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The article reports on a ballet class organized by Broadway dancers Charlie Williams and Sam Quinn at the streets of Time Square in New York City on August 26, 2019 in response to the ABC show "Good Morning America," on which host Lara Spencer laughed at the news that Prince George was planning to study ballet. Topics covered include the apology given by Spencer for her remarks, the criticism against Spencer that persisted over the weekend, and the opinion of dance teachers on the issue.

Discusses the emerging movement of bioart, or wetware, which blurs the line between art and science. Background on Steven Kurtz, an artists and professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, who was indicted by a federal grand jury; Kurtz' involvement in an art group; How Kurtz and his wife had worked with biological and chemical agents, which they used at exhibitions worldwide; Why federal prosecutors have pursued the case; Emergence of Kurtz as an art world martyr-hero; Background on the art movement, which focuses on the science of genetics and biotechnology, and the lines between art and activism; Focus of bioartists on life itself; The rapid growth of the movement in the U.S. and Europe; How it is producing bizarre and sometimes disturbing work; Subversiveness of the art.

While much attention has been focused on rebel efforts in eastern Libya and in the city of Misurata, rebels have held control of most of the Nafusah Mountain region since the unrest began in February. The region has strategic importance because it provides access to supply routes in the south. An estimated 150,000 people live here, many from the Berber minority, which was neglected by Col. Muammarel-Qaddafi's Arab nationalist regime. The region's geology and its proximity to Tunisia have helped the rebels resist here. The High Ground [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mehdi Karroubi, an Iranian opposition leader, said Tuesday that a demonstration planned in Tehran next week, nominally in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia, was a test both for the Iranian government and its opponents. Since Tehran is painting events in Cairo and elsewhere as the long-awaited regional blossoming of its own Islamic Revolution, to deny a permit for such a march would show that its position in support of the Arab movements is fake, Mr. Karroubi said in a rare interview from Tehran, conducted via an Internet video link. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CORRECTION APPENDED A political tract hammered out by an Iranian feminist this spring presents a snapshot of activism from exile. Incensed by an aging ayatollah's pronouncement that women exposing excessive flesh cause earthquakes, the young lawyer, who fled to Germany after her arrest in Iran, fired off a Web post accusing all Iranian men of complicity in the oppression of women propagated by the ayatollahs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that Lebanon's anti-Syria opposition regained momentum as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut to demand an end to Syrian control of their country. Details of the protests; Reference to a Hezbollah demonstration which took place earlier in the week; Pressure on Syria's government to announce a timetable for withdrawal of its troops and secret police; Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's promise for a withdrawal; Call by the U.S. and other Western nations for Syria to be out before new parliamentary elections; Reactions to Lebanese President Émile Lahoud's suggestion that the demonstrations should end; Significance of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005.

Reports that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut in a show of strength by militant Shiite Muslim party Hezbollah, which opposes a withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon. Observation that the crowd was far larger than the anti-Syrian demonstrations which drew broad international support; Challenges to Lebanese opposition forces who insist on Syrian withdrawal; Pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush on Syria to withdraw troops before Lebanon's elections; Participants at the demonstration; Background on Hezbollah, Lebanon's best organized political party; Perception of Hezbollah and its followers that the foreign threat to Lebanon comes from Israel and the U.S.; Highlights of the demonstration; Fear that growing political tension will lead to a resurgence of violence.

Discusses how political and social shifts in the Middle East are evoking hope and fear. Implications of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to open presidential elections to more than one candidate; Role of street demonstrators in toppling Lebanon's government; Mood of Mideast politicians; Outlook for the end of authoritarian Arab governments; How a mix of outside pressure and internal shifts has created this movement; Influence of new technology on young protestors; Suggestion that pressure from the U.S. President George W. Bush administration has emboldened demonstrators; Ways that Egypt's tiny opposition movement has drawn attention; Observation that the idea of challenging authoritarian rule more directly is new; Perception of young demonstrators in Lebanon as models for popular uprisings across the Arab world; Why Iraq serves more as a threat than a model; How new technology has driven the steps toward greater freedoms; Attitudes regarding the American campaign for democracy in the Middle East.

Reports that Nobel-prize winning South African novelist, Nadine Gordimer, is using the work of A-list writers to create an anthology that will be sold to raise money for the Treatment Action Campaign to treat people with AIDS/HIV in Africa. Works of Gabriel García Márquez, Susan Sontag, Paul Theroux, Salman Rushdie, John Updike and many more which will be featured in the book "Telling Tales"; Reasons that Gordimer chose this path to help AIDS victims.

Features a new magazine called "Plenty." Description of its cover; Topics discussed by publishers and writers; Question posed on the placement of environmental movement on some people.

Reports that a court in Azerbaijan handed down prison terms of up to five years to seven opposition activists who staged protests last 2003 to denounce the election of President Ilham Aliyev as fraudulent.

Discusses the marginalization of immigrants in the United States who are trying to find ways to become legal citizens. Suggestion the issue is being ignored due to post September, 11 paranoia; Bills languishing in Congress, including the Dream Act, a way for high-achieving teenagers from immigrant families to receive college aid; Activist immigrant protests organized by community groups, including hunger strikes; Comments from the director of New Immigrant Community Empowerment Partha Banerjee on the fact that children of immigrants are de facto Americans, and their hopes are in jeopardy due to post September, 11 attitudes.

