Taliban bombs sap Pakistan party spirit FEATURE 01/14/2010

Taliban bombs sap Pakistan party spirit FEATURE 01/14/2010 PESHAWAR — When Sara Qaiser celebrated her wedding, her dream day was attended by armed guards and guests who had been frisked by Pakistani soldiers. Gripped by fear of bomb attacks, her family whittled down guest numbers to avoid the attention of militants and relocated the nuptials from a picturesque park that they worried was too insecure. As suicide attacks and bombings by the Taliban and other Islamist radicals become more deadly, Pakistanis are reluctantly adapting their lives and scaling down events to lessen the threat to loved ones.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100114com7.html

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Plans for junta afoot? EDITORIAL 01/13/2010

Plans for junta afoot? EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 01/13/2010 Why is the military even talking about stepping into the picture should there occur in May, a failure of elections, no proclamation, or a postponement of elections? From all indications, it appears that the Armed Forces of the Philippines — or at least officers in the AFP — has some kind of a plan to take over government should these scenarios come to fruition.  .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100113com1.html

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Holding the aces FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/13/2010

Holding the aces FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/13/2010 It won’t be admitted publicly by opposing camps, but the issue of who should appoint the next chief justice is all about politics, not only being played by those opposing the move for Gloria Arroyo to name Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, but also within, and among the SC justices. The highest ambition of an SC associate justice is to become the chief justice. That’s normal, by the way, and no one should begrudge any justice in the high court for aiming for that position. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100113com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Plans for junta afoot? FRONTLINE Holding the aces FEATURE France battles theft of cultural treasures MR. EXPOSE Erap returns to Malacañang C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S The cacique’s rantings HE SAYS What is certain SHE SAYS Survey says

France battles theft of cultural treasures FEATURE 01/13/2010

France battles theft of cultural treasures FEATURE 01/13/2010 PARIS — French police Col. Stephane Gauffeny started the year with a heavy caseload. His job: investigating the theft of art and treasures in France, one of the best-endowed and most stolen-from countries in the world, which was struck by two major crimes in the week after Christmas alone. In the first, a picture by Edgar Degas worth $1.14 billion was unscrewed from the walls of a museum in Marseille..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100113com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Plans for junta afoot? FRONTLINE Holding the aces FEATURE France battles theft of cultural treasures MR. EXPOSE Erap returns to Malacañang C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S The cacique’s rantings HE SAYS What is certain SHE SAYS Survey says