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Anne Frank's tree falls in heavy winds - 2010-08-23
THE HAGUE- A chestnut tree in Amsterdam that Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote about in her World War II diary collapsed on Monday in high winds, the museum dedicated to the youthful author said....
Israeli rabbi who called for killing of non-Jews released - 2010-08-20
JERUSALEM- An Israeli court has ordered the release of a settler rabbi detained after he outlined in a book cases in which he said it is permissible to kill non-Jews, including babies, an...
Blair to give memoir proceeds to veterans' charity - 2010-08-16
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Tony Blair, the prime minister who led Britain into the Iraq and Afghan wars, will give the multi-million dollar proceeds of his autobiography to a veterans' charity, his...
Castro autobiography describes rebel shaped by childhood - 2010-08-06
HAVANA, Isabel Sanchez- Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming...
North Korea officials seize Kim biography in Myanmar: author - 2010-07-30
YANGON- North Korean embassy officials have seized hundreds of copies of an unauthorised biography of their reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il in Myanmar, the author said Friday.
Hein Latt, 62, a...
Memoirs of Britain's 'prince of darkness' stir political row - 2010-07-13
LONDON, Katherine Haddon- A bitter row over the gossipy memoirs of top British politician Peter Mandelson is threatening to overshadow the Labour party's election of a new leader to replace Gordon...
US author's book on life in N.Korea wins UK prize - 2010-07-02
LONDON- American author Barbara Demick on Thursday won Britain's top non-fiction award for her account of life in North Korea, a picture of an Orwellian society drawn from interviews with defectors....
Transsexual's memoirs breaks new ground in Arab world - 2010-06-27
BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- In a daring, unprecedented move, a pioneer of the Arab world's underground transgender movement has released her memoirs, recounting her struggle to become a woman against...
Publication of former Chinese premier's 'diary' halted - 2010-06-20
BEIJING- The publisher of former Chinese premier Li Peng's purported diary said Saturday it had had to halt the eagerly awaited release of the memoirs due to "copyright issues."
Excerpts from the...
Europe court rules against Turkey in book dispute - 2010-06-08
STRASBOURG- Turkey was punished by the European Court of Human Rights because of the seizure of a book about a pop star that discussed his sexual orientation, the court said on Tuesday.
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