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Headlines for 20 November 2003

New York’s currently: feeling for the victims of fire in Greenpoint

 At least 15 dead, more than 300 injured in bomb attacks on the British consulate and HSBC bank headquarters in Istanbul.

 White House now believes a Shiite-dominated government in Iraq is good for everyone’s interests, despite religious rivalries.

 View finalists’ bids for the World Trade Center memorial competition, or read reviews by Christopher Hawthorne or Muschamp (even browse the judges).

 U.S. rehiring demobilized Iraqi soldiers at ‘warp speed’ to rebuild army.

 Literature is a horse race! Lit Idol organized for the Clay Aikens of fiction, remarkably similar to John Warner’s proposal on TMN.

 Hilarious, even touching account of our President clinking and winking his way through a Royal dinner.

 South Africa approves free medication to millions of citizens infected with H.I.V.

 New York City newspaper racks under attack!

 Defense Department denounces memo obtained by the Weekly Standard that links Saddam and bin Laden.

 Student hunts pulled-pork sandwiches for spring break.

 Shirley Hazzard wins National Book Award for The Great Fire. Slightly Related: Hazzard and Graham Greene’s last companion Yvonne Cloetta haggle over his legacy.

 Photographs by Sacha Dean Bïyan.

 British protesters use high tech to track and disrupt Bush’s visit. Related: Diary of the Mirror’s royal spy, close enough to poison the Queen.

 Time wasted with The Scribbler.

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