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...seem, but this famous European intellectual has not mellowed with age. Age, memory and nostalgia are, however, the central themes of Queen Loana, Eco's fifth novel, just published in English translation. Struck by amnesia, the narrator, an antiquarian book dealer, begins to dig through the paper trail of his early life in an attempt to kick-start his memory. The novel itself is illustrated with images from comics and children's books that may or may not be clues to the narrator's sequestered identity. For Eco, of course, everything is a potential clue or sign. A professor...
...lately the leader of the world's third largest economy has certainly looked in political peril. The nation's unemployment rate is at a post-World War II high of nearly 12%, and the rate of business closures has reached record levels. As a result, the Social Democrats trail the conservative Christian Democrats, the main opposition party in the fall elections, by 15 points in opinion polls...
...even understand Arabic. "Somebody accused us of pushing a Sunni Wahhabi agenda on the world. I don't even know what a Sunni Wahhabi agenda is," he says. "Warts and all, the [staff members] have done a fantastic job. Nobody's perfect, but they have blazed a trail." At the same time, Parsons argues that Western news organizations' coverage is slanted. In covering the Iraq war, he contends, "there was a dereliction of duty. Not enough organizations showed the other side. There was an attempt to sanitize the war. We don't agree that's a good thing." News director...
...chancellery in the last federal contest. Until then, he had always voted spd. Thomas Mahlberg is looking to capitalize on the disaffection of voters like Teusch. A stocky man with rosy cheeks, Mahlberg is one of the city's four candidates for the state parliament. Last week, the campaign trail took him to a local Schützenfest (marksmen's festival), an annual three-day beer-gulping celebration in which the local shooting club chooses a new king of marksmen. As is customary, about 70 marksmen dressed up in green uniforms, and a brass band with glockenspiel and drums accompanied...
...Danube (or Duna in Hungarian) divides the city into the hilly side (Buda) and the flat side (Pest), from which it gets its name. Jog through the former and you can check out the gorgeous 15th century Royal Palace and the 700-year-old Matthias Church. Pick up a trail on the latter for views of the neo-Gothic parliament building and the beautiful Central Market Hall. Can't choose between them? No matter. The three bridges that connect the two sides allow you to zigzag to your heart's content. Afterward, you can soothe your aching muscles with...