The Gypsies – a Romanian problem
signandsight.com - Romanians kicked up a mighty fuss about being discriminated against by the Italians but it’s the pot calling the kettle black, writes Mircea Cartarescu.
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A Cultural Symptom?
Harvard Magazine, by Ashley Pettus - Are some experiences so horrific that the human brain seals them away, only to recall them years later? The concept of “repressed memory,” known by the diagnostic term dissociative amnesia, has long fueled controversy in psychiatry.
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Enemies of thought
Guardian - A very public feud between two philosophers involving damning book reviews, professional roastings and personal slights shows how bitter, unforgiving - and unwittingly hilarious - academic spats can be, says Stuart Jeffries.
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The queen is dead. Long live the cause
Times - Assassins may change history but they rarely achieve their goal as they are blinded by anger and revenge.
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Benazir Bhutto killed in attack
BBC - Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack. News of her death was confirmed by a military spokesman and members of her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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Usvojena Rezolucija o Kosovu
Slobodna Evropa - Skupština Srbije usvojila je u sredu uveče Rezoluciju o Kosovu, koju je predložila Vlada a u kojoj se posredno odbija ulazak u Evropsku uniju i NATO, ako međunarodna zajednica prizna nezavisnost Kosova. Rezolucijom se takođe proglašava vojna neutralnost i određuje preispitivanje diplomatskih odnosa sa svakom zemljom koja bi priznala nezavisnost Kosova.
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The rise of the “starchitect”
New Criterion, by Michael J. Lewis - A neologism like “starchitect”—an ungainly fusion of star and architect—would never have caught on if it did not fulfill some deep need. How else would we describe the architectural celebrity of today, with his fulltime publicist and a roster of projects in New York, Berlin, and Hong Kong? This exclusive fraternity, with such members as Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and Tadao Ando, dominates the architectural profession in much the same way that a few dozen movie stars dominate Hollywood.
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News Quiz 2007
Telegraph - As the New Year approaches, our memories of the year that saw a new Prime Minister enter Number 10, an Italian appointed England football manager and a teddy bear in Sudan make headlines worldwide are fading fast. Test your recollection of the past 12 months with these 100 questions.
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