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...DIED. BA JIN, 100, Chinese literary giant; in Shanghai. A member of the young intelligentsia that criticized China's pre-Communist society, he studied anarchism and wrote Family, a brutal 1931 novel about feudal life that was his seminal work. During the Cultural Revolution, he was condemned by the Communist leaders who had once hailed him, but he regained his stature in the 1980s, publishing dozens of essays and winning election as a leader of the country's official Writers Association...
...largest Sunni political parties, but it left groups such as the Muslim Clerics' Association and the National Dialogue council fuming at the Islamic Party's reversal. "This is bad for the Iraqis," said Saleh Mutlaq, an influential member of the National Dialogue Council, which includes many former Ba'athists. The move by the Islamic Party is a "betrayal" of all the Sunnis, he said, and hinted that the Dialogue Council would consider excluding them from its fractious coalition of Sunni Arabs when they run for the permanent parliament in December...
...conceptually jaw-dropping, but the spiraling, Built to Spill-esque guitar solo and the descending rhythm hook are sure to please old-school MMJ fans. “Knot Comes Loose” is an unquestionably pastoral tune but, when an overdubbed James effortlessly harmonizes “Ba-by, can’t you see that I’m smilin’,” it’s impossible not to fall for the song’s classic melody. “Dondante,” the closer, is one of the best songs that...
...Jaish Mohammed is one of several insurgent groups made up of former soldiers and Ba'ath Party officials. Al-Qaeda's Iraqi arm, led by terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has already denounced the referendum; in a new statement posted on the internet, the group said the vote was bound to be fixed...
...DIED. JOHN KING, 87, pugnacious Thatcherite tycoon who in 1981 masterminded the transformation of the foundering state-run British Airways (nicknamed "Bloody Awful" by suffering Brits) into a profitable international powerhouse; in Leicestershire, England. After slashing 30% of the jobs and revamping BA's image, he sparred with arch rival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic, who accused him of such "dirty tricks" as computer hacking and poaching passengers. King ultimately was ordered to publicly apologize and pay libel judgments to Branson and Virgin...