Benazir Bhutto murdered

"Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of a prime minister of Pakistan who held that post twice herself, died on Dec. 27, 2007 in a suicide attack on a political rally as she campaigned to hold that post a third time. (...)
Ms. Bhutto took over the leadership of her father's party and became the first woman leader of an Islamic country when she was first elected prime minister in 1988 at the age of 35. "

"Benazir Bhutto"

By JANE PERLEZ and VICTORIA BURNETT

in: New York Times

"Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that British investigators are heading to Pakistan to help clear up the confusion surrounding Thursday's assassination of Benazir Bhutto."

"Scotland Yard to help probe Bhutto assassination"
By Brian Todd and Zain Verjee
in: CNN.com

Kenia's bloodshed

"Both sides in Kenya's disputed election have accused the other of violence as diplomatic efforts to defuse the country's political crisis intensify. (...)

About 300 people have now died in the post-poll bloodshed, including 35 burned to death sheltering in a church."

"Kenya diplomatic push for peace"

in: BBCnews

Sri Lanka returns to war

"It said escalating violence had made the Norwegian-brokered truce redundant. The accord came into effect in February 2002 ahead of inconclusive peace talks.
Since mid-2006 troops and rebels have fought regular clashes, despite the deal still technically being in place.
There was no immediate response from the Tigers, who want independence for Tamils in Sri Lanka's north and east."

"Sri Lanka ends truce with rebels"

in: BBCnews

in Gaza

"Israel has carried out a helicopter attack on the north of the Gaza Strip in which six militants were killed, Palestinian hospital sources say.
Three of the dead were believed to be members of the Hamas Islamist group."

"Hamas militants die in Gaza raid"

in: BBCnews

one more suicide bomber in Baghdad

"A suicide bomber has killed 10 people in an attack in the city of Baquba, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Most of the casualties are said to be members of a local volunteer force opposed to al-Qaeda."

"Bomber strikes Iraq Sunni militia"
in: BBCnews

Iraq's national museum

"Perhaps the Assyrian gallery is so stunning because it is so unexpected in Baghdad.
This gallery, one of only two that are open to visitors to the Iraqi National Museum, gives a hint of the glories that were once in the national collection."

"Baghdad museum's slow recovery"

By Crispin Thorold

in: BBCnews

Ettore Sottsass dies aged 90

"Ettore Sottsass, an éminence grise of postmodern design who helped found the influential Memphis Group and was responsible for the familiar bright red plastic Olivetti typewriter, died Monday at his home in Milan."

"Italian Design Guru Ettore Sottsass Dies Aged 90"
in: Dexigner

Berlin Alexanderplatz

"...the first U.S. gallery exhibition that will feature the newly restored version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's monumental, sequential film Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980).

Based on Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel, this recently restored epic will be a long overdue introduction of a masterpiece of German cinema to a younger American audience. The more than 15-hour epic will be divided into 14 screening rooms—one for each episode ..."

"Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz"

in: P.S.1Moma

International design and tecnology in Amesterdam

"An international line-up of designers and developers from North America, Europe and The Benelux Region converge on Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for two days of panels, presentations and parties as FITC makes its European debut, February 25 + February 26, 2008 at the Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences."

"FITC Design + Technology Festival Debuts in Europe"

in: Dexigner