Pakistan

The thrilling manhunt of Zero Dark Thirty

Just As We Thought -- Wash. U. Students Dine in Splendor [Updated]

Update: Alert reader Micah Herstand has informed us that we were mistaken in our reporting. Unlike many of the other institutions mentioned in the Daily Meal's rankings, Wash. U. does not have 24-hour dining. He writes: The Whispers Cafe space is open 24-hours, but they stop serving coffee and foo ... More >>

Too Good to Be Stew: Haunted by the memory of a Pakistani delicacy

Review Preview: Spice-n-Grill

This week, I visit Spice-n-Grill (6800F Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-721-2421). Its exterior might not be very promising, but this tiny storefront is actually the new home of an old favorite. A sneak preview of my review is after the jump:

Terror with a Twist: The Invisible Hand is quicker than the eye

Ayad Akhtar Talks About American Dervish, The Invisible Hand, Bacon and Seinfeld

Ayad Akhtar is a lucky man. His first novel, American Dervish, came out in January and has received extravagant praise from the likes of the New York Times and NPR; you can hear him read from it this Wednesday, February 29, at Left Bank Books. Next month, for a few days anyway, he will have two play ... More >>

Finding Hip-Hop in Kazakhstan and Country in India: American Voices Sets Up in St. Louis

Diplomacy between nations doesn't always involve dignitaries or high-level negotiations. A group with a presence in St. Louis engages in "cultural diplomacy," which involves exchanging musical expertise between Americans and countries often hit hard by conflict. Since it became incorporated as a non ... More >>

Wash. U. Scientists Discover Reason for Stuttering is in the Genes

Not even Geoffrey Rush and an Oscar can cure your stuttering problem.​If everything you know about stuttering comes from movies such as last year's Oscar-winner The King's Speech, you may be forgiven for believing the speech disorder is the result of a sad childhood and a profound lack of self ... More >>

Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

Daddies' Little Girl

Daddies' Little Girl

Battle Mango Lassi: Gokul vs. Flavor of India

​Mahatma Gandhi probably wouldn't be thrilled that we're fighting. But despite the hardships of his life, Gandhi never lived in a climate that rockets from 45 to 90 degrees in a matter of days. Such sudden charges into the flaming death heat can make some of us abandon our policies of nonviole ... More >>

Roy Blunt Confirms: Osama Bin Laden is Dead

Blunt agrees. Bin Laden is dead.​U.S. Senator Roy Blunt yesterday viewed the photos of Osama bin Laden taken after Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida leader this month in Pakistan. In a statement yesterday, Blunt said the pictures leave no doubt. "The pictures were conclusive, along with the DNA evid ... More >>

Obama Kills Osama! President OK's Raid That Kills al-Qaida Leader

Osama bin Laden died yesterday following a U.S. raid in Pakistan.​Well, that only took 3,519 days. What began on September 11, 2001, and grew to become the biggest manhunt ever known to mankind ended yesterday in a suburban compound deep inside Pakistan. That's where an elite team of U.S. military ... More >>

Fontbonne Cancels Greg Mortenson's Commencement Speech

image viaMortenson meets children in rural Pakistan.​It's been a pretty rough two weeks for best-selling author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson, ever since 60 Minutes ran an expose about how important parts of his two books Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools had been fabricated and that ... More >>

This Just In: Nuclear Sludge Unsafe to Eat!

​Yesterday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Candy Dynamics Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge bars. Seems the chewy treats, which are imported from Pakistan, might contain elevated levels of lead. (Which, as we all know, can cause health problems in everyon ... More >>

Muslims for Peace to Visit Delmar Loop Tomorrow Afternoon

image viaHadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: This Muslim (and all his followers) wants peace.​The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be out in the Delmar Loop tomorrow afternoon starting at 4:30 p.m. to distribute leaflets about their "Muslims for Peace" campaign. The leaflet will dispel myths about Isla ... More >>

American soldiers, verite-style, in Restrepo

Islam Meets Slam Dance

Knot Your Typical Rug

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

​Socialist. Nazi. Fascist. President Barack Obama has another title to add to his resume: Nobel Peace Prize winner. Yes, this morning the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway, announced the selection of Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between p ... More >>

Good News For Your Next Vacation to Afghanistan

www.funnyphotos.net.auPlanning a little weekend getaway to lovely Afghanistan? Bird watching in the FARC-controlled jungles of Colombia? Visiting a quaint little health spa in Mogadishu? You're in luck.Thanks to a bill signed into law today by governor Jay Nixon, Missouri life insurance providers ca ... More >>

Creative Fusion: No joke, at Café Lazeez you can get chicken tandoori and chicken tikka as pizza toppings

Live Blogging Obama's 100 Day Meeting at Fox High School

10:25: Hello everybody! Have a seat10:26: It's good to be out of Washington and back in the Midwest! Yes. I love you, too!10:27: Obama gives shouts out to Senator Claire McCaskill, Governor Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, State Auditor Susan Montee, and everyone at Fox High School. Th ... More >>

International Coach Meltdown!

Recently, I put together some of my very favorite coaching meltdowns of all time. I was pretty happy with the list, even though there were a few that I simply couldn't include; I wanted to keep it to five, and I am a man of my word. So overall, I thought it was a pretty good list. In the comments se ... More >>

Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

Rod Blagojevich: The Musical

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it? The first Blago musical (I know of, anyway) will go on stage this weekend when the St. Louis community theater group StagedFrightMedia debuts its production, Waziriside Story: Till They Framed Rod Blagojevich.The musical, loosely based on West Side Story, jux ... More >>

McCain's Last (And Only) Hope

Moolah for Mullahs

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good time Charlie.

South Asia Fantasia

Pearl Harbor

Doing justice to Mariane and Daniel’s story.

Naan Better

Ian finds Indian Food and breaks down borders.

Why won't Mexican men go down on their ladies?

Week of November 2, 2006

Film Openings

Week of January 19, 2006

Afghan Revel

Sameem is a dream fulfilled -- for the owner and for us

Great Bowels Afire

Unreal shills for Boeing (in song!), gets the straight poop on irritable bowel syndrome and sniffs out a local blogger. Plus: Is this billboard for a childhood center -- or a hot new album?

Two Tickets to Paradise

We chat with Eddie Money, get all Punjabi on you and fatwa all over Robert Downey Jr.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of March 17, 2004

In Harm's Way

Flying where no one is allowed to fly, bringing aid to people without hope

Slayer

God Hates Us All (American)

Best Place To Buy Imported Tchotchkes

MacroSun Imports and Cultural Centre

Brain Freeze

Too many shocks numb the senses in Vertical Limit

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of August 16-22, 2000

The Official Story

U.S. policy boosted the Taliban into power, and reluctance to anger Afghan ally Pakistan helps keep them there

The Torture Place

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.

Luke Y. Thompson

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BIG-SCREEN EPIC

Comprehensive coverage of the Eighth Annual St. Louis International Film Festival

News of the Weird

Sound Checks