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How Sudan’s Military Overcame the Revolution Sudan’s protesters wanted to overthrow their president and his regime. They were only half-successful. BY JUSTIN LYNCH  KHARTOUM, Sudan—It is little surprise that the celebrations for Sudan’s new transitional constitution, which was initialed on Sunday, were somewhat muted in the streets of Khartoum. Many protest leaders say they knew they had been outmaneuvered from the start—that Sudan’s security establishment had actually defeated the country’s revolution back on April 11, the same day that the longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir was officially removed from office in the face of massive demonstrations. As more than a million people marched and waved Sudanese flags in Khartoum’s dusty streets to celebrate Bashir’s departure, the country’s military was in the midst of a plan that had been in the works for at least a year. Sudan’s security establishment, led by the country’s elusive former intelligence chief Salah Gosh, ousted Bashir and

Demonstrators in downtown Moscow Renewed demonstrations demanding free elections in the streets of Moscow Moscow - Hundreds took to the streets of central Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections for the legislature of the Russian capital, defying a ban imposed by the authorities and violent arrests of previous protests. Demonstrations over the council's election for months turned into Russia's biggest sustained protest movement from 2011 to 2013, when protesters took to the streets to protest against what they saw as vote-rigging. Up to 2,000 protesters marched through one of Moscow's main streets shouting "Russia will become free" and "This is our city." Some protesters carried banners on Boulevard Ring in central Moscow, calling for freedom for political prisoners. Since last July, Russia has been witnessing demonstrations almost weekly, to protest the exclusion of opposition and independents from the elections of the Moscow City Council, s

John McDonnell speaking to the crowd. Photograph: Rick Findler/PA Maureen Loney, Linda Abbott and Alan Costar. Photograph: Simon Murphy Tish Mantripp and Luke Hallows. Photograph: Simon Murphy Thousands protest against Boris Johnson's parliament shutdown Crowds march, wave banners and chant ‘stop the coup’ in cities across UK Prorogation protests across the UK – latest updates Tens of thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets across Britain and outside the gates of Downing Street in protest against Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament. Crowds brandished banners pledging to “defend democracy”, chanted “stop the coup” and waved EU flags in London in a bid to resist the parliament shutdown. Demonstrators are massing at protests in dozens of locations around the country including Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Brighton, Swansea, Bristol and Liverpool.One Facebook group for the capital’s protest event, called “Stop the coup, defend democracy”, said: “Bori

Our Tragic Universe  Scarlett Thomas ·  If Kelsey Newman's theory about the end of the time is true, we are all going to live forever. But for Meg - locked in a dead-end relationship and with a deadline looming for a book that she can't write - this thought fills her with dread. Stuck in a labyrinth of her own devising, Meg knows that there must be a way out.  Scarlett Thomas ·  Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her widely-acclaimed novels include PopCo, The End of Mr Y and The Seed Collectors. As well as writing literary fiction for adults, she has also written a literary fantasy series for children and a book about writing called Monkeys with Typewriters. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages.  She has been longlisted for the Orange Prize, shortlisted for the South African Boeke Prize and was once the proud recipient of an Elle Style Award. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Kent

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Night Boat to Tangier  Kevin Barry In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen — Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs — sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter (or is she?), Dilly, to either arrive on a boat coming from Tangier or depart on one heading there. This nocturnal vigil will initiate an extraordinary journey back in time to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals and serial exiles, rendered with the dark humor and the hardboiled Hibernian lyricism that have made Kevin Barry one of the most striking and admired fiction writers at work today.  ليلة القارب إلى طنجة   كيفن باري في غرفة الانتظار المظلمة لمحطة العبّارات في ميناء الجزيرة الخضراء الإسباني ، يجلس اثنان من الايرلنديين - موريس هيرني وتشارلي ريدموند ، الشريكان منذ زمن طويل في

