One of the most important literary figures in France, Marguerite Duras won international acclaim after she was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel L'Amant (translated almost immediately into English as The Lover). Although Duras...

(BU JIAN BU SAN) (ROMANTIC COMEDY -- CHINESE) A Beijing Forbidden City/Beijing Film Studio production. (International sales: Golden Network, Hong Kong.) Produced by Yang Hongguang, Liu Xiaodian. Executive producers, Zhou Puxiong, Liu Xiaodong, Li Xiaogeng, Yan Yujing. Directed by Feng...

Hidden treasures MILIZIA wrote, 'The distribution of a city is like that of a park. There must be squares, crossroads, and straight and spacious streets in great number.' Behind the busy, traffic-clogged thoroughfares that criss-cross London there can be found oases of...

Turkish police charged into crowds of leftist protesters marking the anniversary of a deadly May Day rally in Istanbul on Tuesday, spraying tear gas and kicking and clubbing demonstrators as they fled.Police also used a water cannon to clear crowds from around Taksim square. Officers...

Two car bombs exploded within seconds of each other Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 54 people and wounding more than 106, police said.The coordinated attack in Tayaran Square happened at 7 a.m. and involved a bomb in a parked...