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...Rescue in Fulton, Mo. Programs like McBee's will try to prepare the abused dogs for adoption, which doesn't happen overnight. "They need time to decompress" from the stress of their violent upbringing and the cacophony of the warehouse, McBee explains. An animal that was raised in secret, hidden in remote woods, tethered by heavy chain to a buried axle, suddenly finds itself chilling in suburbia. "They have to learn: What is a couch? What is the TV? Are they going to be able to adjust in an appropriate way?" says McBee. "We have to teach them manners...
...contradictions. A former film critic and television producer, Haneke, 67, prides himself on being an art-house provocateur and a fierce critic of big-budget, Hollywood movies. And yet his films have recently started to attract more mainstream audiences and enjoy commercial success. Four years after his thriller Hidden earned a respectable $16 million at the box office worldwide, he is garnering critical acclaim and snapping up awards for his latest film, The White Ribbon. The movie, released this fall in Europe and set to open in December in the U.S., won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film...
...hailed as "historic" the response to its eight-month amnesty program for hidden offshore bank accounts. By the Oct. 15 deadline, some 14,700 Americans--twice the number officials expected--had disclosed billions of dollars held in 70 countries. Most account holders who pay taxes will avoid criminal penalties. As part of a U.S.-led crackdown on tax evasion, the Swiss bank UBS recently agreed to reveal the names of nearly 4,500 American clients with questionable accounts...
...many victims and perpetrators have already died, complicating the processes both of fact-finding and bringing justice. Critics have questioned the value of delving so deeply into a violent era, after South Korea has already moved on to become one of the world's wealthiest democracies. Still, the long-hidden information about tactics used in a brutal war has been coming into focus, and many believe it's helping a society heal from scantily bandaged wounds. "Once the brutal facts of these massacres are out in the public, it's very hard for any government ... to get this information covered...
...sprawl across QAG and GoMA from Dec. 5 to Apr. 5. Admission is free, and there's a plethora of satellite events, including a Kids APT, concerts, lectures and a cinema program featuring directors Ang Lee (Taiwan), Rithy Panh (Cambodia/France) and Takeshi Kitano (Japan). (See pictures of Australia's hidden islands...