There’s a long tradition of films about awkward, damaged people who find in each other the acceptance and comfort that the rest of the world has denied them; it’s an old fantasy, though it seems that in the era of mumblecore and emo, the characters just keep getting more awkward and damaged. There are echoes of…
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Things will go badly for Walter Berglund. Jonathan Franzen assures this from the start of Freedom, where he offers a short, succinct sketch of the Berglund family’s slow unraveling from bright beginnings as early gentrifiers of a small St. Paul neighborhood. He then fills in those initial strokes with such detail that…
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The United Nations group of independent experts mandated to investigate arbitrary arrest and detention has urged Armenia to ensure that the independence of the country’s judiciary is rigorously protected to guarantee the administration of justice and fair trial.
A senior United Nations human rights official today called for renewed efforts to find employment and livelihood opportunities for 350,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia, many of whom were driven from their homes by conflict nearly 20 years ago.
The Air Force is increasing all combat deployments to 179 days, a move that will affect about 42,000 airmen whose deployments were typically shorter in duration.
