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...Lanta Yai and Khao Lak - three Thai destinations better known for backpackers and hammock-strewn huts - have unveiled deluxe accommodation in a bid for upmarket business. Their swish new resorts are helping Thailand generate much-needed buzz in the first peak season after the tsunami. Who knows? One of these up-and-coming towns might someday eclipse the jet set's favorite Thai isle, Phuket. On Koh Lanta Yai, Rawi Warin (rawiwarin.com) joins the burgeoning roster of five-star resorts like Pimalai and Costa Lanta. Standard rooms feature polished woods and Thai silks, while the suites will awe you with...
...Toiba, a jihadist group that aims to drive India out of Kashmir, is a prime suspect, but Bangladesh-based terror outfits are also considered potential culprits. India's security experts have been warning for months that it was only a matter of time before terrorists attacked Bangalore in a bid to weaken the country's booming technology sector. In March this year, Indian authorities announced that plans seized from militants belonging to a Lashkar-e-Toiba cell in New Delhi showed that the terrorists had planned to strike at software companies in Bangalore...
...final meeting of its 2004-2005 session, the Cambridge City Council bid adieu to its lone departing member before sparring over details of a proposed West Cambridge community center. Three-term councillor David P. Maher—whose father, William, also served on the Council in 1966—was the only member who failed to retain his seat in November municipal elections. Political newcomer Craig Kelley is set to replace Maher at the Council’s first meeting on Jan. 2. Councillor Timothy J. Toomey Jr. led the Council in thanking Maher for his service and presenting...
...Loker Commons was filled with hoots, bids, and excitement as 20 brave freshmen were auctioned off this past Saturday at the Freshmen Date Auction, an event thrown by the First-Year Social Committee (FYSC). The proceeds of the event, totalling around $500, went to Globe Santa, a charity run by the Boston Globe which delivers holiday gifts to needy children, according to FYSC Chair Zachary A.Y. Pollinger ’09. Bidding started at $5 and went up in $5 increments. Ayla N. Bloomberg ’09—who, according to the night’s emcee, listed...
...country's native religion, used by political leaders to help justify national conquests. They proclaimed that the souls of those who sacrificed their lives at war for Japan and its Emperor would live forever, venerated as gods, at Yasukuni. Soldiers, pilots and seamen heading into battle would frequently bid farewell to each other by saying, "See you at Yasukuni." Since 1945, Yasukuni has remained a quiet but potent and enduring symbol for the country's die-hard nationalists. Since 1959, priests at Yasukuni have quietly enshrined more than 1,000 convicted war criminals, not just Class-A criminals such...