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French Down Libyan Plane Over Chad;U.S.-Made Missile Destroys Bomber
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French forces firing a U.S.-made Hawk missile shot down a
long-range Libyan bomber over Ndjamena, the capital city of Chad, in
a new escalation of the war in that country today.
The Libyan embassy in Paris said the military action had brought
France into "direct confrontation" with Libya.
The downed aircraft, a Soviet-made Tupolev 22, was one of two
Libyan bombers dispatched to attack Ndjamena in retaliation for the
Chadian Army's destruction of a Libyan air base at Matan as Sarra in
southeastern Libya. The base, more than 60 miles north of the
contested Chadian-Libyan border, was captured ...
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Books: On the trail of Ivan the terribly elusive Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev By Robert Dessaix SCRIBNER pounds 12.99 pounds 11.99 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...critic. By rights, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev should be the most...more naturally than Ivan Turgenev inherits a...kind. As he pursues Ivan Sergeyevich to Germany, France...while describing Turgenev's passion, he drops...
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Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
; ...Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev Robert Dessaix Picador ISBN...though he know it thoroughly. Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, the man, however, has somehow...of fellow feeling" for him. Turgenev, it seems to Dessaix, shared...
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Being Turgenev born November 9, 1818 (N.S.).(Russian Calendar)(Ivan Turgenev)
Magazine article from: Russian Life
; ...impression remains-Turgenev's novels are more...successful encounters with Turgenev's fiction, children...manage to forget all out Ivan Sergeyevich and his novels. I know...picking up a volume of Turgenev and reading his prose...
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Make Dad happy with a good book on Father's Day
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ...System (www.pbclibrary.org/story-fathersdayquiz.htm.) My own favorite: "Fathers and Sons," by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. First published in 1861, it's a classic story about the conflict between two generations. The story deals...
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[2] The Almanac.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...labor dispute had threatened to wipe out the entire 1998-99 season. A thought for the day: Russian author Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev said, ``I share no man's opinion; I have my own.'' (adv thurs jan 6) By UPI News Provided by COMTEX...
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THE ALMANAC
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...dispute had threatened to wipe out the entire 1998-99 season. ___ A thought for the day: Russian author Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev said, ``I share no man's opinion; I have my own.'' (adv thurs jan 6) By UPI Copyright 1999 United...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Births: Mark Akenside, poet and physician, 1721; Walter Geikie, painter, 1795; Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, playwright, 1818; Anton Krause, pianist, conductor and composer, 1834; Edward VII, King, 1841; Sir Giles Gilbert Scott...
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS, PAST + PRESENT (9 NOVEMBER):.
News Wire article from: World Entertainment News Network
; ...via COMTEX) -- (b. followed by date means celebrity is now deceased) - Russian playwright and novelist, IVAN SERGEYEVICH TURGENEV, b.1818 - England's KING EDWARD VII, eldest son of QUEEN VICTORIA and PRINCE ALBERT, b.1841 - DR HERBERT...
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