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...architect Michael Gabellini, was conceived as a private boudoir. And scattered among designer Tia Cibani's downtown clothes and accessories are objects from the global treks that inspire her collections: art books and intricate wooden sculptures from Germany. The second floor of the boutique, located in the Meatpacking District, hosts artists' events and features a private lounge for VIP appointments. Just like home...
...call to prayer rings out; a long, deep, echoing sound that billows through the streets of Johannesburg's Mayfair district. Here in the heart of the city's Muslim enclave, the Afghan cricket team - the sporting world's favorite underdogs - are eating curry and naan. "It tastes just like home," says Hasti Gul Abid, a 25-year-old middle-order batsman...
...Santos, a district manager at the ACC, said that his company was not involved in the protests, which he said were organized by the union members only. He said the nine people laid off averaged 20 hours of work per week for Harvard...
...changes for years. "Now they are going to bring equity to the system," he says. However, some prosecutors believe the 2004 reforms were enough and no further reforms are needed. "There is no question you'll get more second and third time offenders," says Michael C. Green, Monroe County District Attorney. "The option is being taken away to potentially jail an offender who has committed prior violent felonies." Green cited statistics that showed the state's drug incarceration rate dropping to about 11,000 last year as a result of the 2004 reforms and says it's even a misnomer...
Situated in Berlin's elegant mitte district, the Hotel de Rome channels history. It was built in 1889, and its ornate stone edifice originally housed the headquarters of Germany's Dresdner Bank and, following World War II, the state bank of communist East Germany (D.D.R.). Although the austere D.D.R. officials resented the building's opulence, they couldn't afford its demolition and instead boarded over its mosaic stone floors and ornate molding, inadvertently preserving them for today's luxury traveler...