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| Buy it, skin it, cook it (Guardian Unlimited) |
| When Fuchsia Dunlop wrote her two brilliant collections of recipes from the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Hunan some years ago, she was reporting on a rich culture that has this week been devastated by the worst earthquake in a generation. |
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| Tell-tale travelers' tales (Asia Times) |
| Russia's relationship with Iran and the Middle East is one of the hot subjects of international affairs. But it is not due to Russia's importance, as during the Cold War, but because of the importance of Iran. |
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