The international Gay World Cup of soccer chose Buenos Aires for its first foray into Latin America
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Buenos Aires welcomes 2007 Gay World Cup
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By Dan Fastenberg
For the Herald
Just a generation ago, the corner of Comodoro Rivadavia and Avenida del Libertador in the northeastern Nuñez neighbourhood of Buenos Aires was a symbol of the worst forms of repression within Argentina. At that intersection is the notorious Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) used during the 1976-1983 Argentine military dictatorship as clandestine centre, but this past Saturday, September 29, across the street at the soccer stadium of the Defensores of Belgrano soccer team, upwards of 1,000 fans attended the finals of the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) championships being played there. Read More
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World of wine
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Wine with a touch of iron(y)?
Wine with a touch of iron(y)?
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By Dereck Foster
for the Herald
A couple of years ago — it might have been three — I happened to discover a new packaging for wine. It was at one of the many wine exhibition/fairs which keep us tied to BA without the need for travelling all the way to Mendoza, and was hidden away in a small corner without much to draw attention except for the fact that a large sign proclaimed in large letters IRON WINE. This was indeed something to be investigated. Wine from rust (perhaps), instead of grapes? It sounded too impossible to be true, so I stopped by to see what it was all about. Read More
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By Howard Nelson
for the Herald
Oysters are one of natures special gifts to gourmets. Like many gifts throughout history, this one comes with a twist. While agreeing that oysters are to be eaten and enjoyed, there are those who believe that they should only be eaten raw, while others insist, just as strongly, that oysters are best appreciated with a little help from the kitchen. It is an argument that shows no sign of coming to an agreement. Read More
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Kia's corner
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United we eat
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By Fereydoun Kia
FOR THE HERALD
Presently, the international news media are full of reports from the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York. We see and hear about world leaders gathering, holding speeches and meeting behind the scene. Read More
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Break dancing is back in Russia, with more artistic freedom after Soviet times
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Thumbs down to America (except the Bronx)
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By Paul Lauener
THE NEW YORK TIMES
MOSCOW
On a cordoned-off street in the heart of this city, Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia's great 19th-century poet, watched an unusual sight before his carved stone eyes. Not the hundreds of soldiers and police marching by, which he would have seen before. Nor the thousands of Muscovites carrying balloons and flags to celebrate the 860th anniversary of the founding of the capital. Read More
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Shanghai’s Paramount ballroom is a palace of retro that has not only managed to survive since the first decades of the 20th century, but stands out
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Where west met east, and then asked for a dance
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By Howard W. French
THE NEW YORK TIMES
SHANGHAI, China
Somehow all conversations at Shanghai's Paramount ballroom manage to wend their way toward what might ordinarily be considered an unwelcome topic: the ballroom dancers' ages. Read More
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By Guido Minerbi
FOR THE HERALD
The balding gentleman drove to pick up the Herald on Sunday. He did not want it delivered, not to forego the rite of browsing through other dailies and weeklies. Read More
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In southern Africa, a child's name is chosen to convey a specific meaning, and not, as is common in the West, the latest fashion
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Africa, names for newborns often a sign of the times
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By Elisabeth Rosenthal
THE NEW YORK TIMES
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe
Thirty-two years ago in western Zimbabwe, a baby boy named Tlapi was born so sick that his parents feared he would die. They took him to sangomas, or traditional healers, and to Western-style doctors, but nothing worked. It seemed that God, not man, would decide his fate. Read More
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Horse trading ahead of China’s Communist Party Congress congress has colored almost everything Chinese leaders have done or said in recent weeks
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With leadership shuffle, China is deadlocked on anointing new leader
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By Joseph Kahn
THE NEW YORK TIMES
BEIJING
Just days away from a major leadership reshuffle, China's Communist Party bosses remain deadlocked over who should sit on the ruling Politburo Standing Committee and who should be anointed to succeed President Hu Jintao as China's No. 1 leader five years from now, party officials and political observers say. Read More
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The props, costumes and relics in the Museum of Sex’s latest exhibit in New York evoke astonishment at how far humanity will go to stimulate pleasure or intimacy
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‘Kink’ at the Museum of Sex: what’s latex got to do with it?
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By Edward Rothstein
THE NEW YORK TIMES
If you get pleasure out of visiting the Museum of Sex — which calls itself MoSex and has been celebrating its fifth anniversary this week — is that a kink or a fetish? Read More
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British poets certain that poetry is alive and read and growing
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By Andrew Graham-Yooll
HERALD STAFF
Funny thing, really. Few people buy poetry books, except when forced by a poet in the vicinity. And yet, poetry is the foremost form of expression, public and private. US poet laureate Robert Pinsky found evidence of a surge of poetic expression after the September 11, 2001, tragedy. In the Muslim world, the Koran warns against the duplicity of poets, and yet poetry is the foremost form of written and sung expression in Islamic culture. Read More
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Buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing but harbor growing concerns about its side effects
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Globalization, according to the world, is good — sort of
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By Brain Knowlton
THE NEW YORK TIMES
WASHINGTON
Buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a good thing but harbor growing concerns about its side effects: threats to their cultures, damage to the environment and the challenges posed by immigration, a new survey indicates. Read More
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Kia's corner
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The commoner
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By Fereydoun Kia
FOR THE HERALD
If you ask any meat-loving person, like an average Argentine, what kind of fish he thinks is the most common in the world, it is likely that you would receive a reply in line with: “Who cares? They are all the same” or “How can you ask a question like that? Fish is fish!” When you then explain to the listener that there are a huge variety of fish of different sizes, textures and flavours, mentioning examples like salmon, merluza, lenguado and dorado, he may give you a nod of understanding, while continuing to think of how he is going to arrange his next asado. Read More
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Platter chatter
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A real Lulu of an experience
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By Dereck Foster
for the Herald
The study, practice and consumption of food concentrates so many fascinating and entrapping features that its every manifestation is always a unique event. While much of the foods and styles that make up international cuisine has been transported and adapted with reasonable success, a great deal of the remainder suffers when removed and separated from its native and natural surroundings. Read More
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OFF TOPIC
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The world as a walk
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By Kevin Carrel Footer
For the Herald
I am trying out a new theory on the streets of Buenos Aires. When walking through the most congested parts of town, where the crowds mill and pamphleteers prosper and hawkers hawk, I just let go. I don't resist the flow of the crowd nor try to pass the couple that meanders. I walk as if I were alone in the countryside -- not surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the Great Metropolis. I slowly drift in the direction I want to go, but I don't allow anything to become an obstacle. Instead of going up against the knot of people that won't let me pass, I wait until they have drifted apart. I take everything in stride. Read More
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