BEIJING — For much of the past quarter century, the Chinese director Zhang Yimou made films that showcased his country’s struggle against poverty, war and political misrule to the outside world — films that Chinese, for the most part, never saw.
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WASHINGTON — Bruce E. Ivins went to work each day in a high-security federal laboratory where he handled some of the world’s deadliest substances. But more than a year before the 2001 anthrax attacks, the scientist admitted to himself that he was losing his grasp on reality.
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STURGIS, S.D. — Vrrrooooom. Vrroom, vroom, vroom.
Here at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the annual gathering of all things leather, Harley and free as the wind across an open plain, Senator John McCain came to ask for the votes of America’s bikers.
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Senator Barack Obama began his speech first by declaring that this was not a political speech.
“I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before, not as a candidate for president but as a citizen, a proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world,” he said.
And then, […]
JERUSALEM — With a fanfare typically accorded to a visiting head of state, Senator Barack Obama dashed through a series of meetings with leaders on both sides of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday, saying it was in Israel’s interest to find peace with the Palestinians. Yet he made clear that Israel should be able […]