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...President In the first direct election for the post of President of the European Parliament, M.E.P.s chose Pat Cox, an Irish Liberal Democrat, to replace French conservative Nicole Fontaine. A former television journalist, Cox stood as an independent, promising reforms aimed at making the assembly more effective. "We are building the democratic part of Europe's future," he said after defeating Scottish socialist, David Martin, in three rounds of voting...
...Long before September 11, Algerian novelist, poet and journalist Tahar Djaout learned how fearsome religious fanaticism could be. On May 26, 1993, Djaout was shot by assassins outside of his home in Bainem, Algeria. His death was attributed to the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). Dajout's death was the first in a series of murders by the FIS that targeted high-profile intellectuals. "The Last Summer of Reason," a haunting novel in French, was found in Djaout's papers. It is the story of Boualem Yekker, a bookstore owner whose country is being overtaken by fundamentalists. The book has just...
DIED. LANCE LOUD, 50, journalist, punk rocker and eldest son of the Santa Barbara, Calif., Loud family, whom PBS filmed for 300 hours for the groundbreaking 1973 documentary An American Family; of complications from hepatitis C; in Los Angeles. With its intimate look at family life, the 12-part series won the praise of Margaret Mead; the openly gay Lance, who wore blue lipstick and came out on the show, was its star. The Louds later regretted participating. Lance wrote, "Television ate my family...
Entering, she spots a writer she knows, author and journalist Douglas Cooper, sitting by the window. “Every time I see you, you’re being interviewed,” he grins...
...event of our deaths. At that point we figured if these men were scared there was probably good reason. We agreed to stay. In the mountains the night is bitterly cold, so we could work in our vehicles without spectators. But the tension had grown. Whenever a journalist went outside, no matter for how long, one of our Kandahar guards (who travelled with us for the entire trip as the others came and went) stood watch, nervously eyeing the dark...