Word: easternism
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...waves. According to Pakistani intelligence officials, the first exodus came in November, when al-Qaeda fled into the remote Tirah Valley to escape the U.S. bombardment of Tora Bora. The second wave entered last March, during the allied forces' Operation Anaconda against al-Qaeda positions in Afghanistan's eastern Shah-i-Kot mountains...
...adding spas, as are many health clubs. Choosing from the variety of rubdowns offered at these oases can take the kind of focus and endurance normally expended on choosing a career. There is traditional Swedish massage in which muscles are stroked and kneaded, Shiatsu and other acupressure-based Eastern techniques, reflexology (in which the hands and feet are prodded) and aromatherapy, which uses scented oils to enhance the effects of massage. For those with real backbone, there is the menage a trois of back rubs, the four-handed massage...
...thousands of mayors, governors, Communist Party chiefs and other functionaries from China's 32 provinces who have become the nation's new strongmen. "Whether Jiang or Hu is in power, it doesn't affect my life," says Kevin Qiang, a 34-year-old accountant in the eastern city of Hangzhou. "The only people I care about are the leaders in Hangzhou...
...July, virtually all of those camps were shut down and some survivors are now coming home. As Meher-un-nissa and her friends walk around their village of Pandarwada in eastern Gujarat, they pass the charred ruins that were their homes and the canvas tents they are now forced to occupy. Encountering an elderly Hindu lady, the children fall silent, waiting for a smile or a nod?the usual greeting in a village where everyone knows one another. But the woman refuses to acknowledge them. The local mosque has been destroyed, and someone has scrawled on a nearby wall...
...Singh Rana, a Hindu, serves as headman of Ajanwa, a remote village in eastern Gujarat. When Muslims were attacked in his area in March, he ran to the local police outpost. They refused to help. One constable asked why Rana was bothering, expressing his personal opinion that "the Muslims deserve to die like dogs." Rana called a local legislator who said paramilitary troops would be sent. But by then, 11 Muslims had been killed...