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By STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM, March 22 — Some of Jerusalem’s nicest people gathered the other night to listen to a talk by an Israeli soldier troubled by how he and some of his colleagues had behaved in the occupied West Bank. The small crowd on a rainy evening was a bit…

By JOHN M. BRODER and CHRISTINE HAUSER CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 22 — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said today that his wife’s cancer had returned, but that his bid for the presidency “goes on strongly.” “The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on…

By HOWARD MARKEL, M.D. For many Americans, the tobacco industry’s disingenuousness became a matter of public record during a Congressional hearing on April 14, 1994. There, under the withering glare of Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, appeared the chief…

By CARLOTTA GALLKABUL, Afghanistan, March 13 — Sitting and eating quietly on his father’s lap, the 18-month-old was oblivious to the infection in his veins.But his father, a burly farmer, knew only too well. It was the same one that killed his wife four months ago, leaving him alone with…

By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS IN his time, David Livingstone was Jacques Cousteau, Billy Graham and Bono, rolled into one — and the worldwide expansion of the telegraph allowed more people to learn, more quickly, more details about his exploits than the public had known about any previous…

By ROBERTA SMITH HOUSTON — Maybe it is a new form of cultural colonialism or a sign of its demise, but the term “American artist” is becoming more inclusive, and museums in the southern and southwestern United States are helping. Six years ago the Museum of Fine Arts here…

By MARK LANDLER PFAFFENHAUSEN, Germany, March 14 — Ask Marc Bongers about the wisdom of introducing a speed limit on the German autobahn, and he answers by impatiently revving the 435-horsepower engine of a specially modified Porsche. Slowpokes, he said, already spoil half the fun.…

Budaházy elfogása szabadította el az indulatokat NOL • Népszabadság Online   • 2007. március 16. A rendőröknek sikerült felszámolniuk minden nagyobb csoportot, miután csütörtök este háromszor oszlattak a belvárosban - előbb a Hősök terénél, majd…

BEIJING, Friday, March 16 — After more than a quarter-century of market-oriented economic policies and record-setting growth, China on Friday enacted its first law to protect private property explicitly. The measure, which was delayed a year ago amid vocal opposition from resurgent socialist…

"Ein Abend, an dem sich alle Anwesenden völlig einig sind, ist ein verlorener Abend."Albert Einstein (1879-1955), deutscher Physiker, Physiknobelpreis 1921