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Farewell, My Queen Reviews
"Farewell, My Queen" is a briskly paced historical thriller that tells the beginnings of the fall of the House of Bourbon in France, as seen through they eyes of one servant girl. This point of view which used elsewhere before works especially well here in allowing the viewer to follow the story as the characters find out themselves, as aided by the natural lighting. As you can imagine, the movie is steeped in historical detail but not the usual fancy side, but a darker one, like rats. Since we know about the literal rats, how about the metaphorical rats? As dramatized, that's what the whole tragedy of the French royalty comes down to as they have never had to make a decision without others to do so for them before, and now have a huge one to make. With foresight being 20/20, we know the story of the Bastille and what comes next but here it is less certain and seems like it might be containable. So, what to do?
It's because the film, as a whole, is stunning, superb, engaging, and intensifying. Diane Kruger plays Marie Antoinette in a similar way Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter. No, Kruger did not make Marie Antoinette a cannibal (although she did tend to bite peoples heads off, and that's the last terrible joke of this review), but instead she makes Marie Antoinette the star of the show when she really wasn't on paper. Like Hopkins, Kruger really wasn't in the film that often. There are very long moments where you won't even see a glimpse of her. However, when she is on screen, she steals the show with one of the best performances I have seen all year. Kruger has proven to the world that she really does have more up her sleeve, and I'm sure this film will be the one that propels her from being a pleasant actor to being a household name (much like Hunger finally boosted Michael Fassbender, and look how unstoppable he is now). Her portrayal is unpredictable, ranging from facetious highs to bitter lows. She could have made her the villain of the film, of which she is a bit in a sense, but instead Kruger leaves her remaining likable and full of sympathy.
The visuals are nothing short of gorgeous. Usually I have a tough time believing period pieces because they seem too fake or too costume-y, but this film is one of the better efforts visually. The costumes were just right, the architecture and settings breathtaking, and even the camera angles, tones and the shadows recorded were all mesmerizing (save for the odd bizarre camera pan and/or zoom). There are long hallways that go on for a lifetime, there are windows that capture the world outside on the inside, and just so many beautiful, intricate things going on. Definitely one of the best films visually of the year. Sadly, that's not enough to save it.
The problem is that the film started many things but it never truly ended them, especially in regards to itself. The film's about to reach a climax, and it ends suddenly. There are characters that come, and they aren't really necessary nor do they get a proper finale. I get that this movie is seen through the perspective of a servant, but it still doesn't excuse the amount of unfinished business. Take Atonement, for example, another period piece seen through the eyes of someone of a lower position. That film, if it didn't have answers, at least had implied answers so we could do as we will with what we have. Here, we aren't given anything. We know what happens to Marie Antoinette, but that doesn't justify the film having such an anti climactic ending.
It's unfortunate because I was sitting there thinking "Wow, this is one of the better films of the year" the whole time right until the ending. I have no problem with sudden endings if the film deserves it. Maybe Farewell, My Queen does. As a first impression, however, it does not. The film is still worth checking out, because of Diane Kruger's phenomenal performance and the stunning visuals. In fact, the pacing and story for the most part are worth it, too. Just expect a very little pay off at the end.
Final Rating: 6.8/10
(ORIGINAL REVIEW written Aug. 29, 2012):
A lite-Robert Altman film. Farewell, My Queen has a premise that may draw unsuspecting viewers in, such as myself, but below the juicy surface of the implied lesbian romance is a film that observes the monarch and servant structures of Versailles. It just happens to be set during the final months of Marie Antoinette (before she fled).
The protagonist is the Queen's reader Sidonie (Lea Seydoux) who scurries between two worlds and can't help but hear/see the latest gossip whether it's the oncoming rebellion or what the high-class people really think behind closed doors. She acts out her usual customs and the film makes sure we see every single detail cuz y'know, accuracy! Historians and sociologists may get a kick outta this. Sidonie is the Queen's reader, so she reads books and magazines aloud to a sometimes absent-minded Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger), who is capable of reading and writing herself, so why she needs a reader in the first place is a mystery. Boredom? Laziness? Luxury? Maybe just because she can. (fyi: Marie Antoinette wasn't dumb or illiterate). Over the course of whenever Sidonie was appointed "reader," she had developed a little crush on the Queen who herself seems to be in lesbians with her BFF Gabriele de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen). The suspense! Ehhh, not really.
Our reader is just that: an observer acting on behalf of the audience to catch a glimpse of 1789 France. Sidonie also loves her Queen and would do anything to please her as she repeatedly says. In addition to the observant approach, the fascination with Marie Antoinette grows not only by Sidonie, but also by the viewer. Quite a bummer that for a movie about Marie Antoinette there's hardly any Marie Antoinette to be found but I guess that's what makes her limited screen time valuable. But only if you, the viewer, is fascinated by Marie Antoinette and history. If not, then you're gonna have a bad time.
This film is a mixed bag and I can't help but think the late Robert Altman would've made a damn fine adaptation. Very few directors could show what he or she intended with a large group, especially one of this complex structure, while also delivering a good story. Altman was a master of such presentation. Yes, we know the differences between servants and higher class--Altman showed that in his brilliant Gosford Park (it was about British class but kinda similar)--so why did this movie or story need to be made? It hardly shows anything worthwhile and even for a fictional story it comes up short. Our reader just is not interesting. She reads outloud, she crushes hard on Marie Antoinette, and she hears the juiciest gossip but what does it all matter in the end? Rumors, gossip, and speculation only get validated. The audience is aware of the inevitable so it's like we're just waiting. Sidonie could've been like an 18th century Gossip Girl and jotting down all this stuff ("Welcome to the scandalous life of Versailles' elite")... and it's sad that I made that reference. Something, anything!
