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 SIX months after the Syrian
uprising began it seems clear
that peaceful protests aimed at
overthrowing the regime and
ousting President Bashar al-
Assad have failed. With no prospect of
meaningful national dialogue in sight,
the conflict now appears to be shifting
into a new, infinitely more hazardous
phase: the weaponisation of the revolution.
Syria is moving inexorably from
Arab spring to an ever darker, dangerous
winter of discontent.
The inability of unarmed civilian
demonstrators to bring down Assad, or
at least bring him to the negotiating
table, has several causes. One is the
lack of a unified, well-led opposition
with clear objectives... |
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FUTURE OF AMERICA |  IF you want a big swig of
despair, listen to the people
who know something about
the global economy. Roger
Altman, a former deputy
Treasury secretary, is arguing that
America and Europe are on the
verge of a disastrous double-dip
recession. Various economists say
it will be at least another three
years before we see serious job
growth. Others say European
banks are teetering - if not now,
then early next year.
Walter Russell Mead, who teaches
foreign policy at Bard College,
recently laid out some worst-case
scenarios on his blog: "It is about
whether the international financial
system will survive the next six
months in the form we now... |
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country king´s lyrics BOB Dylan has long claimed Hank
Williams as an influence and an inspiration.
In his 2004 memoir, Chronicles
Volume One, Dylan recounted his discovery
of that country giant´s music in the
1950s. "I became aware that in...
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| | At 88 Dev Anand is
still going strong |
 DEV ANAND, one of the most
loveable romantic heroes of
the 1950s and the 1960s, has
refused to let age slow him
down. The actor who turned
88 on Monday is as excited about new
films and his birthday gift — an I-Phone,
as anyone could be.
After graduating in English literature
from the Government College, Lahore,
British India, Dev Anand left his
hometown and came to Mumbai in the
early 1940s. He began his career in the
military censor office at Churchgate,
Mumbai, for a salary of Rs 200. He
joined his older brother Chetan Anand
as a member of the Indian People´s
Theatre Association.
He was soon offered a debut role as an
actor by Prabhat Talkies in their film
Hum... |
| | Moneyball opens at No 2
as Lion King stays on top |  BRAD Pitt was unable to put the
cat out of first place at the weekend
box office. Walt Disney´s The
Lion King reissue was No 1 for
the second-straight weekend
with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates
on Sunday. That puts it just ahead of
Pitt´s baseball drama Moneyball, a Sony
Pictures release that opened at No 2 with
$20.6 million.
Debuting closely behind at No 3 was the
Warner Bros. family film Dolphin Tale with
$20.3 million. Dolphin Tale stars Harry
Connick Jr, Ashley Judd and Morgan
Freeman.
The 3-D reissue of 1994´s The Lion King
has taken in $61.7 million since opening the
previous weekend to a much bigger audience
than expected... |
| | Bonding with co-stars
works for romantic
film: SRK |  BE it Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Priyanka Chopra or
Kareena Kapoor - Shah Rukh Khan has shared
beautiful onscreen chemistry with most of his
co-stars and the Bollywood superstar says the
secret lies in his bonding with his co-stars.
"People think that I am working for so many years, so may
be I am used to working with every co-actor. I have so much
respect for my co-actresses that I really enjoy working with
them. Also, as 99 percent of my films are romantic, you need
a lot of bonding, a lot of sharing with each other, this brings
out the goodness of scenes we produce," Shah Rukh said at
a Geetanjali event in Mumbai.
The 45-year-old actor, known as a perfect... |
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