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DIED. WILLIAM MAXWELL, 91, author and New Yorker fixture who polished the prose of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike and J.D. Salinger, among other authors; in Manhattan. A 40-year veteran of the magazine, Maxwell wrote six novels as well as dozens of short stories, essays and reviews. Renowned for his tact and insight, he edited such writers as Eudora Welty and John O'Hara, and he once took a train to tell John Cheever that one of his stories had been rejected...
...North Korea has lately been sending signals that it might not cooperate with that prediction. During his July 19 visit to Pyongyang, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that strongman Kim Jong Il had told him North Korea would shelve its intercontinental ballistic missile program if other countries would launch several of its satellites at their expense. Washington was skeptical. Was Kim making the offer? Or was this an offer Putin hoped he would make so Moscow could derail the U.S. missile defense plan, which it opposes...
...this photograph Vladimir Putin...
...VLADIMIR PUTIN: His signature is illegible, which shows a very private side. This is someone who is tense, ready to act at a moment's notice...
Vlad, you've got mail: In the Net spirit, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested the Big 8 keep in touch via e-mail. Experts worried about security and snoopy hackers. We wondered about screen names on the Buddy List: "madvlad", "dcbubba," and "3rdwaytony...