Alas, the Queen sits in her chambers, confused, frightened, lonely, and (again) absent-minded. The only time she lightens up is when Gabriele enters the picture but at that point we don't care except for that woozy camera during their alone time. Speaking of which, this movie has some bad camerawork and unnecessary shots that trail off like the cameraman was drunk/stoned and the editor got lazy. Fiction aside, the look of the film is a generic historical presentation. Looks nice but so what? Where's the story I was promised? Forget the "sophistication," this is a work of fiction so treat it like one! I'm sure Versailles had a lot more interesting stories and many could have been told; be a cool ensemble piece. Or embellish the main story more, but we're just reduced to a fly-on-the-wall approach by our bland reader with a schoolgirl crush but just pussyfoots around... Maybe that fits the story/author's own creative liberties. Hell, Sofia Coppola had gusto even when her film was more grounded in history. And how could they shove Marie Antoinette aside? The fascination only grows from her limited screentime. I myself am utterly fascinated by this historical figure. Too bad she's in short supply and instead we're spoonfed the life of Versailles in a nutshell.
We know from history what will happen as the film wraps up. Surprisingly, what happens to our lead and I guess Marie Antoinette still kinda rocks our core. But it's too late for us to care any longer. To sum up the film, it's the story about a nobody who becomes a nobody in the end. No juiciness, just a really bland attempt at educating the uninitiated. Sidonie is basically Mr. Peabody in disguise.
Farewell, My Queen is not a bad film but it's really an unnecessary one. It seems more rooted in history despite a fictional take, so there are good sets, good acting, good costumes. The observant angle isn't well done but what does intrigue me was the reader's fascination maybe because, again, I am also fascinated by the Queen. But even that mindset doesn't go as far as I'd hope it would because there's virtually no Marie Antoinette here nor lesbian stuff. Yeah, typical guy thinking. Anyone who thinks this film is sophisticated or buys into the "audience observing Versailles" take are only kidding themselves and believe me, I tried to like this film with that warped outlook but it fell apart. It's not that I don't find life at Versailles uninteresting; the movie just gave us a checklist. Maybe this is good for some people to watch just for that but there isn't enough. For a while I did think the movie's approach was interesting, like a behind the scenes of Versailles, but the story was flat and borrowed from better movies. It's a boring and uninspired thesis paper mixed with a boring and uninspired fiction story.
Stick to a Robert Altman movie (Gosford Park or Short Cuts) or Sofia Coppola's underappreciated Marie Antoinette. Even that film, as much as people hated it, has more layers than this flick.
I'll give this film credit where it's due: visually, it's crazy gorgeous, I like Diane Kruger, and the quiet, suffocating (unrequited) longing by her lady-in-waiting was touching and sad. In life, there are few things more heartbreaking than witnessing the one you love pine away for someone else the same way you pine for them. Even as visually decadent as it is, it still doesn't scratch the surface of the pomp extravagance the real Antoinette loved to revel in. While I'm no history expert, I am a big fan of her & her story. The only thing people seem to remember about her is a quote she never really said and how she met her demise. Her fate was a perfect storm of gossip, politics, prejudice, greed (doesn't sound too far off from today, does it? lol). Except back in those days, one tiny bit of slander can snowball into literally ruining your life, and Antoinette's fate proved that nobility was no exception. These were days where there were no cell phone documentation, no transcripted recordings, no photographic evidence, not even fingerprints. One false witness, one open-ended rumor, ONE person whose favor you weren't granted (or whose favor you lost)could make the bottom of your life fall out, and that went double for women. And raise that to the nth degree if you were a woman of ROYALTY! Can you imagine how nerve-wrackingly SCARY it must've been to have to depend on winning the favor of strangers simply to earn your "right" to live as a functional member of society?
I suppose this movie is a nice story for those who DO indulge in the fantasy that Antionette was a star-crossed lover with another woman. Though some people believe she was gay, and at times it may appear so from her own pen, I am not convinced. I really do not believe she was gay. I believe there's more to it that's overlooked. Think about it: This poor girl's very reason of being in the French court was as a political pawn to secure good French/Austrian relations. Raised by a cold, distant, super-critical mother...her sister and only best friend, married off early by arrangement (while not even yet a teenager) , taken away from Antionette and was never to be seen or heard from again. Antoinette was then shipped off from her home of Austria to France (while not even yet 15) to be married to a timid, weak-willed, frigid (and allegedly impotent) prince who was more interested in hunting & hanging out with his brothers than being a husband, and she continued to live this way long after the King died & she became Queen. Add to the fact that Queendom separates you from human contact by several degrees except for servants which they're not allowed to interact with. That paints a picture of a SORELY lonely woman who might've clung a little too tightly to the notion of friendship (and yes, perhaps took a little too much liberty in comforting herself in material objects). Projecting her longing, not necessarily sexual, just for closeness, affection and compainionship onto the few people who were lucky enough to filter through the heiarchy of the noble houses just to GET to her AND win her favor/trust....
Closeness, affection & companionship, of which there was no source for her from anyone in her life. Not from her husband, never from her own family....she was literally the proverbial poor beautiful bird in a gilded cage. And for the early period of her reign (which led to the French people's unfavorable 1st impression of her), she was just a child locked in her room with no company but her toys. Antoinette was not necessarily longing for a female, but just...LONGING. To feel close to someone, emotionally, physically...Which, need I remind you, CAN be mutually exclusive from sexual feelings? It's so common how easily people take physical/emotional closeness and companionship for granted (me personally, those are all luxuries I learned to live without lol). And THAT RIGHT THERE is a HUGE irony this movie totally misses in favor of lesbian sensationalization: How Antionette, in the midst of all her comforts, luxuries & indulgences, suffers & starves in being denied one of the most essential of human needs: human closeness & affection. I think those who believe she is gay is just committing the sin of most modern Americans: reflexively sexualizing EVERYTHING. You can't even say the individual words "meat", "finger" ,"unit," "erect" "come" or even "member" anymore these days without getting a giggle or two...even from senior citizens!! Things have gotten THAT bad!!! Did you giggle at those words too? Then you just proved my point LOL!
