Congo says Ugandan rebels fleeing toward CAR

Ugandan rebels accused of killing hundreds of Congolese civilians are fleeing a joint offensive by three African armies and heading toward Central African Republic, Congo's government said Friday.

The coalition of forces from Congo, Uganda and Sudan has "completely destroyed" the rebel positions in northeast Congo's Garamba National Park, government spokesman Lambert Mende said.

But not all of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group's bases have been entirely dismantled, he said, calling the offensive "80 percent successful" three weeks after it was launched.

The Lord's Resistance Army has waged one of Africa's longest and most …

Delta's care cuts lawsuits from crashes // Sympathy and concern make friends of families

DALLAS (AP) Marsha Crear, a Delta Air Lines marketingrepresentive, spent last Thanksgiving with the parents of MarkVicich, who died two months after he was injured in the crash ofDelta Flight 191.

"I care about those people," Crear said, "and I truly think theycare about me, too."

The Viciches are not suing Delta. In April, Mark's 28-year-oldwidow, Charlene Vicich, accepted a $1.5 million settlement from theairline only one day after filing suit in federal court.

Only about 60 families are suing Delta over the Aug. 2, 1985,crash that killed 137 people. Attorneys attribute the small numberof claims to the airline's sensitive treatment.

Although …

Hard Work Begins for Flood Victims

TRENTON, N.J. - Some residents of cities and towns flooded by the Delaware River struggled to clean up debris and waterlogged possessions Saturday but many others were still waiting to return to their homes.

Thousands of New Jersey residents were evacuated on Wednesday and Thursday, joining thousands of others who fled rising water across the river in Pennsylvania and upstream in New York state following a record rain storm.

At least 20 deaths in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and Virginia were blamed on the deluge.

People still out of their homes were waiting for local and state inspectors to give them the go-ahead as the high water moved downstream, said …

Beckham watches Galaxy beat Chivas USA 1-0

Edson Buddle scored a first-half goal to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 1-0 win over Chivas USA on Saturday night as David Beckham watched from a suite alongside Zinedine Zidane.

Earlier Saturday, Beckham said teammate Landon Donovan was "unprofessional" for criticizing him in a soon-to-be released book without confronting him first. Beckham was back with the Galaxy after a five-month loan to Italy's AC Milan.

Los Angeles (4-3-9) won its season-high third straight game, its longest streak since reeling off six straight in 2007.

Chivas, which drew with Los Angeles 0-0 on April 12, has gone 0-2-3 in the SuperClasico derby between the Los Angeles-area teams since its last …

An incredible journey ; THE BIG FILM WAR HORSE (12A) ????

The casualties of war extend far beyond the terrible loss ofhuman life.

During the First World War, thousands of pigeons carried vitalmessages over long distances when other lines of communication werecompromised. Dogs detected mines and dug out victims of bomb blastswhile millions of horses, donkeys and mules carried supplies andammunition or charged into battle in the Allied cavalry.

Eight million horses perished in appalling conditions.

A dramatic memorial in London, sculpted from stone and brass byartist David Backhouse, pays tribute to the fallen creatures, greatand small.

Author Michael Morpurgo expressed his debt of gratitude in …

Active Cultures

MARIA LIND ON THE CURATORIAL

IS THERE SOMETHING we could call the curatorial? A way of linking objects, images, processes, people, locations, histories, and discourses in physical space? An endeavor that encourages you to start from the artwork but not stay there, to think with it but also away from and against it? I believe so, and G imagine this mode of curating to operate like an active catalyst, generating twists, turns, and tensions - owing much to site-specific and context-sensitive practices and even more to various traditions of institutional critique. The curatorial would thus parallel Chantal Mouffe's notion of "the political," an aspect of life that cannot be separated …

18 injured as anti-government demonstrators mass in downtown Bangkok

At least 18 people were injured Sunday as thousands of demonstrators massed in the heart of Thailand's capital to demand the ouster of the three-month-old government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

An Associated Press reporter saw rocks, bottles and other objects injure at least 18 anti-government protesters and their opponents as they clashed before riot police moved in to separate the opposing sides.

The clash occurred when a member of the People's Alliance for Democracy, Praphan Khunmee, told the crowd at Bangkok's Democracy Monument that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was scheming to create a dynasty using Samak and others as his proxies. …