Swamp Ghosts  Marcia Meara Wildlife photographer Gunnar Wolfe looked like the kind of guy every man wanted to be and every woman just plain wanted, and the St. Johns River of central Florida drew him like a magnet. EcoTour boat owner Maggie Devlin knew all the river's secrets, including the deadliest ones found in the swamps. But neither Maggie nor Gunn was prepared for the danger that would come after them on two legs.  On a quest to make history photographing the rarest birds of them all, Gunnar hires the fiery, no-nonsense Maggie to canoe him into the most remote wetland areas in the state. He was unprepared for how much he would enjoy both the trips and Maggie’s company. He soon realizes he wants more than she’s prepared to give, but before he can win her over, they make a grisly discovery that changes everything, and turns the quiet little town of Riverbend upside down. A serial killer is on the prowl among them.  Marcia Meara is a native Floridian, living in the Orlando

Valerie Harper,as Rhoda Morganstern, and Mary Tyler Moore,as Mary Richards, March 10, 1975. Valerie Harper, TV's Rhoda, has died at 80 Valerie Harper, the Emmy-winning actress who became famous for playing shoot-from-the-hip, loud-mouthed New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern on the '70s hit "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and her own spinoff, "Rhoda," died on Aug. 30 at age 80, her daughter Cristina confirmed to ABC News. The cause of death is not yet known. In January 2013, Harper was diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain. After going public with the diagnosis in March 2013, the actress maintained the same loud-mouthed, positive attitude that endeared Rhoda, and Harper herself, to millions of TV fans in order to make the most of whatever time she had left. "Don't go to the funeral until the day of the funeral. Live this day," Harper

What can you do when you’re flattened by depression? Plan for it  Daryl Chen By adopting a take-charge approach towards living with depression, you can start to feel more in control and less powerless, says health activist Jessica Gimeno. She shares three helpful strategies. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. “Depression takes practice,” says Chicago-based health activist and writer Jessica Gimeno in a TEDxPilsenWomen talk. Wait — that sounds unrealistic and unwise. Depression just happens to a person, and if you’ve ever been seriously depressed, it’s something that you sincerely hope will never happen again, right? “What I’m saying is that living well with depression takes practice,” clarifies Gimeno. “Being productive every day despite depression takes practice. Being a student or an employee with depression takes practice.” Knowing

Televangelicals packaging paradise  By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz* US religious charities are privileged but not held accountable. Are the televangelicals taking advantage of gaps in US law? With a few words, John Burnett captures televanglists (or televangelicals) in an article with a telling title: Can a television network be a church? The IRS says yes. He says “Flip on Daystar television at any hour of the day and you’ll likely see the elements of modern televangelism: a stylish set, an emotional spiritual message and a phone number on the screen soliciting donations.” Click here for more info. Incidentally, Daystar, together with Trinity Broadcasting Network and Christian Broadcasting Network are the largest three of a long list of televangelical enterprises. To Burnett’s characterization I would add that televangelicals tend to be politically hyperactive, socially conservative and theologically fundamental. While the Christian fundamentalists are about 15% of the US population th

!Djibouti .. And what you realize next# Khalid Hasan Youssef A country whose lifeblood is bound by Ethiopia is heading to China at the time Addis Ababa is trying to disengage from Beijing! Djibouti and Ethiopia are in a parting reality, but they will not be charitable. Djibouti wanted to bring the American and Chinese contradiction together on its territory, but Washington saw it as a departure from the norm. The presence, or, more precisely, the French presence was an American confusion even before France accepted the American, Chinese and similar presence in Djibouti. The inhabitants of Hermos are trying to escape forward. In practice, the positions of Addis Ababa, Mogadishu and Asmara have become consistent. The movements of this triangle are not spontaneous or individual, but complement some of them. Politics was based on the existence of alliances between forces with intersecting interests, but Djibouti issued its own patent! Want to collect contradictions and alliance w

Israel controls Hezbollah activity in Lebanon  In an unusual precedent, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens in Arabic The Israeli prime minister made a threat in Arabic to what he called "Israel's enemies." Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Netanyahu expressed Israel's determination to thwart the alleged Iranian project to supply Lebanon's Hizbullah with high-precision missiles. Netanyahu stressed that Israel "will not stand idly by and will not allow its enemies to supply themselves with lethal weapons."  In a remarkable development, Hizbullah hands over the Lebanese army, the two planes hand over the Israeli marches to the Lebanese army intelligence The transfer of "Al-Ahd" news site of the "Hezbollah" security sources in the party that coordination between the resistance and the intelligence of the army has existed since the attack on the suburb. The sources confirmed that "the picture has be