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/ 23 February 2007
In its 53 years of existence, <i>The Paris Review</i> has become synonymous with the in-depth, question-and-answer interview with a famous writer, writes James Campbell.
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/ 23 February 2007
<b>Darryl Accone</b> reviews two great literary traditions, <i>Granta</i> and <i>The Paris Review</i> .
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/ 23 February 2007
A primary school caretaker was remanded in custody on Friday on charges that he was behind a three-week spate of letter-bomb attacks that injured eight people in Britain. Banbury Magistrate’s Court, in south-central England, ordered Miles Cooper (27) held by the detention authorities until his next appearance in nearby Oxford Crown Court on March 2.
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/ 23 February 2007
Mordkhe Schaechter, who dedicated his life to preserving Yiddish as a living language, has died in the United States, aged 79, the <i>New York Times</i> reported on February 17. Schaechter, who was born in Romania, died in a hospital in the north Bronx after a long illness, his daughter said.
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/ 23 February 2007
Carl Henning Pedersen, one of Denmark’s most famous painters and a founder of the Cobra art movement, has died aged 93, the mayor of a town home to a gallery named after the artist said. Pedersen’s works are known for their bright, expressionistic imagery. He was often described as a painter of fantasy and fairytale.
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/ 23 February 2007
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Friday on two Lebanese workers in southern Nigeria’s Rivers State, killing one, police and industry sources said. "The men were shot early this morning. We believe they were on their way to the airport when they were attacked. One died immediately while the other was seriously injured," a senior police officer said, refusing to be identified.
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/ 23 February 2007
The five people accused of stealing jewellery valued at R4-million from Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s home were severely beaten by police, the Orlando Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday. Mbuso Vutela, Paul Githuka and his wife Nolwazi, his son, Mpumelelo, and daughter Jerry made their first appearance on Friday.
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/ 23 February 2007
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s condition in the Johannesburg Hospital has stabilised significantly, her doctor said on Friday. ”Any assisted ventilation has not been necessary,” said Professor Jeff Wing, who is attending to the minister in the hospital’s intensive-care unit.
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/ 23 February 2007
Teachers across Zimbabwe have called off a three-week strike for better wages and working conditions after the government agreed to a near four-fold increase in their pay, union officials said on Friday. ”We have called off the strike,” Raymond Majongwe, secretary general of the radical Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, said.
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/ 23 February 2007
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has criticised the proposal to rename Cape Town International Airport after ”little-known” trade unionist Jimmy la Guma, saying such a move will diminish the international branding of the city.