So, when you consider this, and the scenario of Antionette's life that I described, I think it might lend light to your view that Antionette's "gayness" might have been a victim of the same presumptuous & premature sexualized conclusions. I believe the fact that she had a close companionship with a woman was more out of safety & convenience because...imagine how much more scandalous it would have been if her companions were male?? She would've lost her head much sooner, for sure! Common thought assumes it's "safer" to be seen with a woman, but alas, it's not scandal-proof. I really think her longing & needs were more innocent and it's US who are guilty by scandalizing & sensationalizing the conclusions....just as the French people did in their unofficial campaign to malign and eventually eliminate her. WE'RE the one guilty... in committing "dirty" thoughts in thinking the way we do about her, yet are holding HER guilty...when all she wanted was basically just to hold & be held. How sad. I really can't do her story justice, I don't have all the time or space needed to really show you...but then again, this painstakingly made big budget film didn't do her story much justice either *shrug* LOL! I guess you will just have to look her up & discover for yourself, if you really care to know. The "Diamond necklace affair" chapter alone will make your head spin lol.


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|Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
|Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Cenotaph of Marcus Caelius, 1st centurion of XVIII, who "fell in the war of Varus" (bello Variano).
Reconstructed inscription: "To Marcus Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian district, from Bologna, first centurion of the eighteenth legion. 53½ years old. He fell in the Varian War. His bones may be interred here. Publius Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian district, his brother, erected (this monument)."[1]
|Germanic tribes
(Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci and Sicambri)
|Roman Empire
|Commanders and leaders
|Publius Quinctilius Varus †
|Unknown, but estimates range from 12,000–32,000.
3 Roman legions (XVII, XVIII/XIIX, and XIX/XVIIII);
3 alae;
6 auxiliary cohorts.
|Casualties and losses
|16,000 [2] to 20,000 dead [3]
Some others enslaved.
Map showing the defeat of Varus in the Teutoburg Forest
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (German: Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald, Hermannsschlacht or Varusschlacht), described as clades Variana (the Varian disaster) by Roman historians, took place in the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE, when an alliance of Germanic tribes ambushed and decisively destroyed three Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. The anti-Roman alliance was led by Arminius, who had acquired Roman citizenship and received a Roman military education, thus enabling him to personally deceive the Roman commander and foresee the Roman army's tactical responses.
Despite several successful campaigns and raids by the Roman army in the years after the battle, they never again attempted to conquer Germanic territory east of the Rhine River. The Germanic victory against the Roman legions in the Teutoburg forest had far-reaching effects on the subsequent history of both the ancient Germanic peoples and on the Roman Empire. Modern historians have regarded Arminius' victory as "Rome's greatest defeat"[4] and one of the most decisive battles in history.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Invasions of Drusus I in 12–8 BCE
Invasions of Tiberius and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in circa 3 BCE–6 CE
The Roman force was led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, a nobleman and experienced administrative official from a patrician family[11] who was related to the Imperial family.[12] He was assigned to consolidate the new province of Germania in the autumn of 6 CE.[11] Earlier that year, before Varus was commander on the Rhine, Legatus Gaius Sentius Saturninus[13][14] and Consul Legatus Marcus Aemilius Lepidus led a massive army of 65,000 heavy infantry legionaries, 10,000–20,000 cavalrymen, archers, 10,000–20,000 civilians (13 legions and their entourage, totalling around 100,000 men) in an offensive operation against Maroboduus,[11][15] the king of the Marcomanni, who were a tribe of the Suebi. Following their defeat at the hands of Drusus I in 9 BCE, they had fled into the territory of the Boii, from which they formed an alliance with the Hermunduri, Quadi, Semnones, Lugians, Zumi, Butones, Mugilones, Sibini and Langobards.[16]
In 4 CE, Tiberius entered Germania and subjugated the Cananefates in Germania Inferior, the Chatti near the upper Weser River, and the Bructeri south of the Teutoburg Forest, before leading his army across the Weser. However, in 6 CE a rebellion broke out in the province of Illyricum. Led by Bato the Daesitiate,[17] Bato the Breucian,[18] Pinnes of Pannonia,[19] and elements of the Marcomanni, it was known as the Bellum Batonianum, and it lasted nearly four years. Tiberius was forced to stop his campaign against Maroboduus and recognise him as king[20] so that he could then send his eight legions (VIII Augustan, XV Apollonian, XX Victorious Valerian, XXI Predator, XIII Twin, XIV Twin, XVI Gallic and an unknown unit[21]) to crush the rebellion in the Balkans.
All told, nearly half of all Roman legions in existence were sent to the Balkans to end the revolt, which was itself triggered by constant neglect, endemic food shortages, high taxes, and harsh behavior on the part of the Roman tax collectors. This campaign, led by Tiberius and Quaestor Legatus Germanicus under Emperor Augustus, was one of the most difficult, and most crucial, in the history of the Roman Empire. Due to this massive redeployment of available legions, when Varus was named Legatus Augusti pro praetore in Germania, only three legions were available to him.
Varus' name and deeds were well known beyond the empire because of his ruthlessness and crucifixion of insurgents. While he was feared by the people, he was highly respected by the Roman senate. On the Rhine, he was in command of the XVII, XVIII, and XIX legions. These had previously been led by General Gaius Sentius Saturninus, who had been sent back to Rome after being awarded an ornamenta triumphalia.[22] The other two legions in the winter-quarters of the army at castrum Moguntiacum[23] were led by Varus' nephew, Lucius Nonius Asprenas[21] and perhaps Lucius Arruntius.
Following the attacks of Drusus I in 11–9 BCE, Varus' opponent, Arminius, along with his brother Flavus,[24][25] had been sent to Rome as tribute by their father, Segimerus the Conqueror,[26][27] chieftain of the noblest house in the tribe of the Cherusci. Arminius then spent his youth in Rome as a hostage, where he had received a military education, and even been given the rank of Equestrian. During Arminius' absence, Segimerus was declared a coward by the other Germanic chieftains, because he had submitted to Roman rule, a crime punishable by death under Germanic law. Between 11 BCE and 4 CE, the hostility and suspicion between the Germanic tribes deepened. Trade and political accords between the warlords deteriorated. Tacitus wrote that the Chatti were hostile, and subjugated the Cherusci, but were themselves "pacified" between 4 and 6 CE.[28] Velleius Paterculus also reported that in the years 1–4 CE, there was unrest in Germania.[29]
After his return from Rome, Arminius became a trusted advisor to Varus,[30] but in secret he forged an alliance of Germanic tribes that had traditionally been enemies. These included the Cherusci,[11] Marsi,[11] Chatti,[11] Bructeri,[11] Chauci, Sicambri, and remaining elements of the Suebi, who had been defeated by Caesar in the Battle of Vosges. These five were some of the fifty Germanic tribes at the time.[31] Using the collective outrage over Varus' tyrannous insolence and wanton cruelty to the conquered,[23] Arminius was able to unite the disorganized tribes who had submitted in sullen hatred to the Roman dominion, and maintain said alliance until the most opportune moment to strike.[32]
The Teutoburg Forest on a foggy and rainy day
While Varus was on his way from his summer camp west of the Weser river to winter headquarters near the Rhine, he heard reports of a local rebellion, reports which had been fabricated by Arminius.[15] Edward Shepherd Creasy writes that "This was represented to Varus as an occasion which required his prompt attendance at the spot; but he was kept in studied ignorance of its being part of a concerted national rising; and he still looked on Arminius as his submissive vassal ...".
