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...Gergiev was great, the performance was immaculate, and the acoustic effect of the theatre is truly amazing," says Liu Xuefeng, a music critic and editor of the Chinese edition of Gramophone, the British classical music magazine. But there was a downside to the perfect sound system. "I could hear every word from the stage as well as from my fellow audience members ten seats away from me," says Liu. "Chattering, eating, children crying, camera flashes going off here and there... It was the worst audience I have ever seen!" The four-hour opera had already been shortened to slightly over...
...have relatives in Pakistan, so every conversation about Bhutto is laced with the fear that her death could throw the country into civil war. Some feel that even now, the general election scheduled for Jan. 8 should go ahead, as an essential first step in the political healing process. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who yesterday called Bhutto a "woman of immense personal courage and bravery," today announced that he had encouraged Pakistan's President Perez Musharraf to push ahead with the elections, as much as an act of defiance against terrorism as one of democracy. "This was a cowardly...
...This is a sad day for democracy. It's a tragic hour for Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto may have been killed by terrorists, but the terrorists must not be allowed to kill democracy in Pakistan." British Prime Minister GORDON BROWN...
...Benazir Bhutto showed in her words and actions a deep commitment to her country. She knew the risks of her return to campaign but was convinced that her country needed her. This is a time for restraint but also unity." British Foreign Secretary DAVID MILIBAND...
...this misses the point. The real problem in Pakistan undermining democracy is that it is a deeply divided, artificial country, created by the British for their expediency rather than for the Pakistanis. Independent Pakistan has always been dominated by a strong military. And democracy will only be nurtured when the wars on its border come to an end, whether in Afghanistan or Kashmir, and the need for the military to meddle in politics is removed. And never before...