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As France hosts the Rugby World Cup competition, the mayor of St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, has commissioned a street parade of dancers, chanters, and musicians, and the Musee du Quai Branly is presenting rugby art exhibitions. Is the macho sport going soft?

Heather Roberson's journey to Macedonia is vividly told in the comic-style novel Macedonia, co-written by Harvey Pekar. In a special Postcards, Roberson describes how, despite a peculiar state of peace, the country's young and talented seem set on searching for opportunites elsewhere.

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But Kernan, who lives in the shadow of his now deceased but still famous sports announcer dad, is cruising on autopilot and has been unable to find a voice that his editors think sings. Then he meets a homeless man who calls himself Champ (Samuel L. Jackson). The man claims to have been boxing champion Bob Satterfield. Kernan can't believe his good fortune. Everyone thinks Satterfield is dead but here he is and if Kernan can play his cards right, there's a cover-making story to be mined. But what happens after this chance encounter tests Kernan in ways that he could have never anticipated, and raises questions about about journalistic ethics and responsibility, as well as about the relationships of fathers and sons.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office has been reluctant to support a tribal "awakening" against al-Qaida and to act against ethnic cleansing of the Sunni minority, military analyst Anthony Cordesman says.

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As Iran strengthens its military and political muscle, the nation's leaders seek to increase its influence over the Middle East. But Iran's ambitious talk of revolution worries its Arab neighbors.

After deliberating for two days, jurors in Miami find accused al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla guilty of conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism. Federal prosecutors alleged Padilla and two co-defendants were part of a terrorism-support network in Miami.

Ayad Allawi, the first Iraqi prime minister following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, has warned in recent weeks of coming disaster in Iraq. He says the country's system of government should be reexamined and replaced by a nonsectarian regime.