We lost another amazing journalist today. Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an acclaimed photographer for the Associated Press, died instantly after an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan, the AP said. Correspondent Kathy Gannon was wounded and is in stable condition in hospital. “Anja and Kathy together have spent years in …
Our first view was just five minutes after we got off the train from Copenhagen. There it was, in all its magnificent glory, though less ominous than I had imagined it perhaps because of this glorious day. There was hardly a cloud in the sky; the brisk breeze whipped my hair about my face as …
A legend? An icon? In India, he is God.And on Friday, God made India very proud. Even the prime minister said so.The nation of 1 billion-plus erupted in celebration as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century.Never mind the unveiling of the budget Friday. It was all Sachin on Indian television. Never mind it was a …
Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez. On this day in 1971, Hafez Assad became president of Syria. More than 30 years later, the world is witnessing tragedy unfold in Syria at the hands of Assad’s son. Bashar al-Assad, whom many had believed would bring reform to Syria, is turning out to be made of the stuff of …
Perhaps I should have gone to see “The Artist” Saturday night. After all, it won the Oscar for best picture last night. But I saw “A Separation” instead. It was an incredibly well-acted film dealing with a broken marriage that weaves trouble through the lives of ordinary people. It is about class divisions, family relationships, …
Today, journalists are mourning the deaths of two of their own.Marie Colvin of London’sSunday Times and French journalist Remi Olchik were killed Wednesday in thebesieged Syrian city of Homs. Their deaths came a few days after we learnedNew York Times reporter Anthony Shadid died of an asthma attack, also in Syria. They were courageous. …
Thomas Oliver and Melissa Turnerwere part of the record-setting crowd. I just read that the Tybee Island polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day officially broke a Guinness World Record. “Guinness World Record now credits the Jan. 1 event as the largest ever gathering of people wearing swim caps,” reported the Savannah Morning News. “In …
Christmas is not a tradition I grew up with in India. But who cannot love opening presents on a cold morning in front of a fire? Especially when the gifts include a pair of tomato red woolen gloves that come complete with special forefinger and thumb fabric that allows for — what else — easy …
I went with Georgia soldiers on a tour of the ruins at Ur, near Tallil Air Base in early 2006. Spc. Jason Smith and me at Tallil. The Iraq war isofficially ended Thursday for the United States. Almost nine years after America“shocked and awed” Baghdad and young men andwomen from Maine to Hawaii began dying …
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