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SEPTEMBER 10,2012 1 3
4 LETTERS
NEWSBEAST
6 AMERICAN NOTEBOOK
How a Navy SEAL sneaked past the Pentagon.
By Daniel Klaidman
7 INTERNATIONAL NOTEBOOK An infamous figure's Facebook page attracts Israel's far right. By Dan Ephron
8 PERSON OF INTEREST
The opposition candidate in Venezuela, Henrique Capriles Radonski, is fit for a fight.
By Mac Margolis 9 WORLD ON A PAGE
Party poopers in Tehran: Lysistrata in Togo.
By Tunku Varadarajan
10 TECHNOLOGY By Nina Strochlic BUSI NESS By Jesse Ellison H EA LTH By Lizzie Crocker 12 NEWS GALLERY A history of violence.
FEATURES
14 You Say 'Dokdo,' 1 Say 'Takeshima'
...
Let's Cali the Whole Thing Off
A tiny dump of islets pushes Japan and South Korea to the brink. By Takashi Yokota 18 Clash of the Titans
Battling over billions of dollars, Russian oligarchs settle scores in London courts.
By Peter Pomerantsev and Alexey Kovalev 24 What Does Anna Want Next?
From celeb-tilled fundraisers in Manhattan's Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumors ofpolitical aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.
By Robin Givhan
32 Can't Live With Him, Can't Live Without Him
How the death of Clintonism could be a major hurdle for the president this fal!.
By Peter J. Bayer 39 GOP Convention
Republican grand illusions. By Simon Schama 40 The Trouble in Timbuktu
An extremist militia is turning back the dock in northern Mali, destroying precious artifacts and instituting brutal Sharia law.
By Tahir Shall 46 Made in France
Capturing the battle for the Élysée in black and white. Photographs by Charles Ommanney
OMNIVORE
50 ART Warhol, Picasso? Yawn. New geniuses are waiting to be discovered.
52 TRAVEL Ofsilver and swords in war-torn
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54 BOOKS Exploring the U.K.'s wild and wondrous spaces.
56 THE CITY Rae Armantrout reflects on San Diego.
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