REUTERS / Richard Chung Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian wipes a broken mirror during a ceremony marking the island's Peace Memorial Day in Taipei 28 February, 2006. Chen said
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When they were boys, Vlada Tanasijevic, a Serb, and Ivica Krilèiæ, a Croat, were friends. Their fathers worked for the
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The power of a single sledgehammer, 12 November, 1989 © John Gaps / AP A man hammers away at the Berlin Wall on 12 November, 1989, as the border barrier between East
Cartier-Bresson visited Russia in 1954 and his report on its people is arguably his greatest essay in this genre. In 1952 he wrote about his role as a photographer.
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The 49th London Film Festival opens this week, running from 19 October3 November. The festival features 9 strands, including New British Cinema,
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Ceuta crossing, Yto Barrada
This morning an estimated 700 African migrants stormed a high-security barrier at the Spanish enclave of Melilla, northern Morocco. Around 200 managed to get through,
New Moscow, Yuri Pimenov, 1937 © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow See www.guggenheim.org/russia
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