A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government Houston Chronicle TOOLS | BEIJING - The poet Woeser has long been a rarity - a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step. | After being repeatedly denied a passport for three years, the Beijing resident has sued the gov...
A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government The Boston Globe | BEIJING—The poet Woeser has long been a rarity -- a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step. | After being repeatedly denied a passport for three years, the Beijing resident has sued the gove...
Indian art cashes in on new dimensions The Times Of India | | KOLKATA: Indian installation and video art has started going places. With action around this genre hotting up at the buyer’s level, including investors and collectors at auctions, the...
Mealtime with the Megastar The Philippine Star | What is dinner with Sharon Cuneta like? Champagne and caviar for her, bread and water for us common folk? Hardly. | It's the opposite, in fact. Sharon is trying to lose weight quickly for her Aug. 8 "Megathirty" concert at the Araneta Coliseum, so ...
HKS opens office in United Arab Emirates Business Journal > | The architectural and interior design firm HKS Inc. has opened an office in the United Arab Emirates to serve clients in the Middle East and Northern Africa. | The new office - located in the Al Bateen Tower in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - o...
Man Asian favours the Phillipines The Guardian | Pankaj Mishra, one of the Man Asian judges | The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize has been announced, and features an unexpectedly strong showing from Filipino writers. | The list, which is chosen from submissions received from all ...
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Official feature of the Maltese Olympic Committee: MOC News - Independent Online The Team Malta official Olympic send-off ceremony will be organised for the first time by the Maltese Olympic Committee. It will take place next Friday at the Bastion Terrace of th...
Spiritual healing The Star | A conservationist highlights ancient wisdom as inspiration for people to better protect the Earth today. | US-born, Christian-baptised world citizen Nancy Lee Nash has worked and...
Don't miss the city's sites on the way to the Olympics Austin American Statesman | BEIJING — It could have been a whirlwind tour of China. Two days here. One day there. Grabbing a glimpse of many regions that comprise a country that has become an economic...
A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government Philadelphia Daily News | AUDRA ANG | The Associated Press | BEIJING - The poet Woeser has long been a rarity , a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step. | After being repe...
A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government The Boston Globe | BEIJING—The poet Woeser has long been a rarity -- a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step. | After being repeatedly denied a passport for t...
A rare Tibetan critic sues China's government Fresno Bee | BEIJING (AP) The poet Woeser has long been a rarity - a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step. | After being repeatedly denied a passport for thr...
Dublin listed as world's 16th most expensive city Irish Times In this section » | Concern raised over 100% mortgagesOil prices in decline as demand weakensAircraft leasing firm makes €53.3m profitEU assured WTO talks will not affect farm paymentsWell-being 'drives competitiveness'Financial stocks up buoyed by takeover rumoursCOLM KEENA | DUBLIN HAS been ranked as the 16th most expensive city in the worl...
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Chinese authorities in talks on airline merger The Star | SHANGHAI: China's central government and the Shanghai city government are discussing merging Shanghai Airlines with China Eastern Airlines, Chinese business magazine Caijing reported on its website yesterday. | High global oil prices and slowing growth in China's air passenger traffic have increased speculation the government may encourage restru...
