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Jesus in China: Life on the edge
Tribune correspondentAt a highway rest stop just after dawn, Rev. Zhang Mingxuan answered his cell phone and resumed looking for trouble. "Did you contact the lawyer I mentioned?" Zhang asked the caller, a rural church leader under pressure from his local government. "He...Tags: Beijing (China), Government, Demonstration, Police Arrests, Lawyers
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Police Slay Teen Gunman Who Killed 15 in Germany
WINNENDEN, Germany -- A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked car, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said. Â Â Â Â Â ...Tags: Social Issues, Defense, Murder, Health and Safety at School, Death
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School shooting in Germany leaves 16 dead
WINNENDEN, Germany - A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked car, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said. The...Tags: Social Issues, Defense, Health and Safety at School, Murder, Death
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'Queens'
Times Staff WriterA breezy romantic farce bouncing lightly off a singular historical moment, Manuel Gómez Pereira's "Queens" takes place in the days leading up to Spain's first legal gay wedding. (Spain was the fourth country to legalize gay marriage, a little over a...Tags: Weddings, Entertainment, Minority Groups, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Colorado
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Poland digs in against tide toward secularism
Tribune foreign correspondentPoland could be Europe's first red state. The 25 members of the European Union do not think of themselves in terms of blue states and red states, at least not yet. If they did, the map of Europe would have a decidedly blue hue. Even countries with...Tags: Basketball, Government, Entertainment, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Embassy bombing suspects lose case
The Washington PostAfter three years of legal delays, Britain's highest court ruled Monday that an alleged Al Qaeda leader can be extradited to the United States on charges he helped plan the lethal 1998 bombings of two U.S. Embassies. But U.S. officials here said Khaled al...Tags: International Law, Prosecution, Trials, Death Penalty, Extradition
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Blair proposes new conditions Iraq must meet
Sun Foreign StaffLONDON - Under intense political pressure to secure a new United Nations resolution before leading his country into war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair affirmed yesterday his willingness to fight alongside the United States and proposed tough new...Tags: Government, Entertainment, Social Issues, France, Weaponry
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From the archives: Europe Reaches for a Postwar Dream--Unity
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBRUSSELS -- Europe's history is littered with noble ideas and broken dreams. Now there is a new dream: Unity. Twelve West European nations, among them countries whose differences dragged the world to war twice in this century, have pledged to complete...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, International Trade, Government
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From the archives: 3 Parties Endorse Walesa as Premier
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWARSAW -- The Polish Communist Party's two longtime parliamentary allies bolted their old coalition Wednesday and agreed to back a Solidarity-led government with Lech Walesa as premier. Solidarity lawmakers, with their new partners in the United...Tags: Wojciech Jaruzelski, Government, Warsaw (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Poland
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From the archives: Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Tibet's Dalai Lama
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, was named winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which announced the award in Oslo, cited the Dalai Lama's nonviolent struggles to regain autonomy for his...Tags: Government, Beijing (China), Parliament, Human Rights, Awards and Prizes
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