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When China invaded Tibet in 1950, it promised to bring modernity to the isolated feudal kingdom. Instead, it brought a reign of religious and cultural repression that drove the Tibetan government into exile, including its supreme religious and political leader. Discovered as the 14th incarnation of Tibetan Buddhism's high priest at age 2 and enthroned at 4, the Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has never returned. After 45 years of trying to preserve a nation without a land, the Dalai Lama is grappling with the future of Tibet in a startlingly pragmatic way?one that risks...
...years. But there is no future here." For Kosovo's Serbs and Albanians alike, this week's vote is about more than just who will fix potholed roads. It could be the first step on the road to independence from Serbia, completing the break that began when NATO bombers drove Slobodan Milosevic's troops out of the province in 1999. For the past five years Kosovo, which is still legally part of Serbia, has been ruled by a United Nations administration backed by an 18,000-strong NATO peacekeeping force, with assistance from an the Kosovo Assembly. But with conflicts...
...Crimson netted another score in the 82nd minute, as senior Emily Colvin slid free just inside the 18-yard box and drove home her third goal of the season...
Like any number of vacationing parents, Gary Hirshberg was dismayed to find nothing but fast food as he drove up the Northern California coast with his wife and three young kids several summers ago. But unlike most of his helpless peers, Hirshberg, CEO of organic- yogurt giant Stonyfield Farm, decided to do something about it. Result: O'Naturals, a fledgling New England restaurant chain offering affordable organic food (including flatbread sandwiches, salads, soups and noodles) that Hirshberg dreams of making as ubiquitous as the Golden Arches. It may be a tall order, considering how poorly previous attempts at healthy fast...
Robbins was not alone in speaking too soon for the Sox, who promptly gave up three straight singles to score the first run; a wild pitch to plate the second and tie the game at five a-piece; and a flubbed ground ball by first-baseman Bill Buckner that drove in the winning run for New York. This series of errors ended the Sox chances, even though they could have won the series the following night in Game...