Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically gone through rough patches over these and related causes of disagreement. What is new is China's mu...
Michelle Obama Almost Calls Hillary 'President Clinton' (PHOTOS) Huffington Post | *Scroll down for photos* | It's that time of year again! On Wednesday, Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the State Department in Washington. | The first lady wore purple (just like last year) and made an enterta...
World Cup volunteers put through their paces (Feature) m&c | Johannesburg - A ripple of excitement courses through the crowd of about 2,000 people, who have been sitting sagely all afternoon in Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre, watching video presentations. | Friday was the first day of training for ...
Today is International Pi Day The Examiner | | Math enthusiasts and assorted geeks around the world are celebrating today as International Pi Day. Not your mom’s apple pie, but the famous constant, Π, equal to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. | The r...
Debate Grows on Nuclear Containment of Iran The New York Times | For a few months in the mid-1960s President Johnson and his aides secretly weighed bombing China’s nuclear sites — perhaps seeking Soviet help — rather than let Mao get the bomb. Then the costs of starting another war in Asia sank...
Kia's Economic Stimulus Package The New York Times | KIA would never admit it, even if executives in Seoul imbibed too much soju one night. But they have to be thinking that maybe this recession isn’t such a bad thing. Multim...
Celebs Go "Gifting" at Award Ceremonies CBS News Free Gift Bags Greet Stars At Awards Ceremonies As Companies Try To Promote Their Products | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | In this Jan. 20, 2008 file photo, actress Vir...
This week's film festival previews The Guardian | Red Chapel, showing at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London | A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films f...
MCM's Eastern Makeover Wall Street Journal By ELVA RAMIREZ | MCM epitomized glamour...in the 1980s. | The German-based company then-known as Michael Cromer Munich produced logo-ed leather goods that ranged from trunks to tennis racket covers to belts. The brand was ostentatious and flashy, pe...
He's got a ticket to ride Gulf News | One of the things Charles Veley, the world's most-travelled man, has discovered is that there is always a bar. There was a bar on Palmyra Atoll, south west of Hawaii; there was a bar on Willis Island in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland. T...
Australia defends mandatory Internet filter The Himalayan | SYDNEY: Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech. | The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday listed Australia, along with South Korea, Turkey and Russia, as countries "under s...
Aparna Sen's 'The Japanese Wife' to release on April 9 Merinews LONG AWAITED film “The Japanese Wife”, directed by National Award winner Aparna Sen (Mr. and Mrs. Iyer), 64, will be released on April nine, according to reports. Written by Kunal Basu, produced by Saregama, edited by Rabiranjan Maitra, music by Sagar Desai, camera by Anay Goswamy; it stars Rahul Bose, Chigusa Takaku (K...
