السبت، 30 أبريل 2011

News Alert: Qaddafi's Son Is Killed in NATO Strike

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Qaddafi's Son Is Killed in NATO Strike

A NATO airstrike Saturday night killed the youngest son of
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Saif al-Arab, and three
grandchildren, a Libyan government spokesman said.

Mussa Ibrahim said that the son was a civilian and a student
who had studied in Germany. He was 29 years old.

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Afternoon Update: Obama Tours Wreckage of Deadly Storm

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TOP NEWS

Obama Tours Wreckage of Deadly Storm

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and KIM SEVERSON

Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama said that at least 204 people had died in his state, bringing the number of people killed to at least 291 across six states.

Predicting Tornadoes: It's Still a Guessing Game

By KIRK JOHNSON

Tornado records have been shattered but scientists can only guess when and where tornadoes will actually strike.

Syrian Forces Shoot at Protesters Trying to Break Siege

By ANTHONY SHADID

At least 16 people were killed in Dara'a on Friday, as thousands of Syrians throughout the country took to the streets in what organizers had proclaimed a "Friday of Rage."

Fighting Flares on 2 Fronts in Libyan City

By C. J. CHIVERS 

Rebels opposed to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi pressed toward Misurata's airport and faced a fresh attack from the west.

Electrical Problems Scrub Shuttle Launching

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

Endeavour's mission was postponed for at least three days for repairs to a system that powers the movement of the shuttle's engines and flaps.

Multimedia

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President Obama goes to Alabama to tour the damage from the deadly storms that killed nearly 300 across the South.

Opinion

Opinionator

The Other

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's family backgrounds remind us that most Americans don't come from Mayflower stock.

BUSINESS

Europe Investigating Banks Over Credit Swaps

By LOUISE STORY and JAMES KANTER

Regulators said they would investigate the role of the world's largest banks in a part of the derivatives market.

Wall Street Indexes End the Week on the Upside

By CHRISTINE HAUSER

Corporate earnings have helped propel the broader markets this week to their highest levels since 2008.

Your Money

Making Sure a Plan for Long-Term Care Adds Up

By RON LIEBER

The Class Act, the part of last year's health care overhaul that aims to provide a framework for nationwide long-term care insurance, will need support from employers to ensure its success.

Off the Charts

After Mild Gains, Another Reversal for Real Estate

By FLOYD NORRIS

Recent sales volumes for both homes and commercial real estate were low, and many properties sold were in trouble before the sale.

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Books Update: 'The Tragedy of Arthur'

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Tragedy of Arthur'

Arthur Phillips's splendidly devious novel consists of a Shakespearean play of his own virtuosic creation and an "introduction" that devastatingly reveals the psychological life of its author.

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Mazoltuv Borukhova in 2007.

'Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial'

Janet Malcolm studies the case of a cultivated doctor convicted of hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband in 2007.

Francine Prose

'My New American Life'

Francine Prose's wry novel of a young Albanian immigrant in New Jersey sets America in high relief, mordant and comic, light and dark.

Artists in revolt: Nina Simone, Woody Guthrie and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.

'33 Revolutions Per Minute'

A British music critic explores the tradition of protest music through chapters centered on particular songs.

'The Summer Without Men'

While her husband pursues an affair, this sprightly novel's heroine becomes immersed in an all-female world.

Chika Unigwe

'On Black Sisters Street'

Chika Unigwe tells the stories of four African sex workers sharing an apartment in a Belgian red-light district.

'Money and Power'

A definitive account of how Goldman Sachs became the most profitable and influential investment bank of the modern era.

'There Is No Year'

Blake Butler's new novel is a family drama presented as a puzzle in diverse forms, from Whitmanesque to minimalist.

Nova Scotia-bound: British troops and loyalists evacuate Boston in 1776.

'Liberty's Exiles'

A Harvard historian considers those - rich and poor, white, black and red - who fled the American Revolution.

'In the Basement of the Ivory Tower'

Professor X, an adjunct instructor and self-described academic hit man, disputes the idea that college is for everyone.

Union engineers at the siege of Petersburg, August 1864.

'The Union War'

A Civil War historian argues that a commitment to national survival, much more than abolition, motivated the North to fight.

