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PASSINGS: Leo Kirch, Roland Petit, Cal Montney, Lee Vines, Googie Withers, Frank Billerbeck
Leo Kirch
German media mogul
Leo Kirch, 84, who turned his one-man film distribution company into Germany's second-biggest media business before losing control of it after a gamble on pay television, died Thursday in Munich. His family did not give...Tags: Obituaries, Spike Lee, Human Interest, Danny Kaye, Diseases and Illnesses
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Economic crisis: Should the U.S. brace for European-style riots? [Most Commented]
Opinion L.A.The European Union is suffering on a scale much larger than just the crisis in Greece. Timothy Garton Ash, a contributing editor to Opinion, says it’s because the old political and emotional motivators of the EU have faded. While Greece...... -
Perspectives on the fall of the Berlin Wall
We make fun of Nostradamus and numerologists, but give editors an anniversary and the floodgates open. We're anniversary-ologists, as USA Today might say. Unfortunately, trying to take the pulse of what happened in Eastern Europe in 1989 is more complex...Tags: Democracy, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Society, Berlin (Germany)
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Ronald Reagan Dies at 93
Times Staff WriterRonald Reagan, the Hollywood actor who became one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century and transformed the political landscape of an era with his vision of conservative government, died Saturday at his home in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los...Tags: Concerts, Ronald Reagan, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Moscow Airport Bombing (2011), Heroism
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From the archives: Policy Called 'Gorbachev's Best Bet'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- The Soviet Union, after decades of costly pursuit of superpower status, took a significant step this week toward reintegrating itself politically, economically and culturally with the European continent. Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev,...Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Politics, Moscow (Russia), Interior Policy, Diplomacy
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From the archives: Hungary Allows Exodus to West by East Germans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- Thousands of jubilant East Germans began crossing into Austria and freedom early today shortly after the Hungarian government opened the border with a dramatic announcement late Sunday, declaring that all East Germans in its territory seeking to...Tags: Finance, Communist Party, Civil Rights, Mass Media, Trips and Vacations
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From the archives: East Germans Punch 1st Holes in Wall, Pledge Free Elections
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWEST BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of East Germans streamed through the Berlin Wall into West Berlin on Friday as the Communist regime pledged that freedom of travel will be permanent, began punching holes in the wall for new crossings and promised free...Tags: Politics, Death, Regional Authority, Berlin (Germany), Career and Workplace
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From the archives: Key W. German Banker Killed in Car Bombing
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- Alfred Herrhausen, the head of West Germany's largest bank and one of the most powerful men in Europe, was killed in a bomb attack Thursday while he was en route to his office in Frankfurt. The office of the chief federal prosecutor said that the...Tags: Crimes, Finance, Deutsche Bank AG, Companies and Corporations, Prisons
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From the archives: Honecker Quits; E. Germany May Change Course
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- Embattled East German leader Erich Honecker resigned Wednesday under increasing pressure and was succeeded by Egon Krenz, a Politburo member regarded as a hard-liner, who indicated he will chart a new course. Honecker, 77, has been ailing since a...Tags: Politics, Economic Policy, Berlin (Germany), Freedom of the Press, National Government
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