His name was Captain Leo Frobenius and he was the German Lawrence of Arabia, tasked to start an Arab Muslim insurgency against British rule in Sudan and Egypt. Colonel Lawrence's mission, of course, was to persuade the Arabs of...
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There have been so many patently unnecessary remakes of perfectly decent films that have hit multiplexes over the last few years that the shock and outrage that used to greet them amongst cineastes has all but disappeared—what...
Democrats on the Oneida County Board of Legislators fell 12 votes short of the 20 needed Wednesday to reauthorize a $50,000 budget amendment to benefit the towns of Vernon and Verona. The measure, first approved 15-14 on Nov....
Airlines across Europe reacted sharply on Wednesday night to moves in Brussels to force them to set up a compensation fund for passengers stranded by failed carriers. They said that the move would be a costly response to an...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) will increase production in its plant in Russia after the government announced programmes to support car sales, the firm said on Wednesday. "With the car scrappage...