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...people often take comfort from things that remain the same. That may explain the alarm felt by residents of the western city of Lanzhou on Sunday afternoon, when they noticed that a stretch of the 3,400-mile Yellow River was not yellow - not even tan - but a color closer to magenta. By the next day China's official news agency, Xinhua, had published photographs of the Biblically hued slick and reported that an unknown substance spilling out of a local sewer had caused the river to "turn red and smelly...
...explosion had been heard across the city in the days leading up to Diwali, but that was nothing compared to the noise that was unleashed as darkness set in. It seemed as if every person in Delhi simultaneously lit a fuse, stood back and waited for the explosion. Color and light shot up from parks and neighborhood streets, from backyards and rooftop terraces. Those who weren't outside letting off fireworks were perhaps inside pursuing the second favorite form of Diwali fun: gambling...
...SCREEN SAVIOUR Prepare for a slew of biblical biopics, including The Nativity Story, with Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary. First up, though, is the controversial Color of the Cross, in which Jesus is depicted as a black man, out this week...
...their sides. As the light fades, neon signs illuminate the city's numerous hotels and karaoke bars. Smaller lights also begin to blink on in the rows of brand-new apartment buildings that line the riverbank for miles. Behind one of the buildings, a fountain of noise and color erupts as firecrackers and exploding rockets mark a wedding banquet...
...their sides. As the light fades, neon signs illuminate the city's numerous hotels and karaoke bars. Smaller lights also begin to blink on in the rows of brand-new apartment buildings that line the riverbank for miles. Behind one of the buildings, a fountain of noise and color erupts as firecrackers and exploding rockets mark a wedding banquet...