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Xiang Nan is the lead guitarist for Cobra–a five-member thirtysomething band with the distinction, and the burden, of being the only all-girl rock band in China. The government doesn’t like them much, and they’re forced to perform in tiny Beijing coffeehouses or out in the provinces. Their first CD was released in China this year without the song ““1966’’–that’s the year the Cultural Revolution began. Lyrics like ““The Red Express never reaches its destination’’ just didn’t go over....

Over the last decade, the radical right has come to power in the United States, Brazil, India, Poland, Hungary, and elsewhere. It has joined forces with autocrats in Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Thailand to create a new illiberal ecosystem. Together, they are challenging the rule of law, democratic governance, and the gains made by social movements that have expanded the rights of women and minorities. The radical right has appealed to all those who feel threatened by the more rapid movement of capital and people across borders....

Those tensions were fully on display last week at the United Nations Security Council when it convened to hear the latest report from chief inspector Hans Blix. He had come to explain just how much Saddam Hussein has–or has not–complied with demands that Iraq disarm. Under Resolution 1441, Blix essentially has the power to launch the war by declaring that Saddam is stonewalling. If Blix agreed with the damning assessment given by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Feb....

RELATED: Hideo Kojima and Xbox Collaboration Confirmed Kojima’s Take on The Boys Despite Kojima’s tweets on the subject being brief, they did enough to summarize his general impetus behind the would-be project. There are a few snippets that stand out and demonstrate the framework of his idea. In particular, he states that the idea centered around a pair - one male and one female character - who are part of a special detective squad facing off against super-powered individuals, or “legendary heroes....

The Upcoming Changes to the Settings App in Windows 11 As reported on Windows Latest, Microsoft wants to change up how you access your settings in Windows 11. And part of this involves sunsetting the Control Panel. The Control Panel has been a thorn in Microsoft’s side as it tries to get rid of the aging application for good. However, there are still some settings that live entirely within Windows 11’s Control Panel, so Microsoft can’t quite give it the ax yet....

CONTRERAS: Where is your support strongest? FUJIMORI: A large majority of the neediest sectors give me a high rating. The better-off sectors are supporting other candidates. Recently a Lima newspaper said government officials helped forge 1 million signatures, enabling a new pro-Fujimori political faction to register in time for the April 9 vote. Has this expose hurt you? It has produced a certain decline [in support] among the higher-income sectors, but not in the lower-income groups… If signatures were falsified, those responsible must submit themselves to the appropriate [judicial] process....

Note to the reader : For a complete effect listen to Fix You by Coldplay and then read this letter Dear Didier Drogba, Even though you said you were going to leave, I just hoped, hoped with all my heart that you would somehow or the other stay. You are the man who brought back the smile on the faces and raised the hopes of millions of Chelsea fans across the globe....

My Five Most Important Books “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings” by Abolqasem Ferdowsi. This 11th-century epic is the jewel of Persian literature. The Qur’an. Hypnotically poetic, the Qur’an is the central text of divine guidance for a billion people. The Bible. The Christian holy text through which God reveals himself to man. Even “Harry Potter” can’t compete with its sales. “The Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin. The basis of modern biology, the primary model for the diversity of life on earth....

“The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.” The most romantic movie ever made. “Dr. Strangelove.” The most relevant movie ever made because it’s turning out to be a documentary. Jack D. Ripper seems positively benign compared with some of the political characters around right now. Say, Dick Cheney. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” The most powerful antiwar movie ever made. Plus: Eli Wallach didn’t know he was cast as “the ugly” until the premiere....

Suicide by stabbing is rare–1 or 2 percent of the annual U.S. total. But ““executive suicide’’ seems to be growing more common in the 1990s. ““Nobody’s guarding the guardian,’’ says Ron Maris, head of the Center for the Study of Suicide at the University of South Carolina. Maris coined the term ES for the still largely uncharted phenomenon in the 1970s. But interest in it has been rising in the wake of two prominent victims from the Clinton administration: White House lawyer Vincent Foster and Adm....

It’s also likely one of the first results you’ll come across when doing your own research. With frequent updates and a plethora of useful features, though, it can appear intimidating at first. Let’s discuss the setup process and what you can do with TeamViewer on Android. What Is TeamViewer? TeamViewer is a remote access application, meaning it allows you to connect to and manipulate another device, so long as you know the log-in information provided when TeamViewer is installed on that device....

Then Tuesday???s financial downgrading of California???s two utilities and the loss of hydroelectric resources Wednesday morning pushed us over the edge. Out of 14 million Pacific Gas and Electric customers in hundreds of cities, my power block, with its 200,000 customers, was the first to go dark. It???s not as if we weren???t warned. But after so many ???Stage Three Alerts,??? which conjured images of Batman pounding his gloved fist in Commissioner Gordon?...

Ever since Afghanistan became embroiled in a vicious civil war in the late 1980s, the battle-scarred country has been the world’s largest opium producer. Except in late 2000, when the Taliban banned production on the grounds that it was forbidden by Islam, the country has produced bumper harvest after bumper harvest of the colorful poppies. Production picked up last year after the Taliban were ousted: Afghan farmers produced some 3,400 metric tons of opium in 2002....

NEWSWEEK: Sen. Larry Craig said he isn’t gay and has never had a gay relationship. But some activists have argued for some time that Craig is a closet homosexual, and the Idaho Statesman reported this week that Craig once engaged in homosexual activity in a Washington, D.C., restroom. How should this latest arrest affect the media’s coverage? And what is the public’s right to know? Michelangelo Signorile: Hopefully this story will give news organizations the confidence to pursue similar stories about other public figures when relevant....

Two weeks ago the dog’s owner was walking RuPaul and Louie, her rescue Shih Tzu, in the Champion Road cemetery in Williamstown, a suburb of Melbourne. At about 8:30pm she was approached from behind by an unknown assailant. The man pushed the woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, to the ground and began trying to pull her pants down. At that point she started screaming and says her dogs “viciously” attacked the man—biting and growling—until he sashayed away....

Moretti leads us on a three-part tour of contemporary Italy – and the inside of his quirky, sardonic head. In ““On My Vespa,’’ he tools around summertime Rome, where he bumps into his ““Flashdance’’ idol Jennifer Beals, offers a hilarious sendup of film critics and pays homage to the late film director Pasolini. In ““Islands,’’ he and his intellectual pal Gerardo – a TV hater who becomes addicted to soap operas – travel from island to island in search of a good place to work....

Here’s my personal list of particulars: Universal Internet access. Every kid should have access to a computer and the Internet. It’s a no-brainer: anyone without computer skills in this century is at a lights-out disadvantage. Anyone who can’t get on the Net is left out of the critical global conversation of our time. And how can you research anything without Google? While nothing can replace a flesh-and-blood teacher, computers are essential tools for learning, and every kid should be able to use one in his or her quest for knowledge....