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Iran Keeps Picassos in Basement – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, was in all the headlines today after his speech at Columbia University. This fairly recent story from the LA Times is about the great art collected in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum seems to prevent linking to individual images, but you can browse them all by clicking on one at that link.
Cigarette Diaries – In 1944, bombardier Second Lt. Frank Pratt was shot down by the Nazis over Poland. Newsweek published excerpts of the diaries he kept, often on the inside of cigarette packages. In the accompanying video, Mr Pratt remembers jumping out of his crashing plane.
Slick Willie, Uncut – Comedy Central posted Jon Stewart’s interview with Bill Clinton, plus 6 minutes that didn’t air on TV. Clinton is promoting his new book. If you didn’t see the interview, it is probably worthwhile. John Stewart, as usual, asked all the tough questions:
I read the book, Giving, and while I read it I wondered… “What’s in it for me?”
foreign affairs &links posted by: dan @ 24 Sep 2007 22:36