Going over the edge in
Children's Books

Picture Books About Fearless Women

"Queen of the Falls" follows Annie Edson Taylor over Niagara Falls in a barrel; and "Nurse, Soldier, Spy" tells the story of the cross-dressing Civil War hero Sarah Emma Edmonds.

Book Review Features

Gold standard: Ernest Hemingway's 1951 magazine advertisement.
Essay

How Writers Build the Brand

Today's literary publicity stunts pale before the sandwich boards, hot-air balloons and beer ads of yore.

Book Review Podcast

Featuring Arthur Phillips on Shakespeare, literary forgery and his new novel, "The Tragedy of Arthur."

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More Books News and Reviews

Robert W. Fogel

Technology Advances; Humans Supersize

A Nobel-winning economist and his colleagues track the startlingly fast changes in human height and longevity since 1700.

Editor's Note

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Movies Update: Reviews of 'Fast Five,' 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' and More

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Movie Reviews

A scene from
Movie Review | 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'

Herzog Finds His Inner Cave Man

From Werner Herzog, an inside 3-D look at the astonishing Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc.

Vin Diesel being chased by Dwayne Johnson in
Movie Review | 'Fast Five'

Vrooooom! Vrooooom! Flex 'Em if You Got 'Em

In "Fast Five" car chases (and more car chases) and muscle-bound men (Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson) keep the "Fast and Furious" franchise noisily crashing along.

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Manjinder Virk as Andrea Dunbar's daughter Lorraine.
Movie Review | 'The Arbor'

A Playwright's Legacy, Kindled by Addiction and Neglect

A playwright's short and tragic life is recounted in a layered form, using actors lip-syncing actual interviews.

Koji Yakusho, right, as Shinzaemon Shimada, an avenger on a mission in
Movie Review | '13 Assassins'

Swords Drip Red With Revenge

"13 Assassins" is Takashi Miike's remake of that 1963 samurai tale of love, revenge and liberation.

Mark Ruffalo in
Movie Review | 'Sympathy for Delicious'

A Cynical Faith Healer Who Can't Fix Himself

"Sympathy for Delicious," the directorial feature debut of Mark Ruffalo, tells the story of a paraplegic D.J. turned faith healer.

Andreas Lust in
Movie Review | 'The Robber'

A Thief With Less Need for a Getaway Car

"The Robber," based on a novel based on the exploits of an actual Austrian bank robber and long-distance runner, is the rare mash-up of genre material and art-house sensibility.

Rachel Kitson in
Movie Review | 'Lebanon, Pa'

In a Small Town, Big Life-Changers

Abortion is the central issue riling up the characters as they argue over the choices facing a smart, pregnant, college-bound 17-year-old girl.

Ed Harris, center, plays a middle-school teacher in 1965 in
Movie Review | 'That's What I Am'

Puppy Love and Bullies and a Bow-Tied Teacher

In "That's What I Am" Ed Harris plays a middle-school teacher in 1965 who is a moral force in a small Southern California town.

Movie Review | 'Atlas Shrugged: Part I'

A Utopian Society Made Up of Business Moguls in Fedoras

"Atlas Shrugged: Part I," Ayn Rand's opus from 1957, has its first adaptation for film.

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Movie Review | 'Prom'

A Disney Take on the Big Night - Review

In "Prom," Aimee Teegarden plays a high school student organizing her class's big night.

News & Features

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Summer Movies

Gosh, Sweetie, That's a Big Gun

The summer season brings a cavalcade of testosterone-fueled action heroes, but in the last year some women and girls have been shooting and clawing their way into macho territory.

Kenneth Branagh on the set of
Summer Movies

Creating a God, With Links to Olivier

Kenneth Branagh, often considered to be contemporary cinema's leading interpreter of Shakespeare, has surprised many fans by directing a $150 million 3-D version of "Thor."

Can Kristen Wiig Turn on the Charm?

After making her name by playing annoying oddballs, a comedic sidekick gets her big shot.

Photos & Video

Video: Critics' Picks: 'The Last Picture Show'

A. O. Scott looks back at Peter Bogdanovich's film about the end of an era in a small Texas town.

Interactive Feature: Tribeca Film Festival Video Interviews

Interviews with filmmakers and documentary subjects featured in this year's Tribeca Film Festival, an increasingly international slate of movies from 40 countries.

Video: Werner Herzog on Cave Art

Herzog discusses the discovery and artwork of the Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, the subject of his latest film, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

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