Varus decided to quell this uprising immediately, expediting his response by taking a detour through territory that was unfamiliar to the Romans. Arminius, who accompanied him, directed him along a route that would facilitate an ambush.[15] Another Cheruscan nobleman, Segestes, brother of Segimerus and unwilling father in law to Arminius,[27][33] warned Varus the night before the Roman forces departed, allegedly suggesting that Varus should apprehend Arminius, along with other Germanic leaders whom he identified as participants in the planned uprising. His warning, however, was dismissed as stemming from the personal feud between Segestes and Arminius. Arminius then left under the pretext of drumming up Germanic forces to support the Roman campaign. Once free from prying eyes, he immediately led his troops in a series of attacks on the surrounding Roman garrisons.
Recent archaeological finds place the battle at Kalkriese Hill in Osnabrück county, Lower Saxony.[11] On the basis of Roman accounts, the Romans were marching northwest from what is now the city of Detmold, passing east of Osnabrück after camping in the area, prior to the attack.Battles
Autumn in Teutoburg Forest
Varus' forces included his three legions (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX), six cohorts of auxiliary troops (non-citizens or allied troops) and three squadrons of cavalry (alae). Most of these lacked combat experience, both with regard to Germanic fighters, and under the prevalent local conditions. The Roman forces were not marching in combat formation, and were interspersed with large numbers of camp followers. As they entered the forest northeast of Osnabrück, they found the track narrow and muddy. According to Dio Cassius a violent storm had also arisen. He also writes that Varus neglected to send out reconnaissance parties ahead of the main body of troops.
The line of march was now stretched out perilously long – between 15 and 20 kilometers.[30] It was in this state when it came under attack by Germanic warriors armed with light swords, large lances and narrow-bladed short spears called fremae. The attackers surrounded the entire Roman army, and rained down javelins on the intruders.[34] Arminius, recalling his education in Rome, understood his enemies' tactics, and was able to direct his troops to counter them effectively by using locally superior numbers against the dispersed Roman legions. The Romans managed to set up a fortified night camp, and the next morning broke out into the open country north of the Wiehen Hills, near the modern town of Ostercappeln. The break-out was accompanied by heavy losses to the Roman survivors, as was a further attempt to escape by marching through another forested area, as the torrential rains continued. The rain prevented them from using their bows because the sinew strings become slack when wet, and rendered them virtually defenseless and their shields also became waterlogged and heavy.
Reconstruction of the improvised fortifications prepared by the Germanic tribes for the final phase of the Varus battle near Kalkriese
The Romans undertook a night march to escape, but marched into another trap that Arminius had set, at the foot of Kalkriese Hill. There, a sandy, open strip on which the Romans could march was constricted by the hill, so that there was a gap of only about 100 meters between the woods and the swampland at the edge of the Great Bog. The road was further blocked by a trench, and, towards the forest, an earthen wall had been built along the roadside, permitting the Germanic tribesmen to attack the Romans from cover. The Romans made a desperate attempt to storm the wall, but failed, and the highest-ranking officer next to Varus, Legatus Numonius Vala, abandoned the troops by riding off with the cavalry. His retreat was in vain, however, as he was overtaken by the Germanic cavalry and killed shortly thereafter, according to Velleius Paterculus. The Germanic warriors then stormed the field and slaughtered the disintegrating Roman forces. Varus committed suicide,[30] and Velleius reports that one commander, Praefectus Ceionius, shamefully surrendered, then later took his own life,[35] while his colleague Praefectus Eggius heroically died leading his doomed troops.
Roman casualties have been estimated at 15,000–20,000 dead, and many of the officers were said to have taken their own lives by falling on their swords in the approved manner.[30] Tacitus wrote that many officers were sacrificed by the Germanic forces as part of their indigenous religious ceremonies, cooked in pots and their bones used for rituals.[36] Others were ransomed, and some common soldiers appear to have been enslaved.
Germanic warriors storm the field, Varusschlacht, 1909
All Roman accounts stress the completeness of the Roman defeat. The finds at Kalkriese of 6,000 pieces (largely scraps) of Roman equipment, but only one single item – part of a spur – that is clearly Germanic, indicate minimal Germanic losses. However, the victors would most likely have removed the bodies of their fallen, and their practice of burying their warriors' battle gear with them would have also contributed to the lack of Germanic relics. Additionally, several thousand Germanic soldiers were deserting militiamen who wore Roman armour, and would thus appear to be "Roman" in the archaeological digs. It is also known that the Germanic tribes wore less metal, and more perishable organic material, such as leather.
The victory was followed by a clean sweep of all Roman forts, garrisons and cities – of which there were at least two – east of the Rhine; the remaining two Roman legions in Germania, commanded by Varus' nephew Lucius Nonius Asprenas, were content to try to hold that river. One fort, Aliso, most likely located in today's Haltern am See,[37] fended off the Germanic tribes for many weeks, perhaps even a few months. After the situation became untenable, the garrison under Lucius Caedicius, accompanied by survivors of Teutoburg Forest, broke through the siege, and reached the Rhine.Aftermath
Upon hearing of the defeat, the Emperor Augustus, according to the Roman historian Suetonius in De vita Caesarum ("On the Life of the Caesars"), was so shaken that he stood butting his head against the walls of his palace, repeatedly shouting:
"Quintili Vare, legiones redde!" ('Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!')
