With his three new works in the run's rotation of 21 dances, Mr. Taylor warns off anyone from assuming that the sun-filled corner he turned in 1962 was a point of no return.

WSJ: Paul Taylor | A Season of Scribbles, Pantomime and Bugs | Dance Review by Robert Greskovic

Egypt's foreign minister warned that Syria was reaching a point of no return, an opinion echoed by such diverse Egyptian institutions as al-Azhar University and the cineastes union.

ECONOMIST: Syria and the region