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DIED. WAU HOLLAND, 49, one of the world's earliest-known computer hackers; after a stroke; in Hamburg, Germany. With several other early hackers, Holland founded the Chaos Computer Club, which advocated the free exchange of information and introduced the public to issues of inadequate Internet security. In 1987 the club hacked into NASA computers to demonstrate those security shortcomings...
...mystic universe of Buddhist deities, monks and saints. The exhibition, which lasts through the end of October, presents one of the most important collections of Tibetan art in the world. It was compiled over three decades by a German theological scholar, Gerd-Wolfgang Essen, now 70 and living in Hamburg, Germany, who says failing health prompted him to sell the collection. "I was sorry to let it go," says Essen, "but I am happy that it is now in a museum in Basel, in the heart of Europe. It's the best place for it." Like many ritual objects rescued...
...revival government was going to do next. Surely most of the decisions of the Bush Administration cannot be supported by a majority of American citizens. Here in Germany we are very happy to see that a government which was elected by accident has been forced into compromising. SILKE FELGENTREU Hamburg, Germany...
...must adjust to every piano,” he said. “The Hamburg [Steinway] Mr. Brendel selected is a fine instrument, and I am enjoying playing...
...along the northern coast of Siberia is retreating, and last year a team of international scientists reported that ice-free routes have emerged during summer months. Within 20 years, the passage is expected to be passable without an icebreaker escort. This northern route would cut the distance from Hamburg to Yokohama to 6,920 nautical miles, as compared with 11,430 through the Suez Canal. That could lead to more efficient shipping of all sorts of cargo between Europe and Asia--especially oil and other mineral wealth from Siberia...