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Vaclav Havel dies at 75; Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution'
Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.
Havel, a former chain smoker with chronic respiratory problems, had been...Tags: European Union, Prague (Czech Republic), Czech Republic, Political Systems, Nobel Prize Awards
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Newt Gingrich under fire in final GOP debate before Iowa vote
In the final debate before voting starts in the 2012 presidential contest, front-running Newt Gingrich battled renewed criticism Thursday night from rivals over his activities outside of government, including taking $1.6 million from mortgage giant...Tags: Rick Santorum, Denver Broncos, Newt Gingrich, Freddie Mac, Regional Authority
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Cuba stops dissident Rights Day protest, 200 held
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents said on Saturday that about 200 people were temporarily detained by the Communist-run island's security services in the days leading up to an international human rights celebration. Government supporters danced salsa...Tags: Political Dissent, Cuba, Civil Rights, Fidel Castro, Politics
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At Least 60 Killed in Iraq Bombings
CNN/KTLA NewsBaghdad -- Attackers killed at least 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in strikes that targeted Shiites and renewed fears of sectarian violence, authorities said. The deadliest attack was a suicide bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims just west of the...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Injuries and Wounds
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U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare
The Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, U.S. officials quietly ended the bloody and bitterly divisive conflict here Thursday, but the debate over whether it was worth the...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Iraq
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Cradle of Arab Spring celebrates first anniversary
ReutersSIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people packed a provincial town square to celebrate the first anniversary on Saturday of Tunisia's democratic revolution in the place where it began, unleashing a tide of popular revolt that has...Tags: Tawakul Karman, Syria, Politics, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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The Chicago Tribune's favorite books of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, we take a minute to reflect on the year's best in the world of publishing. Here is the list of our favorites, all published this year:
FICTION
"The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
This gorgeous novel portrays the whirlwind...Tags: Ernest Hemingway, David Foster Wallace, Companies and Corporations, Malcolm X, Economy, Business and Finance
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Searching for a lost son in spellbinding 'Progress'; worthy 'Opus'
"The Word Progress on My Mother's Lips Doesn't Ring True" ****
In an essay in the Dec. 4 edition of the New York Times Magazine, Kenan Trebincevic, a Bosnian muslim who fled to the United States during the 1990s wars, recounts his recent visit to his...Tags: White House, Rodney Dangerfield, Weaponry, Arts and Culture, The New York Times
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'Flowers of War' goes truly global
In a globalized age, Chinese and American pop culture mix in unexpected ways. Taiwanese singers borrow from hip-hop and R&B. Locked-out NBA players join mainland basketball teams. And Batman — or, at least, the man who plays him — is called...Tags: Religion and Belief, Empire of the Sun (movie), Heroism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment
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12/8/2011-Merry Christmas Iran
Oh great. The imams and ayatollahs in Iran now have our most top-secret drone, the jet- propelled, radar-phobic RQ-170. I knew this would happen sooner or later. It was just a matter of time before one of our brilliantly conceived and designed unmanned...Tags: Religion and Belief, Iran, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts
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To clear Occupy camp, LAPD uses new tactics
When the end came, it came swiftly and with the shock of an overwhelming force.
Hundreds of police officers in riot gear swarmed out of Los Angeles City Hall early Wednesday, batons across their chests, surprising and engulfing the Occupy L.A. protesters...Tags: Political Dissent, Los Angeles Police Department, Politics, Demonstration, Occupy Wall Street
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National Review's Jack Fowler: Occupy is 'street theater' staged by 'a bunch of doofuses'
Jack Fowler was not amused. Or maybe he was. It's hard to say.
The publisher of the National Review was asked what he thought of the American flag being flown upside by protesters at Occupy New Haven on the city's historic Green. The flag has been...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Political Dissent, Barack Obama, William F. Buckley, Peter King
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