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He went on to say that he agreed with Engdahl’s view of the American literature as provincial, explaining that Americans do not read enough international literature. But Wästberg added that he disagreed with Engdahl’s claim that America is removed from the worldwide...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

Yan Jun Much of the Chinese capital's avant-garde scene has been shaped by a musician and promoter from provincial Lanzhou

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come On Feel the Noise | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

'Maybe life, as it unfolds, will perfect it.' ALEJANDRO COLANZI, of Bolivia's National Unity Party, on the nation's newly ratified draft constitution, which grants rights to the indigenous population but faces opposition from provincial leaders

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Both Afghan police and Western observers describe a kind of pyramid scheme of corruption that goes to the top of the Afghan government. "It's like a feudal system," says Captain David Panian, a U.S. reservist now training Afghan Police in Western Afghanistan. "The baron pays the count, the count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Policing Afghanistan | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

Still, Khodaydad is aware that his honesty has unintended consequences. For one thing, there's the $30,000 price on his head. He doesn't know exactly who set the hit, but he has been warned repeatedly. One suspect, he says, is Farah's provincial police chief Khalilullah Rahmani. "Because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Policing Afghanistan | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

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