Construction of the Elbe Philharmonic is underway, with its opening planned for autumn, 2011. Hamburg?s creative artists are not alone in seeing a new landmark for their city in this spectacular concert hall....
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In Guardian, Martin Amis sees an era of horror approaching. The Weltwoche visits Chechnyan Prime Minister and gangster Ramsan Kadyrov. Folio takes a close look at the booming business at private military companies. Al Ahram sees itself stuck between American imperialists and Islamic fundamentalists. Il Foglio admires Rome's mayor. Merkur inspects Germany's new class society. Radar hears tango as a beat from the underground. Le Monde exposes the aftermath of Katrina as the biggest scam of all time.
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The New Yorker portrays "Junior", a true problem child and America's most valuable Al Qaeda informant. In The Spectator, Alan Dershowitz calls for a liberal initiative against terror. Outlook India celebrates the new Ghandi youth, who organise motorcycle rallies for peace with Pakistan. In Literaturen, Ilija Trojanow vaunts the Bombaywalla's talent for the poisonous declaration of love. Polityka praises Olga Tokarczuk's new book about the Sumarian goddess Inanna. The Nouvel Obs describes the precarious life of France's writing class. And The New York Times warns against the unobtrusive American.
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In Elet es Irdalom, Rudolf Ungvary asks why Günter Grass remains silent while Iran is threatening Israel. Ornette Coleman talks about his music in L'Express. In Der Spiegel, Salman Rushdie describes Islamic terrorists as bourgeois adventurists. Il Foglio recommends that UN soldiers in Lebanon should listen to Rossini's "L'italiana in Algeri" for lessons on how to behave. The Gazeta Wyborcza observes the growth of nationalist historiography in Ukraine. Prospect celebrates the Soviet writer Vasily Grossman. And Ramin Jahanbegloo explains his concept of "soft universalism."
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The weekly paper Wprost has revealed that Zbigniew Herbert worked for the Polish secret service, and the Gazeta Wyborcza is not amused. The New Yorker takes a look at Daniel Libeskind's Denver Art Museum. In Outlook India, Taslima Nasrin gives three cheers for Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Heti Vilaggazdasag doesn't want to be lectured to by either Günter Grass or Istvan Szabo. And De Groene Amsterdammer explains why you can't access the website of the University of Virginia from Iran.
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The Gazeta Wyborcza fears that nationalism is threatening European unity. In the Spiegel, writer Irene Dische suspects Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder will always find an object for his hatred. In The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh looks for the real reasons behind America's support for Israel's tactics in Lebanon. In Heti Valasz, historian Andreas Oplatka wonders whether the leader of Hungary's 1956 revolution, Imre Nagy, was a communist through and through. Il Foglio details the current spy intrigues between China and Taiwan. In The Spectator, Boris Johnson insists he's a British fish.
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For Walrus, Lisa Moore travels from Newfoundland to Tasmania. In Outlook India, Asiya Andrabi takes delight in sketching out the approaching Islamic world domination. The Spectator holds Russia responsible for Israel's existence. The Gazeta Wyborcza introduces Poland's lastest export hit: priests. Die Weltwoche experiments with guinea pig testicles. In The Believer, Steven Soderbergh mulls over the interplay of sex and politics. And in Elet es Irodalom, Laszlo Vegel explains the misunderstandings between Eastern and Western intellectuals in the Handke debate.
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In Elet es Irodalom, Imre Kertesz explains why criticism of Israel is often just a smokescreen for the new Euro-anti-Semitism. In the London Review of Books, Elias Khoury suggests Israelis want to destroy Lebanon as revenge. The Spectator recalls how the British government helped put General Franco into the saddle. Merkur honours two dissidents of German historiography: Götz Aly and Gerd Koenen. In Die Weltwoche, Jürg Ramspeck remembers the good old days when journalists still had personality. In Al Ahram, Al-Jazeera's Washington bureau chief fumes over western "Mideast experts." And Esprit mourns the demise of Serge July's "total newspaper."