The legion numbers XVII and XIX were not used again by the Romans (XVIII was rebuilt under Nero, but disbanded under Vespasian), unlike other legions that were restructured – unique in Roman history, except for the XXII Deiotariana legion, which may have been disbanded after heavy losses against the Jewish rebels in the Bar Kokba revolt (132–136 CE) in Judea.
The battle abruptly ended the period of triumphant Roman expansion that followed the end of the Civil Wars forty years earlier. Augustus' stepson Tiberius took effective control, and prepared for the continuation of the war. Legio II Augusta, XX Valeria Victrix, and XIII Gemina were sent to the Rhine to replace the lost legions.
Arminius sent Varus' severed head to Maroboduus, king of the Marcomanni, the other most powerful Germanic ruler, with the offer of an anti-Roman alliance. Maroboduus declined, sending the head to Rome for burial, and remained neutral throughout the ensuing war. Only thereafter did a brief, inconclusive war break out between the two Germanic leaders.[38]Roman retaliation Germanicus' campaign against the Germanic tribes
The Roman commander Germanicus was the opponent of Arminius in 14–16 CE
Though the shock at the slaughter was enormous, the Romans immediately began a slow, systematic process of preparing for the reconquest of the country. In 14 CE, just after Augustus' death and the accession of his heir and stepson Tiberius, a massive raid was conducted by the new emperor's nephew Germanicus. He attacked the Marsi in a surprise attack. The Bructeri, Tubanti, and Usipeti were roused by the attack and ambushed Germanicus on the way to the winter quarters, but were defeated with heavy losses.[39][40]
The next year was marked by two major campaigns and several smaller battles with a large army estimated at 55,000–70,000 men, backed by naval forces. In spring 15 CE, Legatus Caecina Severus invaded the Marsi a second time with about 25,000–30,000 men, causing great havoc. Meanwhile, Germanicus' troops had built a fort on Mount Taunus from where he marched with about 30,000–35,000 men against the Chatti. Many of the men fled across a river and dispersed themselves in the forests. Germanicus next marched on Mattium (caput gentis) and burned it to the ground.[41][42] After initial successful skirmishes in summer 15 CE, including the capture of Arminius' wife Thusnelda,[43] the army visited the site of the first battle. According to Tacitus, they found heaps of bleached bones and severed skulls nailed to trees, which they buried, "...looking on all as kinsfolk and of their own blood...".
Under Germanicus, the Romans marched another army, along with allied Germanic auxiliaries, into Germania in 16 CE. He forced a crossing of the Weser near modern Minden, suffering some losses to a Germanic skirmishing force, and forced Arminius' army to stand in open battle at Idistaviso in the Battle of the Weser River. Germanicus' legions inflicted huge casualties on the Germanic armies while sustaining only minor losses. A final battle was fought at the Angivarian Wall west of modern Hanover, repeating the pattern of high Germanic fatalities, which forced them to flee. In summer 16 CE, Caius Silius marched against the Chatti with 33,000 men. Germanicus invaded the Marsi a third time and devastated their land.[44]
With his main objectives reached and winter approaching, Germanicus ordered his army back to their winter camps, with the fleet incurring some damage from a storm in the North Sea.[45] After a few more raids across the Rhine, which resulted in the recovery of two of the three legions' eagles lost in 9 CE,[46] Tiberius ordered the Roman forces to halt and withdraw across the Rhine. Germanicus was recalled to Rome and informed by Tiberius that he would be given a triumph and reassigned to a new command.[47][48][49]
Military action in 14 CE
Campaigns in 15 CE
Operations in 16 CE
Germanicus' campaign had been taken to avenge the Teutoburg slaughter and also partially in reaction to indications of mutinous intent amongst his troops. Arminius, who had been considered a very real threat to stability by Rome, was now defeated. Once his allied Germanic coalition had been broken and honour avenged, the huge cost and risk of keeping the Roman army operating beyond the Rhine was not worth any likely benefit to be gained.[30]Later campaigns
Roman coin showing the Aquilla in the Temple of Mars the Avenger in Rome
The third legionary standard was recovered in 41 CE by Publius Gabinius from the Chauci during the reign of Claudius, brother of Germanicus, according to Cassius Dio in Roman History Book LX, Chapter 8.[50] Possibly the recovered aquilae were placed within the Temple of Mars Ultor ("Mars the Avenger"), the ruins of which stand today in the Forum of Augustus by the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome.
The last chapter was recounted by the historian Tacitus. Around 50 CE, bands of Chatti invaded Roman territory in Germania Superior, possibly an area in Hesse east of the Rhine that the Romans appear to have still held, and began to plunder. The Roman commander, Publius Pomponius Secundus, and a legionary force supported by Roman cavalry recruited auxiliaries from the Vangiones and Nemetes. They attacked the Chatti from both sides and defeated them, and joyfully found and liberated Roman prisoners, including some from Varus' legions who had been held for 40 years.[51]Impact on Roman expansion
Further information: Limes Germanicus § Augustus
Germanic situation circa 50 CE
From the time of the rediscovery of Roman sources in the 15th century, Teutoburg Forest has been seen as a pivotal clash, which ended Roman expansion into northern Europe. This notion became especially prevalent in the 19th century, where it formed an integral part of the mythology of German nationalism.
More recently, some scholars have begun to question this interpretation and have pointed out reasons why the Rhine was a much more practical boundary for the Roman Empire than any other river in Germania.[52] Logistically, armies on the Rhine could be supplied from the Mediterranean via the Rhone, Saône and Mosel, with a brief stretch of portage. Armies on the Elbe, on the other hand, would have to have been supplied either by extensive overland routes or ships travelling the hazardous Atlantic seas. Economically, the Rhine was already supporting towns and sizeable villages at the time of the Gallic conquest. Northern Germania was far less developed, possessed fewer villages, and had little food surplus and thus a far lesser capacity for tribute. Thus the Rhine was both significantly more accessible from Rome and better equipped to supply sizeable garrisons than the regions beyond, and there were also practical reasons to fall back from the limits of Augustus' expansionism in this region. Nonetheless, the Severan-era historian Cassius Dio is emphatic that Varus had been conducting the latter stages of full colonization of a greater German province,[53] which has been partially confirmed by recent archaeological discoveries such as the Varian-era Roman provincial settlement at Waldgirmes Forum. There were several later Roman punitive campaigns after that of Germanicus east of the Rhine river into Germania Magna. One of them, led by the Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax, resulted in a Roman victory in 235 CE at the Battle at the Harzhorn Hill,[54] which is located in the modern German state of Lower Saxony, east of the Weser river, between the towns of Kalefeld and Bad Gandersheim.
