Russian police have detained one of the Bolshoi Ballet’s top dancers over an acid attack that nearly blinded the troupe’s artistic director and exposed fierce backstage rivalries at the famed theatre. Russia’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that Pavel Dmitrichenko, a Bolshoi soloist who is to dance in Sleeping Beauty this month, is suspected of plotting the attack that left Sergei Filin, 42, with severe burns after a masked assailant threw a jar of acid in his face
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Why Cairo’s Tahrir Square is Heating Up Again
Tahrir Square on Wednesday, a day after another round of clashes between police and protesters, resembled its old war-zone self.
Smoke and Mirrors: Greece’s Day of Reckoning
Scraping together $40 billion in spending cuts in a country already shaved to the bone is a tall order.
Yemen’s Dilemma: Caught Between Saleh and Al-Qaeda
Fireworks lit up the skies of the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Tuesday night as Yemeni government officials claimed that President Ali Abdullah Saleh, recovering from wounds he sustained in an attack on his palace earlier this month, would be returning to the Yemeni capital on Friday, June 24. The president’s supporters made a raucous display of their joy by shooting barrages of AK-47 rounds into the air, similar to their display of support when news of his successful surgery reached the capital
Indonesian Muslims and Christians Argue over Allah
“Why are the Christians claiming Allah?” asks businessman Rahim Ismail, 47, his face contorted in rage and disbelief.
Spain Considers a Ban on Selling Fast Food with Toys
Ana Idolo may be too young to order her own food, but the 2-year-old knows what she wants. As her father Marco unpacks the Happy Meal he ordered for her at a Barcelona McDonald’s, she ignores the chicken nuggets and French fries, and instead holds out her hand in eager anticipation for the best part of the meal: a small plastic statue of the Star Wars character Yoda
With HIV/AIDS Deaths on Rise, China Struggles to Improve Outreach
It’s hard to fight an epidemic when no one wants to talk about the cause. In China, a country whose last decade has been defined by economic growth and social opening, silence still enshrouds many aspects of the nations’ sex life, and not, health experts say, without consequences
Missing couple’s yacht found abandoned in Indian Ocean
The British Royal Navy has found the yacht belonging to a British couple missing in the Indian Ocean since last week, but the yacht was empty, the British Ministry of Defence said Thursday. International military forces have been treating the case as a “potential hijacking,” Lt
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Pakistan drone war takes a toll on militants — and civilians
The Obama administration has dramatically ratcheted up the American drone warfare program in Pakistan.