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Jorge Rafaél Videla dies in jail aged 87
Phil Gunson (source 
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Argentinian dictator infamous for torture, murder and the abduction of children of his opponents Article history Jorge Rafaél Videla in 1978, two years after he led the coup that overthrew the Perón government in Argentina. Thousands of citizens were ‘disappeared’ under his brutal regime. Photograph: Eduardo Di Baia/AP comments The former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafaél Videla was a prominent member of the group of uniformed tyrants … Continue reading
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EU leaders pay tribute to Thatcher’s ‘extraordinary legacy’
Benjamin Fox (source )
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BRUSSELS – Tributes from EU leaders have poured in for Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s longest serving Prime Minister in the 20th century, who died on Monday (8 April) aged 87. Thatcher was the first woman leader of a major European democracy (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) Known for her uncompromising approach at home and abroad, Thatcher was the first woman leader of a major European democracy. Although regarded … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Europe, Historical, Leadership, Obituary, Politics
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To Hector The Hero
George Galiatsos (source )
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Has it been that long Hec? …..A year to the day? Most of us have tried to come to terms with your absence and got on with our lives. Isn’t that what you would have wanted us to do? An open letter What else could we have done? However, it’s not that easy….your name, your image, has been popping up in our thoughts, minds and … Continue reading
Posted in Artist, Arts & Culture, Compassion, Diaspora, Humanity, Letters, Music, Obituary, Young generation
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Van Cliburn dies at 78; pianist who gave U.S. a Cold War victory
Dennis McLellan (source )
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Van Cliburn, a young Texan, won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 and was given a hero’s welcome back in the United States. He went on to a long and acclaimed career. Pianist Van Cliburn performs in Moscow at a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of a terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, Russia.(Sergey Ponomarev / Associated Press … Continue reading
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C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general, dies at 96
David Brown (source )
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C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States who started the government’s public discussion of AIDS during the Reagan administration, died Feb. 25 at his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96. View Photo Gallery — Former Surgeon General Koop dies: C. Everett Koop raised the profile of the surgeon general by bringing attention to AIDS and the effects of smoking. A spokeswoman … Continue reading
Australia lost one of its greatest art patrons this week.
Editorial (source )
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Matriarch of the arts, Elisabeth Murdoch, regularly supported over 100 charities and organisations. In the arts world that included the National Gallery of Victoria, the Bell Shakespeare Company, the Australian Ballet, the Victorian Opera, the Victorian College of the Arts, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Recital Centre, and a pile of small local arts organisations. And her support wasn’t just monetary. She was known … Continue reading
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Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
Editorial (source )
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Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed some of the 20th Century’s most famous modernist buildings, has died just before his 105th birthday. Niemeyer designed some of the 20th Century’s most famous buildings He rose to international fame as the architect of the main government buildings in the futuristic Brazilian capital, Brasilia, inaugurated in 1960. He also worked with Swiss-born modernist architect Le Corbusier on the … Continue reading
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Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Expert on Soviet and European Affairs, Is Dead at 86
DOUGLAS MARTIN (source )
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Helmut Sonnenfeldt, an expert on Soviet and European affairs who was known as “Kissinger’s Kissinger” for his influence in advising Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of American foreign policy in the Nixon and Ford administrations, died Sunday in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 86. Frank Johnston/The Washington Post, via Getty Images / Mr. Sonnenfeldt, center, with William E. Simon, administrator of the Federal Energy Office, … Continue reading
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Jack Gilbert dies at 87; unconventional poet knew fame and obscurity
John Penner (source )
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Jack Gilbert produced five collections of poetry, relatively few given a career that spanned more than five decades. But the poems that he produced were starkly original. Jack Gilbert’s poems are an uncommon combination of intellect, craft, clarity and emotionality that often appeal to general readers of serious literature far beyond the close-knit world of poetry. (Robert Tobey / November 6, 2008) Jack Gilbert, a … Continue reading
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