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A New York Institution -- Jean-Claude Baker Tells Stories From West-Berlin

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 12.10.2012 | New York
Read More: Chez Josephine, Berlin, Orson Wells, Jean-Claude Baker, Josephine Baker, Berlin Wall, West-Berlin, New York City, New York News
Lia Petridis Maiello

The heavy door to Chez Josephine in New York's theater district conceals one of the last places of its kind in the metropolis: the bohemian New York, the New York of Jean-Claude Baker.

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Nefertiti: What Is Seen Cannot Be Un-seen

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 02.08.2012 | Arts
Read More: Nefertiti, King Akhenaten, Ancient Egypt, Thutmose, Sculpture, Queen Nefertiti, Nefertiti Bust, Audrey Hepburn, Berlin, Egyptian Museum, West Berlin, Art History, Famous Sculptures, Arts News
Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Thutmose perfectly captured Queen Nefertiti at the apex of her power and the peak of her beauty and so it is to him that she owes her eternal fame and in creating this work of art, Thutmose in turn lays claim to his place among the greatest artists in human history.

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Berlin Wall PHOTOS: A Look Back At The Fall

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Photos, Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Slideshow, Berlin Wall Photos, West Berlin, Berlin Wall, East Berlin, World News

Monday November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a monumental moment in history which the Economist recently referred to...

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The Post-Berlin Aftermath: Many Walls Still Need to Be Brought Down

Jean-Pierre Lehmann | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Slumdog Millionaire, East Berlin, Berlin Wall, East Germany, West Germany, Mumbai, Political Economy, Walls, West Berlin, Global Eonomy, London, Berlin Wall Fall, Partition, Shanghai, Dubai, Twentieth Anniversary Berlin Wall, World News
Jean-Pierre Lehmann

While the Berlin Wall may have been torn down, there remain many walls that are defiantly standing and indeed new ones that have been erected.

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Liz Cheney: Wrong on National Security, Wrong About Our President

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: East Berlin, Cia, Liz Cheney, President Obama, 9/11, Cold War, Spying, Obama Moscow, West Berlin, Rendition, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Liz Cheney charges that Obama's arms control negotiations in Moscow make us weaker. This is a clear indication of someone who clearly missed the freight train of history over the past two decades.

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