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The New Yorker picks the Wikipedians to pieces. In Al Ahram, the chief editor of the Palestine Chronicle calls for citizen journalism. Le Point discovers a network of Black French citizens. In Gazeta Wyborcza, writer Michal Witkowski says feminine men and masculine women are responsible for the tedium of Western literature. In Nepszabadsag, writer Eszter Babarczy describes the disillusionment of young Hungarians after the fall of communism. The Spectator prophesies that the Lebanese will soon be sick and tired of Hizbullah. And the Nouvel Obs celebrates France's new young chefs.
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Outlook India fears the bomb attacks were intended to destroy Mumbai's openness to the world. Il Foglio provides a portrait of the man thought to be behind the attacks, Ibrahim Dawood. In the Guardian, Doris Lessing considers the advantages of "warm-hearted fucking." In De Groene Amsterdammer, an editor complains about his 6.40 euro hourly wage. Nepszabadsag is annoyed at the envy of well-paid scholars. In Le Point, Bernard-Henri Levy honours Zinedine Zidane's ultimate revolt. In Gazeta Wyborcza, conservative Education Minister Roman Giertych explains "I like Jews." In The Nation, Michael Hardt is astounded that the world is complying to his thesis.
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In The Spectator, Anne Appelbaum warns against rewarding the destruction of the rule of law in Russia. Szombat introduces the first Hungarian-Jewish weblog, judapest. Il Foglio runs to the defence of Juventus manager Luciano Moggi. The Economist advises George W. Bush not to hug Angela Merkel's political acrobatics too tightly. Die Weltwoche portrays Larry Brilliant, the new head of the Google Foundation.
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The Nation reveals how to launch a left-wing bestseller. In L'Espresso, Andrzej Stasiuk examines the monstrous Catholic Communists and Communist Fascists in Poland's post-Soviet morgue. Folio quakes before the Scots. Polityka sees a thousand tiny Spielbergs. Il Folio introduces India's Giovanni Agnelli. DU magazine takes a hike to St. Moritz. Merkur sees true happiness in secularisation. In Liberation, Serge July attends to the future of the press. For The Spectator, Islamism is not a religious movement. And in The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh explains why the US military are loath to invade Iran.
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Mike Davis tells the history of the car bomb in Lettre International. Literaturen asks where is the USA headed while Magyar Hirlap asks the same of Europe. Al Ahram protests the prohibition of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Tygodnik Powszechny asks what is going on with Oriana Fallaci? Umberto Eco explores the possibility that the world is a hollow cave in L'Espresso. And Le Point is talking about a new Dreyfus affair.
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The New Republic observes a meeting of stalking bloggers, journalists and politicians in Las Vegas. Outlook India explains the sexual metaphor behind a Bollywood duet with a tulip backdrop. In Le Point, Bernard-Henri Levy demands the immediate closure of Guantanamo. Günter Grass and Mathias Döpfner, head of the Springer media empire, agree to disagree in Der Spiegel. The Spectator calls for more support for Georgia. In Reportajes, Mario Vargas Llosa calls on Peru's new president to modernise the country. Die Weltwoche visits Martin Suter on Ibiza. Nepszabadsag wishes Hungarians would listen to more György Ligeti. And The New Yorker admires the first European representatives of Cool.
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The Wikipedia principle is digital Maoism, writes Jaron Lanier in Edge. In L'Express, Eric Hobsbawm and Jacques Attali celebrate Karl Marx as a thinker of globalisation. Segolene Royal is shaking up the French Left, writes Die Weltwoche. The Economist doesn't trust robots. The New York Review of Books tells of Afghanistan's booming opium industry. The Spectator reports from Darfur. DU is dedicated to the hosts of the World Cup. In Le Point, Bernard-Henri Levy points to Angela Merkel as living proof of the topicality of Simone de Beauvoir.
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Edward Said is turning in his grave, and the world of letters is turning with him. The London Review of Books finds Robert Irwin's critique of Said interesting, but somewhat beside the point. Al Ahram saves Said from the attacks of pro-Western Muslim exiles. In Il Foglio, Pierre Nora proclaims the superiority of the culture of remembrance over modernism. In Le Figaro, Maurice Druon recalls the universal mission of the French language. Elet es Irodalom explains the legal perfidies of Bosnia-Herzegovina's suit against Serbia at the International Court of Justice. In The Guardian, Orhan Pamuk defends a persecuted Turkish journalist who champions conscientious objection as a human right.
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