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Russia: Bulgakov, Bukharin and the Trial of the 21

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 18/03/2008

De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis posts episodes from Mikhail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that feature Nikolay Bukharin (portrayed in the novel as “Nikolay Ivanovich, a ‘tenant from the ground floor'”). Also, there's a related item on the 1938 Trial of the 21 - co-authored ...

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Culture war: country music edition

Posted on 18/03/2008

By Adam Stein I wasn't particularly planning to continue on the culture war beat, but then, I wasn't expecting Orion Magazine to publish exactly the type of article of which I'd like to see more. In " One Nation Under Elvis ," author and environmentalist Rebecca Solnit uses music -- ...

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UN scrutiny of Tibet crisis required

Posted on 17/03/2008

The Chinese authorities must allow independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet and lift the long-term restrictions on human rights monitoring in the area. After a week of unrest, the region has been sealed off. Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities ...

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Kuwait: Copying the West in Everthing

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 15/03/2008

Kuwaiti blogger Frankom (Ar) urges his readers to stop copying the West in everything - from reality television shows, to movies and even when speaking to friends.

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Meat Wagon: How now, mad cow?

Posted on 14/03/2008

By Tom Philpott In Meat Wagon , we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. Remember those "downer" cows that got forced through the kill line and into the food supply in California's Westland/Hallmark beef-packing plant -- the ones caught on tape by the H ...

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