After Arminius was defeated and dead, Rome tried to control Germania east of the Rhine and north of the Danube indirectly, by appointing client kings. Italicus, a nephew of Arminius, was appointed king of the Cherusci, and Vangio and Sido became vassal princes of the powerful Suebi.[55] [56]Site of the battle
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The archeological site at Kalkriese hill
Schleuderblei (Sling projectiles) found by Major Tony Clunn in Summer 1988, sparked new excavations[57]
The Roman ceremonial face mask found at Kalkriese
For almost 2,000 years, the site of the battle was unidentified. The main clue to its location was an allusion to the saltus Teutoburgiensis in section i.60–62 of Tacitus' Annals, an area "not far" from the land between the upper reaches of the Lippe and Ems Rivers in central Westphalia. During the 19th century, theories as to the site abounded, and the followers of one theory successfully argued for a long wooded ridge called the Osning, around Bielefeld. This was then renamed the Teutoburg Forest.[58]
Late-20th-century research and excavations were sparked by finds by British amateur archaeologist Major Tony Clunn, who was casually prospecting at Kalkriese Hill (52°26′29″N 8°08′26″E / 52.44139°N 8.14056°E) with a metal detector in hopes of finding "the odd Roman coin". He discovered coins from the reign of Augustus (and none later), and some ovoid leaden Roman sling bolts. Kalkriese is a village administratively part of the city of Bramsche, on the north slope fringes of the Wiehen, a ridge-like range of hills in Lower Saxony north of Osnabrück. The site, some 70 km from Detmold, was first suggested by 19th-century historian Theodor Mommsen, one of the "founding fathers" of modern research into ancient history.
The initial systematic excavations were done by the archaeological team of the Kulturhistorisches Museum Osnabrück under the direction of Professor Wolfgang Schlüter from 1987. Once the dimensions of the project had become apparent, a foundation was created to organise future excavations and build and operate a museum on the site, and to centralise publicity work and documentation. Since 1990 the excavations have been directed by Susanne Wilbers-Rost.
Excavations have revealed battle debris along a corridor almost 15 miles from east to west and little more than a mile wide. A long zig-zagging wall of peat turves and packed sand apparently had been constructed beforehand: concentrations of battle debris before it and a dearth behind it testify to the Romans' inability to breach the Germans' strong defense. Human remains appear to corroborate Tacitus' account of their later burial.[59] Coins minted with the countermark VAR, distributed by Varus, also support the identification of the site. As a result, Kalkriese is now perceived to be the site of part of the battle, probably its conclusive phase.
The Varusschlacht Museum and Park Kalkriese includes a large outdoor area with trails leading to a re-creation of part of the earthen wall from the battle and other outdoor exhibits. An observation tower, which holds most of the indoor exhibits, allows visitors to get an overview of the battle site. A second building includes the ticket center, museum store and a restaurant. The museum houses a large number of artifacts found at the site, including fragments of studded sandals legionaries lost, spearheads, and a Roman officer's ceremonial face-mask, which was originally silver-plated.Alternative theories on the battle's location
Although the majority of evidence has the battle taking place east and north of Osnabrück and the end at Kalkriese Hill, some scholars and others adhere to older theories. Moreover, there is controversy among "Kalkriese-adherents" as to the details.
The German historians Peter Kehne and Reinhard Wolters believe that the battle was probably in the Detmold area, and that Kalkriese is the site of one of the battles in 15 CE. This theory is, however, in contradiction to Tacitus' account.
A large body of opinion, including the scholars at the Kalkriese Museum (Susanne Wilbers-Rost, Günther Moosbauer, historian Ralf Jahn and British author Adrian Murdoch, see below), believe that the Roman army approached Kalkriese from roughly due east, from Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, not from the south of the Wiehen Hills (i.e., from Detmold). This would have involved a march along the northern edge of the Wiehen mountains, and would have passed through flat, open country, devoid of the dense forests and ravines described by Cassius Dio. Historians such as Gustav-Adolf Lehmann and Boris Dreyer counter that the description is too detailed and differentiated to be thus dismissed.
Tony Clunn (see below), the discoverer of the battlefield, and a "southern-approach" proponent, believes that the battered Roman army regrouped north of Ostercappeln, where Varus committed suicide, and that the remnants were finally overcome at the Kalkriese Gap.
Peter Oppitz argues for a site in Paderborn. Based on a reinterpretation of the writings of Tacitus, Paterculus, and Florus and a new analysis of those of Cassius Dio, he proposes that an ambush took place in Varus's summer camp during a peaceful meeting between the Roman commanders and the Germans.[60]Portrayal in fiction
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The Hermannsdenkmal circa 1900
The legacy of the Germanic victory was resurrected with the recovery of the histories of Tacitus in the 15th century, when the figure of Arminius, now known as "Hermann" (a mistranslation of the name "Armin" which has often been incorrectly attributed to Martin Luther), became a nationalistic symbol of Pan-Germanism. From then, Teutoburg Forest has been seen as a pivotal clash that ended Roman expansion into northern Europe. This notion became especially prevalent in the 19th century, when it formed an integral part of the mythology of German nationalism.
In 1808 the German Heinrich von Kleist's play Die Hermannsschlacht aroused anti-Napoleonic sentiment, even though it could not be performed under occupation. In 1847, Josef Viktor von Scheffel wrote a lengthy song, "Als die Römer frech geworden" ("When the Romans got cheeky"), relating the tale of the battle with somewhat gloating humour. Copies of the text are found on many souvenirs available at the Detmold monument.
The battle had a profound effect on 19th century German nationalism along with the histories of Tacitus; the Germans, at that time still divided into many states, identified with the Germanic tribes as shared ancestors of one "German people" and came to associate the imperialistic Napoleonic French and Austro-Hungarian forces with the invading Romans, destined for defeat.
