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Culture Bytes: Everything Old is New Again

David Freeman points out in his Notebook this week that outrageous antics by actors and journalists are old hat in Hollywood, as he reviews a new British novel, and a special edition of a classic Billy Wilder flick that has just been released on DVD.

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Sarko meets Gaddafi

The Tour de France and the tour de Sarko

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"Fidel absent as Cuba celebrates"

And why would that be?

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Remember those Cuban doctors Fidel sent to Venezuela?

They're still trying to leave Venezuela and move to the USA.

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Criticize Hugo and get thrown out of the country

Censorship, deportation, weapons purchases, and one-man rule: All for the sake of "national dignity", of course.

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Dear Ada Brunstein, and other matters

Unrequited advice to the lovelorn

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Shilling for Auntie

Siimon Jenkins ignores all that's going on in the BBC's long history of lies and misrepresentation

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The Lonely Trail

California Republican Duncan Hunter is leading a cash and organization-starved campaign that
’s looking for a lucky break in New Hampshire. But any candidate that hasn’t captured the all-important media spotlight is going to have a difficult time breaking out of the anonymous second-tier pack.

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A Turning Point for Turkey

Turkish citizens go to the polls on Sunday for an important election. Will the vote reverse the course of Islamization or move it further down the road of becoming a more Islamic, socially conservative society and a foreign policy more attuned to Iran and Syria than to the United States? Barry Rubin isn’t optimistic.

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Dems kill "John Doe"

Democrats on the House/Senate conference committee have dropped from the Homeland Security bill the provision that would protect "John Doe" citizens from lawsuits when they report suspicious behavior to the authorities.

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