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Steve Earle packs a musical wallop
November 9, 2007cd REVIEW Steve Earle’s CD, “Washington Square Serenade” (New West CD), is an ode to New York City and its residents. His song “Tennessee Blues” is his farewell to music city, Nashville, Tenn., and his hello...
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Can you believe it?
November 9, 2007Movie REVIEW Rendition Directed by Gavin Hood New Line Cinema, 2007 Rated R, 122 minutes Movies are all fake, as we know. For example, I don’t think actor Omar Metwally, who plays Anwar El-Ibrihimi in “Rendition,”...
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Antiwar movies tell all at Toronto film fest
November 9, 2007Many of the films screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival reflected the realities of death and destruction caused by wars around the globe. The genocidal war in Rwanda was represented by yet another screen...
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Letter sheds light on ouster of Haitian leader
November 9, 2007A newly released letter from ousted Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune sheds more light on the U.S.-backed coup against the former center-left government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It reveals, among other things, that U.S. officials threatened...
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Colombian left unites to beat rightists
November 9, 2007Colombian politics, notable for corruption, bossism and violence, took a positive turn Oct. 28 when candidates of the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA), Colombia’s new, left-progressive coalition party, won local electoral victories. Leaders are looking to 2010,...
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