The military leadership of Burma (Myanmar) has extended the detention of opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been under house arrest for most of the past 18 years. The Burmese government has begun to relax restrictions on aid workers in the aftermath of the cyclone which devastated [...]
Monday, May 19, 2008
Those who believe that computer text messaging is leading to the decline of the English language should not jump to conclusions, say two researchers who have studied the instant messages of young people. They report that the messages also contain more formal language not found in speech. The researchers, at the University of Toronto, say [...]
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Pioneering American artist Robert Rauschenberg died yesterday at age 82. He is best known for a style he called “combines,” a blend of painting and sculpture incorporating objects such as a stuffed eagle, a goat, and street signs. Rauschenberg’s technique of transferring photos into his art inaugurated the pop art movement, culminating in the work [...]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The last surviving member of the circle of officers who tried to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 died last week. Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager was part of a group which attempted to kill Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20th. The bomb had been placed in a conference room where Hitler was meeting with [...]
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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