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Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis
Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a newlywed and returned to wage a triumphant fight to recover Gustav Klimt's iconic gold portrait of her remarkable aunt, has died. She was 94.
Altmann died Monday at her Cheviot Hills home after a...Tags: Vienna (Austria), Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Diseases and Illnesses, Judaism
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Belgium, Finland, Nicaragua, Politics, Egypt
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Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Convert A Tale of Exile and Extremism Deborah Baker Graywolf Press: 246 pp., $23 Deborah Baker, researcher, biographer, author of books on the poet Laura Riding and on the Beats, briefly describes how she chooses her subjects and how she writes...Tags: Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, Schizophrenia, Los Angeles
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PEN World Voices Festival announces new director
Jacket CopyThe PEN World Voices Festival, which brings authors together for a multi-day, multi-venue festival across New York City, will be led by László Jakab Orsós, the PEN American Center announced Tuesday. Orsós is the former director of New York's... -
Angelina Jolie gets her film permit back in Bosnia [Updated]
Ministry of GossipAngelina Jolie has gotten the green light again to film parts of her directorial debut in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The production's permit was pulled Wednesday by the country's culture minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, after a women's group objected to what it... -
Win the FOX Rocks Lunchbox!
Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...Tags: Comoros, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Moldova, San Marino
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Theater review: 'Nazi Hunter -- Simon Wiesenthal' at Theatre 40
Culture MonsterCharlotte Stoudt reviews Tom Dugan's one-person show about famed Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal... -
L.A. Opera, Placido Domingo to present 19th century Hungarian opera 'Bánk bán'
Culture MonsterLos Angeles Opera will present the 19th century Hungarian opera "Bánk bán" as part of the 2011-12 season. Composed by Ferenc Erkel in 1861, the opera is based on the play by József Katona and is set in the medieval...... -
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October 12: Author - Rebecca Johns Talks About Her Book, The Countess
WGN NewsRebecca Johns Signing: Tonight 7:00 p.m. Sulzer Regional Library 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago www.rebeccajohns.com To purchase a copy of the book: The Countess: A Novel Was the "Blood Countess" history's first and perhaps worst female serial...Tags: WGN, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues
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