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WASHINGTON - De Britse schrijver Christopher Hitchens (62) is donderdag overleden aan de gevolgen van kanker.</h2><div class="imageleft" id="photo" style="color:rgb(2,0,81);font-family:Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px;margin-top:2px;margin-right:14px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;float:left;max-width:132px;width:132px">
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Dit heeft het tijdschrift Vanity Fair, waar hij een column voor schreef, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/christopher-hitchens" target="_blank" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(2,0,81)">gemeld</a> op zijn website.</p>
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Hitchens schreef decennialang voor tal van Britse en Amerikaanse bladen. Ook heeft hij meer dan 20 boeken over godsdienst en politiek op zijn naam staan.</p><center class="articlebodyad" style="color:rgb(2,0,81);font-family:Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px;margin-top:15px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;clear:left">
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Hij stond bekend als atheïst en als scherp criticus van de voormalige Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Henry Kissinger.</p><p style="color:rgb(2,0,81);font-family:Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:1px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;line-height:18px">
Hitchens was aan het begin van zijn loopbaan links geëngageerd. Hij schreef voor het tijdschrift International Socialist en verzette zich fel tegen de oorlog in Vietnam. Na de terreuraanslagen van 11 september 2001 veranderde Hitchens van mening.</p>
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Hij steunde de oorlog in Irak en hekelde ''fascisme met een islamitisch gezicht''.</p><p style="color:rgb(2,0,81);font-family:Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:1px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;line-height:18px">
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Dawkins Award 2011   Christopher Hitchens</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:1px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent">
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