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Iranian Art Debuts in Europe

London's Barbican Gallery welcomes the country's contemporary art

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Is Nadine Gordimer a Racist?

Teachers attack the South African Nobel Laureate's novel 'July's People'

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South Korea's Japan Problem

A pop video is re-igniting ill feeling between the two countries

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'Cultural Revolution' in Venezuela

President Hugo Chávez's arts policy comes under fire

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Chinese Ballet Takes a Step Too Far

Zhang Yimou adapts his film 'Raise The Red Lantern'

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The Media Baron Prime Minister

Italy re-elects self-made millionaire Silvio Berlusconi

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'On The Road' on the Block

Jack Kerouac's original manuscript goes up for auction in New York

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Wagner Concert Pulled in Israel

Festival organisers bow to political pressure over a production of 'Die Walküre'

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The First Hip Hop Music Summit

Rap artists agree to rules regarding parental guidance

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The Year's Best Building

The Finnish embassy in Berlin wins the first World Architecture Award

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Indian Muslims Protest Film

'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' has stirred religious controversy for its depiction of Islam

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The Legacy of Bruno Schulz

The Ukranian government is suing Yad Vashem over the alleged theft of murals

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The Genoa Protest – on Film

Anti-capitalist riots in Italy are a gift for young film-makers

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Italy vs Ethiopia

The continuing fight over an obelisk stolen by Mussolini's troops

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'Brass Eye' and Moral Panic

British satirist Chris Morris becomes a tabloid target

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China's Take on Tibetan Culture

Beijing's National Museum Of History tackles the Tibetan question

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Lollywood's Riposte to Bollywood

Pakistan's film industry has created a rebuttal to Indian war epic 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'

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Berlin's Jewish Museum Opens

Daniel Liebskind's landmark building is filled at last

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The Trade in Looted Art

Are museums guilty of stimulating the illicit business?

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The World Press Photo Awards

London's Festival Hall showcases the best in photojournalism

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Where Now for Art After 9/11?

Artists struggle to respond to the attacks on the US

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Radical Art in Gaza

Yasser Arafat personally intervenes on the West Bank

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Alexandria's New Library, 2,000 Years On

The Egyptian city is a repository of knowledge once more

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V S Naipaul, Nobel Laureate

The Trinidadian author talks about his novel 'Half A Life'

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Soap Opera, Afghanistan-Style

Storyline questions for the World Service's 'New 91Èȱ¬, New Life'

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An Orchestra in Crisis

Only a bailout can save the Toronto Symphony

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Americans Defiant in Song

An album of patriotic songs has gone straight to number one

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Undersea Art Plunder

UNESCO moves to outlaw treasure-hunting from shipwrecks and submerged temples

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Music Plays Again in Kabul

The Taliban's departure means a cultural thaw in Afghanistan

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Afghan Cinemas Re-open

Kabul film-lovers celebrate the deprature of the Taliban

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