Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The New York Times | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. | “We’ve decided to go ahead with a shark fis...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the region "as if its fate were to...
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The New York Times | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. | &ldqu...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Ch...
Legendary Architect Bruce J. Graham Dies redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 08:00 CST | CHICAGO, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The elegant genius of Miesian high-rise architecture, Bruce J. Graham, died in his sleep early Saturday morning at home in Hobe Sound, Florida. He was 84 years old. Mr. Gr...
Architect of Sears Tower, Hancock Center dies Chicago Business Bruce J. Graham March 09, 2010 | (AP) — Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed Chicago's two most iconic skyscrapers, including the formerly named Sears Tower, has died at age 84, a public relations firm hired by his family said Mon...
Guru Dutt, Nargis, Amitabh in CNN's top 25 Asian actors list Deccan Herald New York, Mar 5 (PTI) | Bollywood legends Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran have been named the list of CNN's top 25 Asian actors of all time. | The list h...
Guru Dutt, Amitabh in CNN's top 25 Asian actors list Deccan Chronicle Guru Dutt, Amitabh in CNN's top 25 Asian actors list | March 5: Bollywood legends Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran have been named on the list of CNN...
'Avatar' Plagiarism Suit Dismissed in China The New York Times | James Cameron didn't go home on Sunday night with as many Academy Awards as expected for his hit film "Avatar," and not all the Oscar winners from the film remembered to call him a visionary at the podium. But he won't have to share his "Avatar" pr...
Insights into India-Singapore relations The Hindu | V. SURYANARAYAN | "The journey from the sunlit peaks of hope into valleys of dark despair and, now, towards the radiance of a new dawn" | LOOKING EAST TO LOOK WEST - Lee Kuan Yew's Mission to India: Sunanda K. Datta-Ray; pub. by the Institute of So...
Neo's illicit affair gets front-page coverages The Star | MAJOR Chinese broadsheets devoted more space to the illicit affair of Singapore's most successful film-maker Jack Neo and a 22-year-old model. | Most gave front-page coverage while Sin Chew Daily even put the story on its centrespread. | According ...
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks The New York Times | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. | “We’ve decided to go ahead with a shark fishing ban,” Ibrahim Didi, the fisheries and a...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the region "as if its fate were to be entirely decided by Peking". | He explained th...
