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Kinsley: China on the capitalist road
China Daily, the largest English-language newspaper in China, carried a front-page headline last week: "Village Gratitude Shows Integrity of Task." Not clear what that's about, and the opening sentence isn't much help: "On a hot afternoon, Zhou Yi picked...
Tags: Chen Guangcheng, Politics, Companies and Corporations, China, Political Systems
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Sarajevo with tears: Another walk down Logavina Street
Jacket CopyBarbara Demick says that" real Sarajevans don’t like to talk about the war," but her book, "Logavina Street," follows the lives of a small community during the conflict. It has been re-released, with additional materials, commemorating the 20th... -
German author Christa Wolf has died
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Christa Wolf dies at 82; celebrated German writer
Christa Wolf, one of Germany's most celebrated writers for her depictions of life in the former communist East, but who was later damaged by revelations she collaborated with its secret police, has died. She was 82.
Wolf died Thursday in Berlin,...Tags: Politics, Berlin (Germany), Political Systems, Literature, University of Oxford
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Gen X women, young for their age
Special to the Los Angeles TimesMuch has been made this year about the behemoth baby boom generation reaching retirement age. But another significant milestone is slipping past a bit more quietly yet with noticeable impact. The first wave of Gen-Xers has rounded 40, and they are...Tags: Jennifer Lopez, Sixteen Candles (movie), Victoria Beckham, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Personal Service
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Lawrence S. Eagleburger dies at 80; former secretary of State
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the wisecracking, chain-smoking diplomat who charmed both Republicans and Democrats, handled tense assignments during the first Persian Gulf War and rose up the ranks to become secretary of State toward the end of President George...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Otto von Habsburg dies at 98; son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor
Otto von Habsburg, the oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor who saw the end of his family's centuries-long rule and emerged to become a champion of a Europe united by democracy, died Monday in his sleep at his home in Poecking, Germany, where he...Tags: Obituaries, U.S. Military, Civil Unrest, Europe, Germany
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It's spy versus himself in 'The Nearest Exit'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Nearest Exit A Novel Olen Steinhauer St. Martin's/Minotaur: 404 pp., $25.99 In the last 20 years, there have been real-life events that have given pause to readers and writers of spy thrillers, events that make us reconsider the tenets of the...Tags: Crimes, Politics, Islam, Central Intelligence Agency, Espionage and Intelligence
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Osama bin Laden's death galvanizes Sunday night
Show TrackerFor the first, and possibly last, time in history, Sunday night owned television. The medium that captured, in horrifying and world-changing detail, the fall of the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks also brought the news,...
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