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Economy takes center stage at McCain-Obama debate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years last night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping $300 billion program to shield homeowners from...Tags: Hofstra University, Mortgages, Diplomacy, Long Island, National Government
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Review: Isabel Bayrakdarian and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Special to The TimesOnce they've hit the big time, opera stars have often used their platforms to explore and promote their national heritages. Enrico Caruso belted Neapolitan songs, Jussi Björling sang Swedish songs, Jessye Norman performed spirituals, Plácido Domingo...Tags: Genocide, Music Industry, Folk Music, Dance, Enrico Caruso
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Bobby Fischer's Idiosyncrasies May Well Have Been In His DNA
In a 2006 documentary about Bobby Fischer, Gudmundur Thorarinsson, former President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, evokes Fischer with a quote from Shakespeare: "I could be bound in a nutshell," declares Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, "and count myself...Tags: Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Chess Playing, Game Playing
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Italian survivor recalls WWII massacre at trial of German army officer
Associated Press WriterMUNICH, Germany (AP) _ Gino Massetti was 15 when he was rounded up by German troops near the Italian village of Falzano di Cortona and herded with 10 other civilians into a barn. Now 79, Massetti told a Munich state court Tuesday at the trial of a former...Tags: Court Administration, Murder, Trials, Defense, Prosecution
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Vatican No. 2 defends Pius XII as defending Jews with his 'prudence' during Holocaust
Associated Press WriterVATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican stepped up its defense of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews through his prudent diplomacy. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore...Tags: Religious Leaders, Society, Benedict XVI, Diplomacy, Ceremonies
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Karadzic files motion with UN war crimes court to turn over evidence on alleged Holbrooke deal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) _ Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wants U.N. war crimes prosecutors to turn over any evidence they have about an alleged deal he cut to avoid prosecution, saying he wants to use it in a motion to have his indictment...Tags: Witnesses, War Crimes, Civil Unrest, Prosecution, Punishment
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March marks 1968 Mexico killings
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThousands of Mexicans marched across their nation's capital Thursday to demand justice for victims of a 1968 massacre of students by government troops -- contemporary Mexico's most traumatic atrocity and one that remains unresolved. Survivors of that...Tags: Genocide, International Court or Tribunal, Human Rights, Heads of State, Olympic Games
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'The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God' by Jonathan Kirsch
The Grand Inquisitor's Manual
A History of Terror in the Name of God
Jonathan Kirsch
HarperOne: 296 pp., $26.95
JONATHAN KIRSCH leaves no doubt about his motive for writing "The Grand Inquisitor's Manual," a scathing account of the Inquisition's 600-...Tags: Genocide, Values, Human Rights, History, Upper House
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Bulletin Board: Events in Palm Beach County
Today City Limits Concert, Bobby Blue band performing blues with Nuklebusters Blues band, 8 p.m., City Limits, 19 NE Third Ave., Delray Beach. $23. Call 561-279-8222. Concert of Andean music, traditional Andean music by Kuyayky, a group formed in Peru...Tags: Delray Beach, Florida Atlantic University, Lake Worth, Siemens, Palm Beach Gardens
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Jewish voters need more from candidates than 'never again'
I am a Holocaust survivor and a Florida voter — a primary demographic wooed by Democrats and Republicans. Both parties ask what button they need to press to get this demographic group to vote for them. Answer: the Holocaust. Show Jews a pile of...Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Government, Demographics, Katie Couric
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Pope John Paul II's compassion for Jews on display at Skirball
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs a young boy in Poland before World War II, Karol Jozef Wojtyla possessed an uncommon warmth for an often reviled group of outsiders -- Jews. Like most others in his hometown, Wojtyla was Catholic. But he counted Jewish children among his friends --...Tags: Religious Leaders, Culture, School Examinations, Judaism, James Buchanan
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Biden-Palin: More on foreign policy
Spin CyclePalin accuses Obama of a "reckless" comment that we're killing civilians by raiding villages. Biden: "Facts matter, Gwen.... Our commanding general in Afghanistan says the surge principle used in Iraq eill not work in Afghanistan." He repeats points for...Tags: Genocide, Wars and Interventions, Richard Lugar, Dick Cheney
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