity. The deficiency in the report is obvious - the Ombudsman's office was creat
Israel and Palestinians to resume peace talks in Washington | World news | The Guardian
Netanyahu welcomed the talks. "We are coming to these talks with a serious desire to reach a peace agreement between nations, while still preserving Israel's national interests, security being the foremost of them," he said. But some Israeli and Palestinian former negotiators and politicians greeted the news with scepticism, saying Abbas was only participating under US pressure and Netanyahu had n
French Roma expulsions under fire from all sides
France's crackdown on its foreign Roma population came under fire from all sides of the political and social spectrum today as pressure mounted on the government to abandon its plan to "return" hundreds of people to their native countries. The interior minister, Brice Hortefeux, insists that opposition to the strategy comes exclusively from a left-leaning Parisian elite out of touch with the mood
Gridlock is a way of life for Chinese
The trucks were parked up, bumper-to-bumper and mile upon mile of them. No one is going anywhere fast in what has been dubbed the world longest-lasting traffic jam, in China's Hebei province. The motorway, part of the Beijing to Tibet expressway, resembles a giant car park – and has done so for the past 10 days. Normally one of the busiest – and noisiest – trunk roads in China, now the only sound
Swedish Prosecutor Hopes to Conclude Investigation of WikiLeaks Founder Soon
In an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet on Monday, Sweden’s chief prosecutor, Eva Finne, said that she expects to make a decision about whether or not to charge the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, with the crime of molestation or harassment this week, “hopefully tomorrow.” She also refused to criticize a junior prosecutor who had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Assange on a c
Pakistanis Tell of Motive in Taliban Leader’s Arrest (Published 2010)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — When American and Pakistani agents captured Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s operational commander, in the chaotic port city of Karachi last January, both countries hailed the arrest as a breakthrough in their often difficult partnership in fighting terrorism. But the arrest of Mr. Baradar, the second-ranking Taliban leader after Mullah Muhammad Omar, came with a beguiling
The Afghanistan war is mainly about Pakistan.
Dexter Filkins’article from Pakistan in the Aug. 23 New York Times raises anew the question that has long haunted even many supporters of the U.S. war in Afghanistan: Have we gotten ourselves into something that’s way over our heads? Filkins reports that a much-celebrated triumph of U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in combating jihadist terrorism—the joint arrest, earlier this year, of a top Taliban lea
Opinion | The Yen’s Lesson for the Yuan (Published 2010)
AMONG the many points of tension between the United States and China, perhaps the single greatest one concerns exchange rates. For more than a decade, Beijing has kept the value of the renminbi, also known as the yuan, more or less constant to the dollar, a strategy that critics say increases the price of American exports to China and fuels the rapidly growing trade deficit with Beijing. Despite i
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Stewart: Fox Smears Owner Alwaleed bin Talal!
Jon Stewart points out that Fox News anchors and guests are vilifying Saudi prince and financier Alwaleed bin Talal as a financial backer of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Muslim-American clergyman who seeks to build a community center in lower Manhattan. The problem: Alwaleed bin Talal is part owner of Fox News. Stewart’s special correspondents debate whether Fox is just pure evil or terminally stup
翻訳者「25年前に頼まれた翻訳オワタ＼(^o^)／」出版社「え」 - そこにいるか
塩尻公明さんの悲劇 岩波文庫版ジョン・スチュアート・ミル著『自由論』（原題："On Liberty"）のあとがきに、岩波書店の吉野源三郎がこんなことを書いている。 一九三八年ごろ、三木清、栗田賢三両氏と私とで相談して、岩波文庫に収録すべき哲学関係の文献のリストを作ったことがある。ミルの『自由論』もその中に入っていた。そして、その訳者としては河合栄治郎氏が最も適任だということは、私たち三人だけでなく、当時何人も認めるところであった。 吉野源三郎「あとがき」*1 J.S.ミル『自由論 (岩波文庫)』（塩尻公明、木村健康共訳）*2 吉野は河合栄治郎に学んだことがあり、河合もこの依頼を受諾。しかし自由主義者であった河合が軍部と対立して、いろいろあった結果休職処分となり（平賀粛学）、さらに出版法違反で起訴され法廷闘争を繰り広げることとなるにより『自由論』の翻訳どころではなくなってしまう。けっきょく河
Pont-Saint-Esprit poisoning: Did the CIA spread LSD?
Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a sudden outbreak of hallucinations, which left five people dead and many seriously ill. For years it was blamed on bread contaminated with a psychedelic fungus - but that theory is now being challenged. On 16 August 1951, postman Leon Armunier was doing his rounds in the southern French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit when he was suddenly overwhelmed by nau
Arabic to become compulsory in Israeli schools
There has been increasing demand from students to study Arabic as part of their matriculation certificate The Israeli authorities are introducing a new scheme to make Arabic-language classes compulsory in state schools. The programme, which will start in 170 schools in northern Israel, will make lessons mandatory for fifth graders. Education officials hope the scheme, called "Ya Salam", will turn
Cameron 'proud dad' after wife Samantha has baby girl
Mrs Cameron gave birth at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro at midday after going into labour on Tuesday morning. Speaking to journalists outside the hospital, Mr Cameron said the couple had decided to go to the hospital after his wife had begun having contractions. "It was very exciting, we were on holiday, thought we were going to get through the holiday and then have a baby, and then it just
The New Anti-Semitism - Tablet Magazine
A protester at a New York City Landmarks Commission vote on whether to grant protection to the buildings near Ground Zero that will house the Islamic community center.(Michael Nagle/Getty Images) A protester at a New York City Landmarks Commission vote on whether to grant protection to the buildings near Ground Zero that will house the Islamic community center.(Michael Nagle/Getty Images) After Ab
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