As a symbol of unified Romantic nationalism, the Hermannsdenkmal, a monument to Hermann surmounted by a statue, was erected in a forested area near Detmold, believed at that time to be the site of the battle. Paid for largely out of private funds, the monument remained unfinished for decades and was not completed until 1875, after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 unified the country. The completed monument was then a symbol of conservative German nationalism. The battle and the Hermannsdenkmal monument are commemorated by the similar Hermann Heights Monument in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA, erected by the Sons of Hermann, a support organization for German immigrants to the United States. Hermann, Missouri, USA, claims Hermann (Arminius) as its namesake and a third statue of Hermann was dedicated there in a ceremony on 24 September 2009, celebrating the 2,000th anniversary of Teutoburg Forest.
In Germany, where since the end of World War II there has been a strong aversion to nationalistic celebration of the past, such tones have disappeared from German textbooks.[31] Commemoration of the battle's 2,000th anniversary in 2009 was muted.[31] According to Der Spiegel "The old nationalism has been replaced by an easy-going patriotism that mainly manifests itself at sporting events like the soccer World Cup."[31]Paintings of the 19th century
Hermannsschlacht, drawing by Crown prince Frederick William IV of Prussia, 1813
Grab des Arminius (Grave of Arminius), Caspar David Friedrich, 1812
Hermann zersprengt die Ketten von Germania (Hermann breaks the chains of Germania), Karl Russ, circa 1818
Der siegreich vordringende Hermann (The victorious advance of Hermann), Peter Janssen, 1873
Unfortunate campaign of Germanicus, unknown artist, circa 1900
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest - Furor Teutonicus, Paja Jovanović, 1889
The following is a list of all known references to the battle from the literary sources of classical antiquity. Though the account provided in the Roman History is the most detailed of these, Dio Cassius' almost two-century removal from the event and his use of detail mentioned by no earlier author render it much more likely to be a literary re-imagining than a reliable historical record.[citation needed]
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Mommsen referred to the Battle of the Teutoburg forest as a turning-point in world history.
At the time, the location of the battle, the Cheruscan tribal seat, even Arminius' real name were unknown. The Teutoburg Forest, called the Osning Forest throughout the Middle Ages, was renamed after Tacitus' account
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Youth may learn and practice the skills of teamwork, discipline and leadership through the Rutherford County Young Marines, a Rutherford County Sheriff's School Resource Officer said.
The Young Marines instill the core values of the U.S. Marines into boys and girls ages 8 to 18, said Oakland High School SRO Curtis Brinkley, who is an adult leader with the group. The groups started in 1958 with the motto of "Strengthening the lives of America's youth."
"We want you to be courageous in life," SRO Brinkley said. "We want you to be disciplined in understanding every action has a consequence, whether good or bad. We encourage you to make good decisions. If you make mistake, accept that mistake. Accept your own actions and learn from them."
The Young Marines train once per month for an overnight drill at the Smyrna National Guard Reservist Joint Training Center where activities range from physical training, leadership, academics and safety.
Registration for new recruits will be 8 a.m. Saturday, March 15 at the Smyrna Joint Reserve Training Center on Fitzhugh Boulevard in Smyrna. Cost is a $75 fee that pays for shirts, a guidebook, patches for the uniform and hat and medical insurance. To join, youths must still be in good standing at their school.
SRO Brinkley became involved in the Young Marines program when he registered his son and taught a drug demand reduction class. Sheriff Robert Arnold and the SRO Division encourage SROs to be active in youth community groups. The Rutherford County chapter is led by Unit Commander David Assfalg, a retired Marine.
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Viruses constitute a critical component of the marine ecosystem, shaping the diversity, ecology and evolution of the microorganisms with which they interact and infect. It is estimated that there are greater than 1 billion virus particles in a liter of seawater, and yet we are only beginning to understand the nuances of how these tiny players impact marine microbial ecosystems. DNA sequencing technologies are enabling new insights into the vast diversity of laboratory-isolated viruses and natural populations collected from seawater to stimulate new hypotheses regarding how viruses interact with microbes to influence marine elemental cycling.
To better understand the genomic diversity of marine phage (which infect bacteria and archaea) and viruses (which infect microeukaryotes), the Broad Institute, the Marine Microbiology Initiative (MMI) at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the international virus ecology research community initiated the Marine Phage, Virus and Virome Sequencing Project. The effort resulted in 127 annotated phage and virus genomes and 137 viral metagenomes (sequences of whole virus communities). All data are publicly available through NCBI, with accompanying accession information here. The project included a phylogenetic breath of bacterial hosts, including a diverse range of cyanophage and vibriophage, and unique algal-infecting viruses. Each metagenome received approximately one quarter of a 454 FLX sequencing plate. This community resource project enabled major participation by the international marine virus ecology community and greatly increased the number of environmental viral genomes and metagenomes.
The results of this effort encompass a wealth of new knowledge gained due to a significant increase in the amount of viral DNA sequence available to researchers, new bioinformatics training opportunities, and new ways to quantify and describe a hitherto 'black box' of viral ecology. Highlights from the project include delineation of new viral families and a more robust biogeography of viral lineages in the global oceans (for example, Holmfeldt et al., 2013, Labonté and Suttle, 2013, Kelly et al., 2013), and new insights into host-viral interactions (for example, Ankrah et al., 2014).
The project forms a portfolio with the Microbial Genome Sequencing Project to sequence diverse marine bacterial and archaeal isolates; the Environmental Metagenomics Sequencing Portfolio to sequence whole microbial communities from locations around the world; and the Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP) to sequence the gene content of hundreds of single-celled marine eukaryote cultures.
The following workshops have highlighted the Marine Phage, Virus and Virome Sequencing Project, and have helped researchers exchange ideas and forge new collaborations.
