Bashar Assad

Bashar Assad

When he meets with senior American visitors, surrounded by his father's old cronies, Bashar Assad is stiff, predictable and toes a hard line. But those who have met him one-on-one say the 39-year-old Syrian president sounds more like a flexible problem-solver -- an Internet enthusiast with reformist ideas but held back by the old guard. What he lacks is the political guile of his late father, Hafez Assad, some experts say, and that has plunged him into a confrontation over Lebanon.

George Lucas

Lucas says Star Wars will be darker
「スター・ウォーズ」最終章は悪を描く暗い作品になる？！

Garry Kasparov

Chess great Kasparov retires
チェス王者が引退表明、非公式戦には今後も出場予定

Paul Newman

Newman to make one last film
レッドフォードとの共演を最後に俳優引退？ポール・ニューマン








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