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DIED. W.G. SEBALD, 57, German-born writer and literary critic; in a car accident; in Norwich, England. The author of such novels as The Emigrants and the just published Austerlitz, about a boy raised by Christians during World War II who later discovers that he is Jewish, Sebald wove intricate...
In Sarajevo, the imams' calls to prayer from reconstructed mosques blend with the chimes of bells from Orthodox Christian medieval churches and 19th century cathedrals. "I have more in common with Bosnian Serbs than Muslims from Pakistan and Afghanistan," says former Bosnian Interior Minister Muhamad Besic. His words offer striking...
Thanks to an historic offer from federal health officials, as many as 3,000 Capitol Hill and post office workers are eligible to receive the anthrax vaccine. This is the first time the government has provided civilians with vaccination against bioterror weapons. (The program is part of an experimental study...
This is what it has come to. After eight years of on-and-off attempts to make peace with the Palestinians through Arafat, the Israelis have officially declared him, in effect, nothing but a terrorist. The U.S., which had moved considerably in Arafat's direction in recent years, has made...
The morning after the education reform bill finally made it out of conference committee after five months of often bitter negotiations, three of the bill's original architects, Democratic senators Mary Landrieu, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh, took a few minutes to gloat. Over danishes and coffee they called the...