Reports that a Manhattan judge John Cataldo ordered the city to release more than 550 protesters who had been detained without seeing a judge after being arrested at demonstrations against the Republican National Convention. How Cataldo held New York City in contempt when not al protesters were released after 60 hours and ordered a fine of $1,000 for each person still held; Triumph expressed by the throngs of protesters who were released from the Criminal Courts Building on Centre Street; Statement from Michael Cardozo of the city's corporation counsel that Cataldo was wrong not to permit the city sufficient time to process the arrestees; Lack of accountability for the delays in processing the arrested protesters by city and police officials.

Discusses how hundreds of demonstrators were arrested in New York City in their protest of President George W. Bush and the Republican National Convention. Consideration of there were clashes between protestors and police officers as a result of the civil disobedience; Detention of hundreds of protesters near ground zero and in Midtown where they were cursing at Republican delegates; Goal of the protestors to gather and descend on the convention site at Madison Square Garden; Opposition from protesters and civil liberties lawyers to the actions of police officers in their preemptive dealings with demonstrators; Protest against the company Halliburton which was holding a breakfast at the New York Hilton hotel for the Texas delegates.

Discusses the peaceful nature of the protests conducted in New York City in opposition of President George W. Bush and the Republican National Convention. How Republican leaders such as Vice President Dick Cheney and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani praised Bush and his leadership during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; Comparison of the anti-Bush protests to the protests which occurred in the U.S. during the Vietnam War; Claims from protesters that Bush is a warmonger, a liar, and a criminal; Focus of the media on the marches and demonstrations of the protesters.

Focuses on veteran protester Eric Laursen, who spoke at a Campaign to Demilitarize the Police news conference in New York City. His views on protest against the Republican National Convention; His explanation for various protest groups and a guy named Geoffrey Blank, who is also known as "Mr. Arrest Me"; Anarchists groups that Laursen belongs to; His opposition to violence, except property destruction.

Presents a picture story entitled "Voices of Dissent Heard as One," depicting responses from Americans who joined the march in New York City, on U.S. President George W. Bush's administration.

Reports that nude activists blocked traffic in Manhattan, New York City last August 22, 2004 to protest the Bush administration's record on AIDS. Intention of the protestors; Comments of Todd Gitlin, a professor at Columbia, on the eye-catching tactics of the activists; Statement of Donna Sheenan, founder of Baring Witness, on the organization's hundred naked displays.

Reports that angry Masai tribesmen have begun marching onto ranches held by white settlers in Kenya's Rift Valley and claiming the tracts as their own. How police are forcibly ousting the men; Arrests of Masai, who are protesting a 100-year-old land treaty; Remarks by Amos Kimuny, minister for lands and housing; Why Kenyan officials will not follow the example of President Robert Mugabe, who supported the forced redistribution of land in Zimbabwe; The Kenyan government's cautious approach to land reform; Details of the land controversy; How drought is aggravating the current conflict; Role of the Masai in Kenya's tourism strategy.

Reports on protesters' plans for the 2004 Republican Party national convention, to take place in New York City. Refusal of the city to grant the protesters a permit to demonstrate; Indignation of the protesters over the war in Iraq of 2003 and economic and social issues; Plans for an antiwar demonstration organized by United for Peace and Justice; Willingness of the protesters to participate in acts of civil disobedience.

Comments on what to expect when the Republicans hold their 2004 presidential convention in New York City. Threat by Representative Charles B. Rangel to disrupt the convention if Republicans do not modify a law requiring some public housing tenants to work in community service; Plans for marches and rallies in Central Park; Outlook for arrests by police; Wariness of protestors; Concerns over balancing security and First Amendment freedoms; Range of issues over which people plan to demonstrate, including the Iraq War.

Reports that thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown streets in Hong Kong, China to peacefully protest the decision of the Chinese government to limit democracy. Number of people who participated in the rally; Realization that the chief executive of Hong Kong must obtain the approval of the Chinese government before submitting any electoral reform bills to the legislature; Comparison of the protests in Hong Kong and Taiwan regarding the issue.

Focuses on exiles from Saudi Arabia in London, England. Political activity of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia; How their campaign challenges royal rule in Saudi Arabia; Saudi government's alarm at the dissidents' influence; Street protests in Saudi Arabia; Comments of the head of the movement, Saad al-Fagih; Use of technology to reach their audience; Purpose of the organization.

Focuses on the personal story of Brian Flanagan, a saloonkeeper and former 1960's activist. His affiliation with Weather Underground, a faction of students who supported Democracy and armed liberation; Description of Night Cafe where Flanagan often resides; Ways in which his past activism still influence his current opinions; How Flanagan still preaches about socialism.

Examines the anti-Iraqi War movement in the United States. Shift away from large-scale disruptive tactics to appealing to mainstream Americans; Efforts of influential groups such as Win Without War; Focus on protests at federal institutions, corporations and media conglomerates that profit from war; Tensions within the antiwar movement; Comparison between this movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement; Issue of civil disobedience.