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...from a relatively mundane background. Clarke, the daughter of a Methodist minister, was born in Nottingham, went to Cambridge and then took a series of publishing jobs in London. The first glimmers of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell came to her during a year she spent teaching English in Bilbao, Spain. "I had a kind of waking dream," Clarke remembers, "about a man in 18th century clothes in a place rather like Venice, talking to some English tourists. And I felt strongly that he had some sort of magical background--he'd been dabbling in magic, and something had gone badly...
...Steps Out The European Union has long talked about creating its own rapid reaction force that could be quickly dispatched to the world's hot spots. That still doesn't exist, but last week Eurocorps - a defense force created in 1992 and made up of soldiers from Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg - assumed command of the 6,500 NATO troops in Afghanistan, the organization's first such deployment outside Europe. "I think there's a great deal of expectation for the E.U. to be here within a NATO operation," says French Lieutenant General Jean-Louis Py, Eurocorps' commander...
...would fall to pieces," says one Western security expert. After urgent pleas from the government of interim President Hamid Karzai, NATO agreed to boost its troop numbers by another 2,000 to 8,500, mainly with soldiers from Spain and Italy. The election is only five weeks away, but no date has yet been set for the arrival of the extra troops. Without them, Afghanistan's first democratic election could slide into mayhem - if the Taliban has its way. - By Tim McGirk Heavy Weather Typhoon Ranamin killed at least 115 people as it hit eastern China, destroying 42,000 homes...
DIED. ANTONIO GADES, 67, passionate Spanish dancer and choreographer; of cancer; in Madrid. Considered Spain's best dancer of his era, he helped popularize flamenco, lacking Gypsy fire but more than compensating with power and elegance. The artistic director of the National Ballet of Spain, he also made 10 films that brought him an international audience, notably Blood Wedding, Spanish director Carlos Saura's vibrant dance version of the Garcia Lorca play. Gades was an ardent communist who spent several years in Cuba. Fidel Castro was the best man at his wedding...
...complicated the distribution of emergency food in the region and in neighboring Chad, where 200,000 people have taken refuge. "We need to stop the attacks," says Lynn Heinisch, of U.S. aid group CARE, "and get them food, medicines and shelter before it's too late." Getting Closure SPAIN A judge investigating the Madrid train bombings charged a Lebanese man in connection with the attacks. Mahmoud Slimane Aoun was detained on suspicion of involvement with other suspects accused over the bombings. And an Italian court approved the extradition to Spain of Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, an alleged mastermind...