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Steve Wasserman, the Times book editor until earlier this year, will give his take on the cutbacks at his former paper in the first issue of Truthdig.com, the webzine by Robert Scheer that launches Nov. 29. Also billed: Orville Schell on China, Juan Cole on Saddam's trial and Sharmini Peries on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela.
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