TRIPOLI (AP) ― Moammar Gadhafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country’s new leaders Thursday ― the first word from the fugitive leader in just over two weeks. Gadhafi said the National Transitional Council, which has assumed leadership of the country since then-rebel forces swept into Tripoli in late August, has no legitimacy becaus...

WASHINGTON ― Here’s the trickiest counterterrorism puzzle for U.S. policymakers: How do you stop al-Qaida from attacking the American homeland, without getting bogged down in protracted wars against insurgents? One answer would be to establish deterrence in the long war against Islamic extremism, like the standoff that developed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Sovi...

Travelling in Europe before the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C., there was an air of worsening crisis. A series of bad news fed the fear factor. Shortly after the Swiss National Bank intervened in the Swiss franc, a UBS rogue trader was charged with losing 2.3 billion euros in unauthorized trades. Then, S&P downgraded Italy. Market volatility was higher than ever. I asked my friends in Eu...

Some grow impatient for quick progress in go-slow Jeungdo JEUNGDO ― On this small island off the shore of Sinan County, South Jeolla Province, postmen don’t bother reading the addresses written on the envelopes. For them, the names are more than enough. “Everyone knows everyone here,” says a resident of Jeungdo, Korea’s first “slow city.” “Even if you get the address wrong, your mail will still...

Exhibitions "Swedish Contemporary Craft Art": Korea Foundation Cultural Center Gallery in Suha-dong, central Seoul, presents Swedish contemporary crafts which have recently been drawing attention at world design fairs. It showcases craftworks by 17 Swedish artists including Per B. Sundberg, Ulla Forsell, Anders Ljungberg and Kicken Eriksson. The works have various themes but in general have to d...

Sleeping Beauty (Australia) Opening Oct. 20 Thriller. Directed by Julia Leigh. Lucy (Emily Browining), an attractive university student, takes many part-time jobs to pay her expensive tuition and rent. While working as a server for a sex-themed party hosted by high-earning figures in town, Lucy is asked by a stranger if she is willing to take a high-paying job. The job requires Lucy to be drugg...

George Benson focuses on guitar George Benson “Guitar Man” (Concord Jazz) “Guitar Man” is one of George Benson‘s jazziest and most intimate recordings in years. It returns the spotlight to his guitar virtuosity, which became somewhat overshadowed by his vocals after his 1976 multiplatinum crossover album “Breezin.”’ Benson returns to his roots, when he was one of the most respected jazz guita...