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/ 5 February 2008
Horacio Pietragalla felt "like a cat raised in a family of dogs" and was puzzled that, at the age of 14, he was already taller than his father. It was only later that he discovered he was the child of a left-wing activist murdered by the Argentine military during the "dirty war". The executioners gave Horacio away to a general’s maid more than a quarter of a century ago.
Years ago, the comedian Alexei Sayle used to entertain his audience with wondrous tales about holidays in Albania. Then it seemed an almost exotically remote place, isolated from the world by the communist government of Enver Hoxha, living in a parallel universe far removed from the West. Albania remains one of Europe’s most exotic and remote places. Get there before Club Med.
Henry Kissinger may face extradition proceedings in connection with the role of the US in the 1973 military coup in Chile. He is wanted for questioning as a witness in the investigation into the overthrow of the socialist president, Salvador Allende.
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/ 16 February 2001
The 5 722 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made their nominations for this year’s Oscars. Duncan Campbell asks five of the anonymous ‘judges’ how they make their choices.
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/ 12 January 2000
It started on a cruise ship and ended up as a terrific movie. Ry Cooder tells Duncan Campbell how he brought a group of elderly, unworldly musicians to the attention of the world