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Q & A: Herbie Hancock discusses first International Jazz Day
Have you started your International Jazz Day shopping yet? A global collaboration among the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Herbie Hancock and the Thelonious Monk Institute, the first International Jazz Day is...
Tags: Festive Events, Politics, UNESCO, Concerts, Herb Alpert
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Sri Lankan monks pray against call to investigate war crimes
World NowEvery day on World Now we choose a remarkable photo from around the world. Today we spotted this vivid shot of Buddhist monks gathering in Sri Lanka, pushing against calls to investigate alleged war crimes.... -
Sri Lanka angered by U.N. vote to investigate war abuses
World NowIn a step that infuriated Sri Lankan leaders, the country was urged to investigate alleged war crimes from its bloody civil war, in a resolution passed Thursday by the chief human rights body at the United Nations.... -
Sri Lanka angered by new calls to investigate war crimes
World NowNearly three years after the end of a bloody war that endured for a quarter of a century, Sri Lanka faces new calls to investigate alleged war crimes and stop a continuing pattern of shadowy disappearances and detentions. The accusations have angered... -
Terror's 'invisible women'
Women are becoming more lethal. In jihadist organizations — including even Al Qaeda, which had long banned females from violent roles — women are increasingly taking part in terrorist actions. Since 1985, terrorism's so-called invisible women...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Jihad, Egypt, Religion and Belief, Iraq
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New warning systems appear to work amid Indonesia tsunami scare
World NowWarning and monitoring systems put in place after the 2004 Asian tsunami appeared to work well Wednesday after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck roughly the same area off Indonesia, said officials, civic groups and citizens in affected areas.... -
See the world: Sri Lankan protesters slammed with water cannons
World NowEvery day on World Now, we highlight a photo from somewhere in the world. Today our photo comes from Sri Lanka, where fishermen and Maoist opposition groups are protesting increases in fuel prices. Protests have raged in the South Asian island nation... -
In praise of war correspondents
Marie Colvin and I covered our first combat together in 1986, after the U.S. bombed Libya. She was 30, pretty, ambitious and talented. She soon had Col. Moammar Kadafi and his aides in her thrall and parlayed her many scoops for United Press International...Tags: West Bank, Wars and Interventions, Muammar Gaddafi, Iraq, Syria
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Travel info on world cruises
Here is some information from Cruise Lines International Assn. members that offer world or "grand cruises." A few lines based in other countries also offer similar voyages. Most 2012 world cruises started in January, but there may be availability on...Tags: Costa Cruises, Egypt, Indonesia, Crystal Cruises, Panama
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7 billionth baby: Congratulations are mixed with dire words
World Now7 billionth baby: Countries around the world celebrate the world's symbolic 7 billionth baby. But congratulations come with dire words of warning.... -
Former Sri Lanka army chief sentenced to 3 more years
World NowA Sri Lankan court has sentenced former army chief Sarath Fonseka to an additional three years in prison for allegedly implicating the defense secretary in war crimes in the final weeks of the civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Fonseka was quoted... -
Book review: 'The Cat's Table' by Michael Ondaatje
The Cat's Table
A Novel
Michael Ondaatje
Alfred A. Knopf: 269 pp., $26
Michael Ondaatje is a quiet writer. He's certainly equal to grand, sweeping, historical subjects — civil war in Sri Lanka, the closing days of World War II — but the...Tags: Politics, London (England), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Migration
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