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Friday, July 16, 2004

Bobby Fischer busted

Former chess world champion Bobby Fischer was picked up by Japanese officials after trying to travel to the Philippines with an invalid passport. Fischer has been wanted by the US for 12 years for violating an embargo against Yugoslavia. Fischer has become a vocal critic of the US in recent years. Want to bone up on your Fischer history? See Colby Cosh's review of David Edmonds' Bobby Fischer Goes to War.

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