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/ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-ASIA: Animation Houses Turn to Cross-Cultural Content
"With more than 5,000 years worth of conflicts, conquests and cultural developments, Asia's cultural heritage is a treasure trove of plots and stories waiting to be discovered and brought to life," said David Lim, Singapore Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.SCIENCE-INDIA: Animal Lovers Get Scientists’ Goat
When five men were lynched for skinning a cow at Jhajjar, a small town 50 km west of the Indian capital in October, authorities ordered a post-mortem on the animal to determine whether it had been killed for its hide or was already dead previously.CHINA: Legalising Gambling Appears an Attractive Option
Eager to tap a surefire source of revenue to support its welfare spending, China is anxiously watching the experiment of the Hong Kong government to legalise soccer gambling in order to boost cash in the economy and close its gaping budget deficit.JAPAN: Child Rearing Pressures Fall Squarely On Women’s Shoulders
Kaoru Nishizono, 35, is a busy mother. She enrolled her 2-year-old at an English-language school last month and spends most of her waking hours driving her other daughter to cram school, swimming, ballet, and drawing classes during the week.CHINA: Legalising Gambling Appears an Attractive Option
Eager to tap a surefire source of revenue to support its welfare spending, China is anxiously watching the experiment of the Hong Kong government to legalise soccer gambling in order to boost cash in the economy and close its gaping budget deficit.JAPAN: Child Rearing Pressures Fall Squarely On Women’s Shoulders
Kaoru Nishizono, 35, is a busy mother. She enrolled her 2-year-old at an English-language school last month and spends most of her waking hours driving her other daughter to cram school, swimming, ballet, and drawing classes during the week.CULTURE-ARGENTINA: Homeless Actors Play Themselves
An Argentine film that cast homeless men and women playing themselves not only drew large audiences for four months, but helped several of the amateur actors get their lives back on track.CULTURE-ARGENTINA: Homeless Actors Play Themselves
An Argentine film that cast homeless men and women playing themselves not only drew large audiences for four months, but helped several of the amateur actors get their lives back on track.MEXICO-CUBA: Book Fair Turns into Political Battlefield
The tension between love and hate towards the Cuban political regime has set the tone for the International Book Fair under way in Mexico, whose government has backed away from its tradition of support for the socialist-run island.MEXICO-CUBA: Book Fair Turns into Political Battlefield
The tension between love and hate towards the Cuban political regime has set the tone for the International Book Fair under way in Mexico, whose government has backed away from its tradition of support for the socialist-run island./ARTS WEEKLY/THAILAND: Reverence for the King, Monarchy Peaks in December
Each December, Thailand revels in a spectacle of colour and pageantry to affirm its reverence for the country's monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej./ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-JAMAICA: Reggae Maverick Releases Own Album
Michael Campbell has always been something of a maverick./ARTS WEEKLY/LITERATURE-CUBA: Controversial Invasion of International Book Fair
A veritable invasion of Cuban art - from the island and from abroad - has occurred at the annual International Book Fair in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, stimulating dialogue and charging the air with tension./ARTS WEEKLY/BANGLADESH: Film Offers Rich Portrait of Madrasahs
'Matir Moina' (Clay Bird), which recently won hearts in the West, portrays life in an Islamic Madrasah or religious school, and in so doing confronts issues of tolerance and the perception that Madrasahs are a breeding ground for Islamic fundamentalists.BANGLADESH: Film Offers Rich Portrait of Madrasahs
'Matir Moina' (Clay Bird), which recently won hearts in the West, portrays life in an Islamic Madrasah or religious school, and in so doing confronts issues of tolerance and the perception that Madrasahs are a breeding ground for Islamic fundamentalists./ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-JAMAICA: Reggae Maverick Releases Own Album
Michael Campbell has always been something of a maverick.LITERATURE-CUBA: Controversial Invasion of International Book Fair
A veritable invasion of Cuban art -- from the island and from abroad -- has occurred at the annual International Book Fair in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, stimulating dialogue and charging the air with tension.POLITICS: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan in Between U.S. Friend, Foe
Ever since the summer, when Iraq emerged as the next target in the U.S.-led 'war on terror', a sporadic media campaign has been launched against Saudi Arabia.HEALTH-LATAM: Youth Trapped Between AIDS and Ignorance
Young people in Latin America, 560,000 of whom are living with HIV, are put at higher risk by contradictory advice or a complete lack of sex education, say activists.HEALTH-LATAM: Youth Trapped Between AIDS and Ignorance
Young people in Latin America, 560,000 of whom are living with HIV, are put at higher risk by contradictory advice or a complete lack of sex education, say activists.MIDEAST: After Kenya Attacks, Moderates Seek Space for Dialogue
The latest attacks in Kenya and the continued conflict between Israel and the Palestinians signal more violence, but they are also giving moderates in the Middle East another chance to push for dialogue over the hardliners' agenda of hostility.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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