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World Books Review: Of Violence and Beauty

By World Books ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

rosero Colombian author Evelio Rosero has been writing about the miseries of his homeland for three decades now. His novels, many of which take on the internecine wars, kidnappings, murders, and political upheavals of his country, have won numerous awards (including, humorously enough, the National Literature Prize from the Colombian Ministry of Culture). His work is notorious for being brutally realistic, even hyperrealistic, and “The Armies,” which won 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, is no exception.

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Space race memories

By The World ⋅ July 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

moonprint75It’s been 40 years since the United States’ astronauts landed on the moon. It’s been one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind and it appears even more of a leap for some Russians to believe that the Americans actually landed on the moon first. Jessica Golloher has the details from Moscow.
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Former Soviet space official on US moon landing

By The World ⋅ July 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Roald Sagdeev, former director of the Soviet Space Institute. He recalls his reaction to the news 40 years ago to a successful US moon landing.
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