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Sharing refugees -- a 'good idea' that's gone nowhere
World NowKonate is one of more than 16,000 people who have boarded boats and landed on Malta over the past decade, often by accident. The tiny Mediterranean nation is a refugee destination out of happenstance, as people fleeing North Africa aim their boats at... -
Douglas Kmiec on keeping the faith
Talk about tests of faith. Douglas Kmiec is an influential Roman Catholic scholar, a veteran of Ronald Reagan's Justice Department and a Pepperdine University constitutional law professor. What he's gone through in the last handful of years, he sums up...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, Family, Christopher Stevens, Same-Sex Marriage
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MALTA: Libyan ambassador claims he was a double agent
Babylon & BeyondAmbassador Saadun Suayeh told Malta Today that he is “relieved” to be able to finally talk about the covert role he played supporting the rebel effort against Kadafi during the past six months.... -
U.S. ambassador to Malta injured in fatal car crash near Calabasas
L.A. NOWDouglas Kmiec, the U.S. ambassador to Malta and a law professor at Pepperdine University, was involved in a car crash near Calabasas that killed a nun and injured a pastor, authorities said Thursday night. Kmiec, 58, was driving the 2009...... -
LIBYA: Popular TV cleric issues fatwa against Kadafi
Babylon & BeyondSheik Yusuf Qaradawi, head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, issued a fatwa on live television (Arabic link) Monday night urging the Libyan army to kill the country's embattled leader, Moammar Kadafi. "It is not heroism to fight your...... -
Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Austria, Dominican Republic, Belgium, Norway, Slovenia
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LIBYA: Government asks Malta to return defectors' fighter jets
Babylon & BeyondLibya has formally requested that the Maltese government return the two fighter jets that were flown to the small island nation Monday by defecting Libyan pilots, Maltese media reports say. But Malta has yet to respond to the request, reported...... -
LIBYA: Ferry carrying U.S. evacuees leaves Tripoli for Malta
Babylon & BeyondA ferry carrying Americans out of violence-plagued Libya left Tripoli on Friday after nearly three days of delay, a State Department spokesman has confirmed. The M/V Maria Delores, carrying 300 evacuees, more than half of them U.S. citizens, left the........ -
'The Information Officer' by Mark Mills
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, they meet in Mario's, a London trattoria, on a warm evening in 1951. "You don't seem very pleased to see me," observes one, tilting his cocktail. "The last time I saw you, you tried to kill me,"...Tags: Arts and Culture, Casablanca (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Romance (genre), England
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Austria, Dominican Republic, Belgium, Norway, Slovenia
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Slide shows on Italy and Malta
ITALY Slide show Photographer Walter Le Menager will give an illustrated presentation titled "Carnival in Sardinia: The Sartiglia at Oristano," focusing on the annual Sartiglia festival. When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Distant Lands, 56 S. Raymond...Tags: Italy, Roxbury
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Anthony Neilson keeps to the dark side in Stitching
To put it simply, Anthony Neilson's "Stitching" isn't a play for everyone. A grim and emotionally exhausting drama about a troubled young couple, the play sews anxiety in delicate psychological patterns before shredding the narrative fabric with moments...Tags: Photography, William Shakespeare, Sarah Kane, Arts and Culture, Sex
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