The New York Times – Travel:
Was a “medieval New York” called Jomsborg a literary fantasy or a historical reality? New archaeological discoveries may provide a clue.
Author: Andrew Higgins
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Missing From Czech Spa Town Popular With Russians: Russians
The New York Times – Travel:
Since the 18th century, Russians have flocked to the healing waters of Karlovy Vary. Now, the Czech government has barred them from visiting the country, and the town must reinvent itself.
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A Balkan Leader Gets the Hollywood Treatment, Starring Kevin Spacey
The New York Times – Film:
A director cast the beleaguered actor as Franjo Tudjman, the late Croatian leader, whom some call a patriot and others revile as an ethnonationalist zealot.
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Jiang Zemin, who led China as it emerged as world power, dies at 96
Washington Post – Politics:
He presided over a period of extraordinary economic growth that by some measures tripled the size of China’s economy.