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Dates: during 2000-2009
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You may not have heard of Mika (pronounced mee-ka) yet, but soon enough you may not be able to escape him. The 23-year-old Lebanese-born British singer topped a bbc poll of 130 industry tastemakers as the Next Big Thing for 2007, his music can already be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prejudice Goes Pop | 1/23/2007 | See Source »

His music became another type of escape. He took singing lessons and taught himself to play piano; a severe dyslexic, Mika is unable to read music. His first proper gig was, aged 11, in the choir in Richard Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten at London's Royal Opera House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prejudice Goes Pop | 1/23/2007 | See Source »

Sanghera's story took a detour. She ran away from home, married someone of her choosing, raised three children, earned a university degree and braved death threats to launch an organization that helps women in Britain's South Asian community escape forced marriages. That's a success story to inspire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage Rows | 1/23/2007 | See Source »

Bangkok's industrial-strength sex trade first developed during the Vietnam War to cater to American soldiers on R&R. Since then, it has mushroomed, luring both locals and sex tourists from around the world. Viagra has enlivened the industry, bringing a whole new generation of men to the Bangkok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Single Schnauzer | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

The offspring of a well-off family in Lyons, Henri Grou?s was inspired by St. Francis of Assisi to commit his life to what he called "absolute Love." Chronic bad health made it impossible for him to continue his original choice of staying in a Capucine monastery. As it turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Voice of the Voiceless | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

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