A Czech court has acquitted the frontman of US heavy metal band Lamb of God of manslaughter charges in the death of a fan at a concert in Prague three years ago. The prosecution had accused Randy Blythe, 42, of pushing 19-year-old fan Daniel Nosek off the stage, causing him to hit his head when he tumbled onto the floor.
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The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Fight for Freedom
On Nov. 13, Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi walked free from seven years of house arrest in Rangoon.
Can Europe Tempt Ukraine Back to Democracy?
Seven years after she rallied crowds in Kiev during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeared in court Wednesday on charges of abuse of power.
Freedom! The Berlin Wall
For 28 years it had stood as the symbol of the division of Europe and the world, of Communist suppression, of the xenophobia of a regime that had to lock its people in lest they be tempted by another, freer life — the Berlin Wall, that hideous, 28-mile-long scar through the heart of a once proud European capital, not to mention the soul of a people.
Size Matters, Even in Space
Astronomers have used all sorts of tricks over the years to try to convey the mind-boggling scale of the universe to us ordinary folks.
Christopher Plummer in a Beguiling Beginners
Writer/director Mike Mills’s Beginners features a gay widower, Hal , coming out of the closet at 75. His grown son Oliver stands by bemused as his father rips through a bucket list he’s been secretly adding to through 45 years of straight marriage.
CHINA: Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog
In the province of Szechwan in China lived until last week Li Ching-yun.
Danger from Melting Snow: California’s Rivers Go Wild
When Marcia Rasmussen set out for a spring run on the trails of Sequoia National Park last week, it felt like just another season of backcountry training. But it hadn’t been just another winter
THE NATION: What Is an American?
Two thousand years ago, when Western civilization was bounded by the laws and legions of the Roman Empire, the proudest words a man could utter were: “I am a citizen of Rome.” A century ago, when the world was girdled by the British Empire, the Englishman's voice sounded from the earth's far corners: “I am a British subject.” Now, in the middle of the 20th Century, the most arresting tones of history said something else: “I am an American.”What did the phrase mean? The U.S.
An Olympic-Sized Security Blanket
Old Zhao is one unhappy Beijinger. His father needs surgery, but the doctor tells him that all operations have been postponed until after the Olympics