Hulbert is an American editor and critic. In the following review, she favorably analyzes the stories in Open Secrets, commenting on the provincial setting of Carstairs, Ontario, and the unremarkable,...
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In the following review, London praises Open Secrets as a mature work of Munro's that contains "stories of formidable urgency and integrity."
Alice Munro has established an int...
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Sofia (dpa) - New EU member Bulgaria, once one of the Soviet
Union's closest allies, has finally opened the files of its former
communist secret police after a lengthy delay...
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ATTOCK, Pakistan, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The Pakistani Election
Commission's office in the town of Attock is in a run-down
building on the outskirts of town. Several dusty computers sit on tables, non...
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.Guaracy Paes Falcao, 42, vice president of the top-t...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:
BURMA MUST FREE SUU KYI (The Nation, Bangkok)
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik was right
when he said Aung Sa...
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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto acknowledged in an interview Thursday that she has met secretly with President Gen. Musharraf, but said she was increasingly pessimistic about reachi...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa)- Zimbabwe police this week arrested the
country's attorney-general, on allegations of illegal official
conduct, police confirmed Thursday.
...
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We're delighted to announce what has been an open secret around the building: Jim Glanz will be our next Baghdad bureau chief.
Jim is a veteran Baghdad hand, who arrived in the spring of 2004 and ...
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To be among the first to know the result of France's presidential election, you had to be ... surfing Web sites in Switzerland or Belgium, or watching British TV.A French law that even officials ad...
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A leader of one of Rio's premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city's famed Carnival celebrations.Guaracy Paes Falcao, 42, vice president of the samba...
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Armies of shirtless men pushed opulent floats toward Rio's samba stadium Sunday for the centerpiece of Brazil's carnival celebrations, a hard-fought samba dance competition.The parades last all nig...
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