The above plotlines, along with several others, could easily be played for outright comedy or farce, but what is instead presented is a fascinating and often quite dramatic look at the many facets of the heart.

Rickards: G-7 Statement 'A Farce' Jim Rickards, author of the New York Times bestseller, "Currency Wars, The Making of the Next Global Crisis," does not believe the G-7 is not using the currency to boost their economic performances. 

Take a vote, stop this farce, and end this shutdown right now," the president said. The Associated Press contributed tot his report. 

The presumed unity government in Iraq that the United States sought is a farce. There is no unity; Prime Minister Abadi is weak and has done little to pacify the Sunni community.

The reaction of the Crimean authorities to any display of allegiance to Ukraine sometimes borders on farce.

Lord Maginnis says that "farce or otherwise, the coming elections are of primary importance to the future of Iran, of the region and of the world."

They think they've gotten to know this person even though the entire thing was a farce. Mr. Jekielek: What is their situation now, the mother and the minor? I'm not even sure if they're a minor now. I guess they still are. Ms.

Stemming from the story of a servant named Dennis who appears only once in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It,' this family-friendly farce traces this underdog's journey as a struggling actor who discovers friends, foes, and plenty of tomfoolery along his

The digital release of Seth Rogen's North Korea farce "The Interview" ($15 million in its first four days) proved that the studios are eager to test the traditional theatrical window, even if it means upsetting the exhibitors.

“They [the authorities] are uneasy about us witnessing such a farce. It’s as fake as the trial of Bo Xilai,” he said, referring to the scripted proceedings against a former member of the Politburo.

There's no denying Sony Pictures has been under enormous pressure over the release or not of "The Interview," its controversial farce about an assassination plot against North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

The story could be played as farce, comedy, or drama, but this production sadly takes the easy way out with the outcome obvious from the beginning.

The repression in Tibet is unbearable, and any suggestion that there is religious freedom in the country is a farce, said Sangay. Monks in monasteries are forced to spit on pictures of the Dalai Lama to show their loyalty to the regime.

Nearly all of the mining in Colombia is illegal, they write, and this specific region is home to guerrilla and militia groups, including the FARC and the ELN, that use mining to support their activities.  

The end result plays neither as drama, comedy, farce, or anything in between. Crude toilet humor about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former U.S.

Search results on Baidu, a major search engine in China, were stacked with negative reports about the protest, calling it a "farce," while playing up the efforts of those in Hong Kong that oppose taking action against Beijing attempts at enhanced control

Barrera also had alliances with both the right-wing paramilitaries and the Marxist terrorist organization FARC to traffic cocaine, Santos said.

The prison sentence was widely seen as no more than a continuation of the same, long-running violent farce.

In the case of Wang Quanzhang the Zhejiang Daily ran a commentary with the headline: “Lawyer Detained: a Farce, a Joke.” In the past, such cases have been tightly censored. 

His government will hold talks with with the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the coming weeks to try to come to an agreement on how to stop a decades-long conflict.

The Global Times called the referendum "ridiculous" and an "illegal farce." It also said that the 1.3 billion people in China should also have a say on the issue of elections in Hong Kong.

These plays are classics in their own categories (tragedy, comedy, farce, and so on), having stood up well over the years, and in a couple of cases, very many years.  My list also includes the broader categories of children’s and musical theater.

These findings on statins' major adverse effects had been under-reported and the way in which they [were] withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce.

Beijing's been lying about it for several years and now there's just too much evidence, they can't maintain that farce any longer, so they have admitted these re-education camps do exist.

The story goes that one television commentator refused to commentate on the farce and another suggested people switch over to something else. Nowadays, the final group games at World Cups are played simultaneously to prevent such collusion.

In this sense, movements of stateless peoples like the Kurds or the Karen have the same aspirations as rebel groups like the Free Syrian Army or the FARC in Colombia. Walt's arguments certainly apply to these groups.

Edilberto Ramon, the secretary of the government in Caquetá, said that the attack was likely carried out by FARC.

,' are those high-ranking officers who financially benefit from drug trafficking with FARC [Colombia's left-wing guerrillas, who are heavily involved in drug trafficking to the United States and Europe], with whom they have close relations," Salgueiro

This tale about a woman who disguises herself as a man and the confusion that occurs when she and her long lost twin brother arrive in the same town makes for classic farce; and the able cast, including Stephen Fry who does a wonderful turn as the hapless

And so as a drama, it maybe went from a dark tragic thing to a dark tragic farce, and that's where we're standing today, I think.