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Bruce Springsteen lashes bankers during Berlin concert
Bruce Springsteen has touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with financiers and bankers while performing a concert in Berlin. Springsteen played to a sold-out crowd at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, singing from his album Wrecking Ball and speaking about tough economic times … Continue reading
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Les complots du Vatican
Après l’arrestation du majordome du pape et la démission du «banquier» du Vatican, la thèse d’un complot destiné à déstabiliser l’entourage le plus proche de Benoît XVI l’emporte. Sous ses dentelles et ses ors, le palais du Vatican est à … Continue reading
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Jeff Tweedy: “Lo más importante es estar inspirado para crear algo”
Jeff Tweedy lidera uno de los grupos con mayor trascendencia del panorama de la música popular actual. Esa es la condición que ha alcanzado el grupoWilco, una banda clave en la consagración del country-rock como una de las estilísticas más en … Continue reading
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Europe isn’t working – how can we solve the unemployment problem?
Four months ago, the Guardian teamed up with five other papers from the largest EU countries to investigate the European predicament and seek to tease out solutions. We asked what the EU was for, what it did well, and where it was … Continue reading
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Henri Lopes: Le «mentir-vrai» du romancier relève du grand art
Le Congolais Henri Lopes a publié en début d’année son huitième roman intitulé Une enfant de Poto-Poto. Ce nouveau roman sous la plume d’un des maîtres incontestés de la fiction africaine contemporaine se lit d’une seule traite. Conteur hors pair, Lopes raconte … Continue reading
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A la orden, señor Bruselas
Es Bruselas un nido de delincuentes variados, forajidos en varios idiomas, cuatreros sin ley, asesinos de viejecitas, usureros sin conciencia y pederastas confesos. Hoy lo han descubierto nuestros chicos, que ha debido ser el día que alguien ha escrito en el post-it … Continue reading
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Exit Kofi Annan – with Syria still massacring its people and Russia still blocking international action
Kofi Annan flew out of Damascus yesterday amid news of fresh atrocities on the ground and as the Syrian opposition accused Russia of encouraging the regime to commit “savage crimes” against its people after Moscow ruled out supporting any new … Continue reading
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Saint-Louis, la belle métisse s’encanaille
24 mai. 21 heures. Teintes bleutées. Le bleu azur du ciel de Saint-Louis s’est incliné bien volontiers devant une nuée d’étoiles, les stars de jazz réunies à la vingtième cuvée du Festival international. L’édition se veut celle d’un renouveau promis … Continue reading
El ‘cantecito’ cautiva 20 años después
Existen discos míticos por las circunstancias, porque nacieron de pie, cayeron en gracia y se hicieron un hueco en nuestros corazones. Y existen discos míticos de puro ingenio, porque retratan a un artista en pura efervescencia. Los primeros se desinflan … Continue reading
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Markets in spin as anti-bailout party rises in Greek polls and Spanish borrowing costs soar
A day after markets in Europe were calmed on news that Greece’s pro-bailout New Democracy party appeared to be pulling clear in the polls ahead of next month’s crunch general election, new polls yesterday threw the situation back into doubt … Continue reading
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