Review of Blue River, Black Sea: A Journey Along the Danube Into the Heart of the New Europe. By Andrew Eames.
The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, “without form, misshapen” + phallos, “penis”, and titan, “giant”) is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.
Разговор на Валентин Дишев с Димитър Кенаров за премиерата на “Апокрифни животни”. (In Bulgarian)
As recently as 2005, Camp Bondsteel was purported to be a secret interrogation site for the American military. So why does predominantly Muslim Kosovo love it so much?
Taking cover from death, I live in a tomb. My CHU (Containerized Housing Unit) is tightly girded by twelve-foot-high concrete T-walls.
My Vietnamese name is Le Hoang Dung. My American name is Donald Lipscomb.
After the post-election glow, Baghdad is back in the real world. The streets are clogged with vehicles honking and people hawking.
Three days after Iraqis voted amid a barrage of bombs and Hollywood awarded Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker six Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), I’m at Baghdad’s General Counter Explosive Directorate, the center of Iraq’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal programs.
Under the quarter moon, in the high beams of their armored vehicles, US soldiers are gearing up for the most important day of the Iraq War.
Friday. A day for prayer. Two days before the national elections. Still warm and sunny.