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...plenty of alcohol make Pecha Kucha events a must for anyone interested in their local style scene. "You've really got to be there to get the atmosphere," says co-founder Mark Dytham, who describes the intimacy of these gatherings as "like the Internet in reverse." Dytham and partner Astrid Klein, who also run a Tokyo-based architecture firm together, devised the evenings in 2003 as a way of getting to know and share ideas with their professional peers. Three years later, and what at first seemed like a cliquey Tokyo phenomenon is now extending its reach as far afield...
...plenty of alcohol make Pecha Kucha events a must for anyone interested in their local style scene. "You've really got to be there to get the atmosphere," says co-founder Mark Dytham, who describes the intimacy of these gatherings as "like the Internet in reverse." Dytham and partner Astrid Klein, who also run a Tokyo-based architecture firm together, devised the evenings in 2003 as a way of getting to know and share ideas with their professional peers. Three years later, and what at first seemed like a cliquey Tokyo phenomenon is now extending its reach as far afield...
...understatement - the tragedy was quintessentially international. Europe and the entire world watched the disaster unfold on television and the Internet - images that inevitably brought to mind the Bali terrorist bombing of 2002 - and slowly came to grips with the scope of the catastrophe. "It was awful," said Astrid von Sternheim, 27, as she waited at Frankfurt Airport for her parents Werner and Diana to arrive from Patong Beach in Phuket. "We saw the pictures on television and recognized the street and the hotels." Her parents survived because they happened to be on an upper floor. Families were torn apart, lovers...
...perfect place to carry out such a project." He found the perfect property in the palazzetto, an abandoned four-story private mansion abutting the Spanish Steps with a second-floor garden and a rooftop terrace with a 360? view of Rome. In the wine bar, interior designer Astrid Wirth, Roberto's wife, created a clubby atmosphere with dark wood and plush red-and-cream velvet sofas and stools. The library, a bookcase-lined dining room, seats 20 and displays impressive bottles and wine literature. There's dining on the garden terrace, and a private party may be reserved...
...RECORD Belgrade The U.S. told Serbia to arrest three notorious war criminals or risk losing tens of millions of dollars in American aid. Frankfurt German prosecutors charged an American, Astrid Eyzaguirre, and her German lover, Osman Petmezci, with planning to bomb a U.S. military base in Heidelberg. Medellin In Colombia, a car bomb placed near the office of a regional prosecutor killed at least four people and injured 30. Police blamed guerrillas. Moscow A court began hearing 61 lawsuits claiming $59 million in compensation for deaths and injuries caused by lethal gas used during the October theater siege. Harare Zimbabwe...