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Over the last four decades, American artist Bruce Nauman has been hugely influential on artists all around the world.
Now, Nauman is the subject of this year’s American pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale.
Of the 33 Naumans on view at the Biennale, there’s only one that captures Nauman at his most disruptive. First shown in 1993, [...]

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The Korean Central News Agency said Monday that the court found the two women guilty of committing an unspecified “grave crime” and illegally crossing into North Korea.
Last Thursday, North Korean state media announced the start of the trial of Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for the U.S. media company Current TV.

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As the early numbers pour in, the inauguration of President Barack Obama is shaping up to be a Web video event like no other.
On Jan. 20 CNN.com Live served more than 18.8 million live video streams globally from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, at which time Obama had been sworn in and had delivered [...]

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to secure a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, officials said Wednesday.
Brin’s seat will be on a future orbital space flight, Eric Anderson, CEO of Space Adventures Ltd., said at a news conference.
In a statement, Brin credits Space Adventures with helping “open the space frontier to [...]

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Former Vice President Al Gore’s new status as a Nobel Peace Prize winner is encouraging some of his political supporters in the United States to urge him to run for president next year. But as VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington, most political experts doubt Gore will make a run for the [...]

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Six years after orchestrating the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history, Osama bin Laden resurfaced yesterday in a videotape in which he brags about altering the course of U.S. history and warns that the only way to end the war in Iraq is for Americans to convert to Islam.The 25-minute message marked the first time [...]

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Reuters - Lucy, the world’s most famous human
ancestor, will go on public display for the first time in the
United States this week amid criticism that her 3.2 million
year old bones are too fragile to withstand an 11-city tour.

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Signage at the New York Stock Exchange, July 9, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) percent on Tuesday after Merrill Lynch warned that ailing
credit markets will hurt bank profits, while reports showing
eroding consumer confidence and falling home prices added to
concerns about the economy.

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Cuba’s Fidel Castro says CIA admissions of illicit Cold War tactics disguise the fact the US is still using them.
Last week the CIA published documents called the “Family Jewels”, revealing spy plots and assassination attempts.
The documents included plans to use Mafia help to kill Fidel Castro.
Mr Castro, still recovering after surgery last year, [...]

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Democrat Barack Obama eclipses Hillary Clinton in the battle to raise funds for the US presidential elections.
The Illinois senator raised $32.5m (£16.2m) for his presidential campaign in the period from April to June, a record for a Democratic candidate.
Mr Obama has now raised a total of $55.7m in funding.
But Ms Clinton, who [...]

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NBC has yanked Sunday repeat episodes of Friday Night Lights. Repeats of Law Order will air in its place (9 p.m. ET/PT). And CBS has broken the clay-animation mold for Creature Comforts, replacing it tonight with a repeat of The…

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