One of the most important literary figures in France, Marguerite Duras won international acclaim after she was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel L'Amant (translated almost ...
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Turkish police charged into crowds of leftist protesters marking the anniversary of a deadly May Day rally in Istanbul on Tuesday, spraying tear gas and kicking and clubbing demonstrators as they f...
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Police kept watch at portals to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on
Monday, the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on democracy
protests, stopping people and checking their bags in what was...
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Police kept watch at portals to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on
Monday, the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on demo...
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(EDS: ADDING COMMENTS)
Police kept watch at portals to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on
Monday, the 18th anniversary of the military crackdown on democracy
protests, stopping people and checkin...
Read more
Two car bombs exploded within seconds of each other Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 54 people and wounding more than 106, police said.The coordinated attack in Tayaran...
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Two car bombs exploded within seconds of each other Tuesday on a main square in central Baghdad, killing at least 54 people and wounding more than 106, police said.The coordinated attack in Tayaran...
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Beijing (dpa) - Activists and rights groups on Monday renewed
appeals for an official inquiry into the death of hundreds of people
during China's 1989 military crackdown on ...
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Marguerite Duras
Turkish police, May Day protesters clash
