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DIED. MICHAEL ENDE, 65, author; of stomach cancer; in Stuttgart, Germany. An actor and a playwright before he turned to writing children's books, Ende achieved his greatest success with a 1979 fable about an overweight, outcast child who discovers his own worth in a struggle to save a magical land. The Neverending Story, which was translated into more than 30 languages, spawned a 1984 hit movie and two sequels...
...Kancheli's output includes seven symphonies, an opera and many shorter works; last month his passionate 25-minute work for viola and string orchestra, Abii ne viderem ("I turned away that I might not see"), got its American premiere from violist Kim Kashkashian, conductor Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Their ECM recording of the same work has just been released...
...Stuttgart, Germany Walther P-5 9-mm pistol...
...little more than 125,000 tons a year. Meanwhile, because of the backlog and the failure of many participating companies to pay their full dues, DSD has plunged $500 million into debt. Much of the money is owed to local governments for collection and storage of refuse; Frankfurt and Stuttgart are threatening to sue DSD or quit the program...
...home for a few hours' rest, Muhamed visits friends at the last restaurant still open in the city. He used to own a restaurant in Stuttgart, and being in this one helps soothe his nerves, even though there is very little food on the tables. Muhamed has just buried his 19-year-old son Rihad. "We cannot hold out much longer," he says, but laments that there seem to be no choices except slow starvation or fighting to the death. "We have nothing left," he says. "This is now a city without hope...