Environmental Virology: A workshop on experimental methods, informatics tools, and theory, January 6-12, 2013, Tucson, AZ, USA
A Viromics Workshop: Tools and Tricks to See the 'Virus' in Diverse Sequence Datasets, May 17, 2014, Boston, MA, USA
Aquatic Virus Workshop 7, November 3-7, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Aquatic Virus Workshop 6, October 30-November 3, 2011, Texel, The Netherlands
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A bioinformatics pipeline, the Viral Informatics Resource for Metagenome Exploration (VIROME), has been supported (Grant #2732) to enable classification of viral metagenome sequences based on homology search results against a curated reference database of known and environmental sequences.
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All data are publicly available through NCBI, with accompanying accession information available for download. Data are also available through iMicrobe via project pages for the genomes and metagenomes.
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Santini, S., S. Jeudy, J. Bartoli, O. Poirot, M. Lescot, C. Abergel, V. Barbe, K. E. Wommack, A. A. M. Noordeloos, C. P. D. Brussard, & J. M. Claverie. (2013). Genome of Phaeocystis globose virus PgV-16T highlights the common ancestry of the largest known DNA viruses infecting eukaryotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(26): 10800-10805. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303251110
Snyder, J. C., B. Bolduc, M. M. Bateson, & M. J. Young. (2011). The prevalence of STIV c92-like proteins in acidic thermal environments. Advances in Virology, 2011: Article ID 650930. doi:10.1155/2011/650930
Giovannelli, D., S. Ferriera, J. Johnson, S. Kravitz, I. Pérez-Rodríguez, J. Ricci, C. O'Brien, J. W. Voordeckers, E. Bini, & C. Vetriani. (2011). Draft genome sequence of Caminibacter mediatlanticus strain TB-2T, an epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 5(1): 135–143. doi:10.4056/sigs.2094859
John, S. G., C. B. Mendez, L. Deng, B. Poulos, A. K. M. Kauffman, S. Kern, J. Brum, M. F. Polz, E. A. Boyle, & M. B. Sullivan. (2011). A simple and efficient method for concentration of ocean viruses by chemical flocculation. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 3: 195–202. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00208.x
Lander, G. C., A. C. Baudoux, F. Azam, C. S. Potter, B. Carragher, & J. E. Johnson. (2012). Capsomer dynamics and stabilization in the T = 12 marine bacteriophage SIO-2 and its procapsid studied by CryoEM. Structure, 20(3): 498-503. doi:10.1016/j.str.2012.01.007
Uitz, J., D. Stramski, A. C. Baudoux, R. A. Reynolds, V. M. Wright, J. Dubranna, & F. Azam. (2010). Variations in the optical properties of a particle suspension associated with viral infection of marine bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 55(6): 2317-2330. doi: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2317
Polson, S. W., S. W. Wilhelm, & K. E. Wommack. (2011). Unraveling the viral tapestry (from inside the capsid out). ISME Journal, 5(2), 165-168. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.81
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The first thing Robert Scoble did when he walked into class was to pull out his camera cell phone and attempt to show the class how instantaneous it has gotten to broadcast an event. I found it fascinating that our discussion over the hour and a half touched on how new technologies are enabling more of a time-shift in the way we consume media. At the same time, there is still a need to be the first to put something up on the web, be the first to view it, and be the first to talk about it.
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Thought this was interesting. Dug up an old video of me pulling 5 plates for the first time (495lbs) and compared it to my rocket ship 501 deadlift from today's meet. It's pretty clear that the bar speed indicates progress. Swweeettt!!
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Esteban is a member of the Los Santos Vagos. During the mission, "Repossession," Simeon Yetarian orders Franklin Clinton and Lamar Davis to repossess a Bagger from the Vagos in Vespucci Beach. After a long shootout, Esteban takes the bike and escapes from the area. Franklin gives chase and take the bike, but Lamar keeps the bike and leaves with it, preventing Franklin from bringing it back to Simeon.
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In Yemen war, hospitals bombed to rubble, starvation spreadsDisfigured by 10 months of war, over half the population in Yemen faces hunger and not even hospitals are spared
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Ugandan HIV control body under pressure to close, activists objectNew HIV infections have increased in Uganda in recent years, a change attributed mainly to complacency among the public
Yazidi slave survivor urges UK leaders to actA young Yazidi survivor of slavery is urging British lawmakers and lawyers today to help free the thousands of women and girls that remain captive at the hands of Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
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UNDP raises $60 mln for food aid in drought-hit ZimbabweHarare has appealed for nearly $1.6 bln in aid to pay for food amid drought that has left 3 million people in need
Zika, disease of the poor, may not change abortion in BrazilZika outbreak has revived debate on easing Brazil's abortion laws which are some of the toughest in the world
Border fences will not stop migrants heading to Europe -think-tankRefugees should be seen as a resource rather than a problem, says think-tank
Food aid to run out in Ethiopia unless donors step in - charityAid agency warns of potential "catastrophic escalation" in severe malnutrition as Ethiopia grapples with massive drought
factbox Neglected tropical diseases - who do they affect?There are 17 neglected tropical diseases which together affect more than 1 billion people
UN fears for hundreds of thousands if Syria troops encircle AleppoUN warns of a new exodus of refugees fleeing Russian-backed assault on Aleppo
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Nearly 100 nerve disorder cases linked to Zika in ColombiaScientists studying a potential - but unproven - link between surge in cases of Guillain-Barre and the Zika virus
Zimbabwe calls for $1.6 billion in aid to pay for foodA drought in Zimbabwe has badly affected harvests and left 3 million people in need
Modernising African agriculture to help the poor?
The impacts of agricultural modernisation policies on the poorest are inadequately assessed, based on the assumption that they do good
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Statistics on inequality grab public attention because they are powerful and useful. But they only tell part of the story.
Syria donor conference is the first big test of resolveBy Dominic MacSorley, CEO, Concern Worldwide
Whatever way we look at it, 2016 will prove the greatest test of our mettle on Syria and of our humanitarian response
How can we build peace in Syria before a deal is signed?By Harriet Lamb, CEO, International Alert
Donors must think about how aid for vital services can reinforce peace, and does not potentially add to tensions
Wind and sun can power end to Africa's energy povertyBy Ranjit Deshmukh & Grace Wu, University of California
In East and southern Africa, two thirds of countries have enough wind and solar potential to meet 2030 electricity demand
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N.Korea says to freeze assets of South Korean firms at Kaesong
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