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    May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Pakistan secular candidates campaign at their own risk

    SHABQADAR, Pakistan — When Masoom Shah hits the campaign trail these days, he brings a 9-millimeter Glock pistol and a team of up to 50 bodyguards. Instead of appearing before large crowds, he meets small clusters of voters at guesthouses where everyone is frisked before they enter. He limits his speeches to 30 minutes and then quickly slips out of the room.
    SHABQADAR, Pakistan — When Masoom Shah hits the campaign trail these days, he brings a 9-millimeter Glock pistol and a team of up to 50 bodyguards. Instead of appearing before large crowds, he meets small clusters of voters at guesthouses where...

    Tags: Pakistan, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Armed Conflicts, Human Rights

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The boy behind Kristallnacht

    On the night of Nov. 7, 1938, at the German Embassy in Paris, a 17-year-old Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan gained access to the office of a low-ranking Nazi named Ernst vom Rath by promising to turn over an "important document." Instead, Grynszpan fired five bullets at Rath; only two of them hit their target, but one proved fatal. Despite multiple transfusions of good French blood and the ministrations of Hitler's personal physician, Rath died two days later in a Paris clinic.
    On the night of Nov. 7, 1938, at the German Embassy in Paris, a 17-year-old Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan gained access to the office of a low-ranking Nazi named Ernst vom Rath by promising to turn over an "important document." Instead, Grynszpan...

    Tags: Car Mechanics, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Nazi Party, Olympic Games, Paris (France)

    3. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. As 'Mad Men' moves into 1968, Matt Weiner talks history

    “Mad Men” returned to AMC Sunday night with a premiere that was criticized by some for being too slow – perhaps a touch ironic, given that the episode saw Don Draper and his colleagues ringing in 1968, a year that was anything but uneventful.
    “Mad Men” returned to AMC Sunday night with a premiere that was criticized by some for being too slow – perhaps a touch ironic, given that the episode saw Don Draper and his colleagues ringing in 1968, a year that was anything but...

    Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Columbia University, Malcolm X, Netflix Inc., Arrested Development (tv program)

    4. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Russia ex-tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead

    MOSCOW — Boris Berezovsky, 67, an exiled Russian ex-tycoon who played a key role in bringing Vladimir Putin to power, only to have a bitter falling out, has died in Britain, according to his family and Russian news reports.
    MOSCOW — Boris Berezovsky, 67, an exiled Russian ex-tycoon who played a key role in bringing Vladimir Putin to power, only to have a bitter falling out, has died in Britain, according to his family and Russian news reports. Berezovsky had claimed...

    Tags: Politics, Television Networks, United Kingdom, Vladimir Putin, Roman Abramovich

    5. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Musharraf tells supporters he has returned to save Pakistan

    KARACHI, Pakistan — As former military ruler Pervez Musharraf stepped off the plane at Karachi’s international airport Sunday, he returned to a very different nation from the one he was forced to leave in 2008 — one that has no interest in bringing back military rule, and has little if any appetite to give a onetime autocrat a major spotlight on the political stage.
    Los Angeles Times
    KARACHI, Pakistan — As former military ruler Pervez Musharraf stepped off the plane at Karachi’s international airport Sunday, he returned to a very different nation from the one he was forced to leave in 2008 — one that has no...

    Tags: Pakistan, Politics, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Kabul (Afghanistan), Islamabad (Pakistan)

    6. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returns to Pakistan

    KARACHI, Pakistan—Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ended four years of self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan on Sunday, hoping to craft a political comeback in upcoming parliamentary elections despite pending criminal cases awaiting him and a legacy of authoritarian rule that most Pakistanis prefer to forget.
    Los Angeles Times
    KARACHI, Pakistan—Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ended four years of self-imposed exile and returned to Pakistan on Sunday, hoping to craft a political comeback in upcoming parliamentary elections despite pending criminal cases awaiting...

    Tags: Pakistan, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Politics

    7. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Syrians on both sides of conflict condemn killing of cleric

    BEIRUT — Both sides in the Syrian conflict on Friday denounced the killing of an esteemed Sunni Muslim cleric and prominent supporter of President Bashar Assad in what authorities called a suicide bombing that left scores dead at a Damascus mosque.
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    BEIRUT — Both sides in the Syrian conflict on Friday denounced the killing of an esteemed Sunni Muslim cleric and prominent supporter of President Bashar Assad in what authorities called a suicide bombing that left scores dead at a Damascus mosque....

    Tags: Rebellions, Beirut (Lebanon), Islam, Christianity, Religious Conflicts

    8. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist dies; Hitler assassination plotter

    Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last known surviving member of the German resistance group that tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II, has died. He was 90.
    Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last known surviving member of the German resistance group that tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II, has died. He was 90. He died Friday at his home in Munich, his wife, Gundula von Kleist,...

    Tags: Germany, Book, Conservative Party (UK), Berlin (Germany), World War II (1939-1945)

    9. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Terrorism and the war at home

    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) waged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor this week in a futile effort to set clear limits on the administration's use of covert military force. Specifically, Paul wanted the administration to concede that it couldn't legally assassinate Americans on U.S. soil. The idea that a president would approve a drone strike on a citizen sitting at a cafe in Boston or San Francisco or Wichita seems far-fetched, but even the least paranoid among us can't help but be troubled by the administration's less-than-definitive assurances.
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) waged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor this week in a futile effort to set clear limits on the administration's use of covert military force. Specifically, Paul wanted the administration to concede that it couldn't legally...

    Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, John Brennan, National Government, Rand Paul

    10. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Wednesday TV Highlights: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' on CBS

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    Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES Whitney: Whitney's (Whitney Cummings) father gives her a gift of $5,000 in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC)....

    Tags: Television Industry, Stephen Amell, Calgary Flames, ABC (tv network), Bravo (tv network)

    11. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The $570,000 JFK bomber jacket bargain

    Would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket?
    Would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket? Probably not (though I’m willing to give NBA stars and the like an out here). But would you pay $570,000 for a bomber jacket, complete with presidential seal, once worn by John F. Kennedy aboard Air...

    Tags: Chocolate Cake, John F. Kennedy, World War II (1939-1945), Abraham Lincoln, Indiana Jones (fictional character)

    12. Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Iranian general reportedly assassinated while traveling from Syria

    BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military commanders have been dispatched to Syria.
    BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military...

    Tags: Reconstruction, Rebellions, Politics, Tehran (Iran), United Nations

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