International

Imran: Who’s destroying Pakistan?

Two days after Sri Lanka's cricketers were ambushed by terrorists in Pakistan, Imran Khan is standing on a wooden box in the North West Frontier Province addressing a crowd of 7,000 in his cotton kameez. The retired international cricketer and ex-husband of Jemima Khan could be living comfortably as a sports commentator in Fulham, near his young sons, or he could have retreated behind the brass-latticed wooden door of his home outside Islamabad.

 
Michelle Obama: A people’s first lady in Di’s footsteps

In one week, Michelle Obama sat for a formal White House portrait, dressed in somber, tailored clothes; posed for a snazzy People magazine cover, dressed in a slightly down-market, hot-pink lace outfit that showed plenty of skin; let the national media know that the First Family would be getting its new puppy from a rescue shelter; and had her press office mention casually that "secretaries and policy makers" had been invited for popcorn and movies at the White House.

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