Nobel Prize for Mexican Writer Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize in literature for his exquisite love poetry and broad international essays. The Swedish Academy praised his fusion of cultures from pre Columbian to Western modernism and highlighted the 1957 Sun Stone as a key work. Paz, 76, called poetry essential and said the prize signals Latin language health.
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Sweden
Octavio Paz
Swedish Academy
Paz
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Latin America
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombia
Camilo Jose Cela
Spain
Cela
Madrid
Sture Allen
Academy
Tadors
Jews Rally at Western Wall Amid Riots End Sukkot
Thousands of Jews gathered at Jerusalem's Western Wall answering a government call to assert control after deadly riots. Police and soldiers surrounded the site as worshipers carried Torah scrolls and guns, while Palestinians faced restrictions near the Old City. UN Security Council in New York discussed Jerusalem violence.
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Jerusalem
Dov Shilansky
Wall
Temple Mount
Old City
Arieh Bibi
Avner Shaki
New York City
U.N. Security Council
West African troops seize Monrovia amid Liberia conflict
West African troops using tanks and jet bombers have gained control of Monrovia from Charles Taylor's rebels, paving the way for an interim government and food aid. The multinational force halted fighting, with rival rebel factions retreating and Doe remnants holed up near the presidential mansion as U.N. food shipments begin to arrive.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Charles Taylor
Monrovia
Dogonyaro
Samuel Doe
Economic Community of
Secre
U.S
Peter de Vos
Bomb kills Galician separatist at Spain disco
In Galicia, a pre-dawn blast at the Clangor dance club in Santiago de Compostela killed Ignacio Villar Regueiro, identified as a suspected Guerrilla Army of the Free Galician People member, and two others. Forty-nine people were injured as six early explosions occurred in the region.
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Spain
Galicia
Rosa Conde
Ignacio Villar Regueiro
Free Galician People
Conde
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