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...remember from geography lessons, rubber is big in Malaysia. But there's a better way to appreciate it besides attending museums and tree-tapping demonstrations, and that's the Malaysian Grand Prix. Scheduled for April 8 at Kuala Lumpur's hyper-modern Sepang Circuit, the tire-scorching event is the second competition in this year's World Formula One Championship, which makes it all the more intriguing. If the much-vaunted first race in Melbourne on March 18 is where the kinks are discovered, then it's in the second race that the real drama begins to unfold. Will world...
...grand sérail, seat of the Lebanese government, is a magnificent 19th century Oriental palace. The stone façade, geometrical courtyard and ornate chambers were originally built as an Ottoman military barracks. Though beautifully restored, the structure was gutted at the start of the 15-year civil war - a wound on Lebanese history that is never far from the mind of the Grand Sérail's occupant since 2005's Cedar Revolution: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora...
...about by the assassination of Hariri. The international tribunal [to investigate the assassination] is one of the basic objectives of this government. Why? Because following the assassination of Hariri, there have been other assassinations. This follows assassinations during the past 30 years, leaders of thought, editors, politicians, clergymen, the grand mufti, the Druze mufti. That's why one should insist on the international tribunal. Not only to get to know who committed these crimes, but as well to protect democracy in this country. It is not a vendetta. It is a duty to the Lebanese people...
Luxembourg's Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean has almost everything a modern art museum could want: a prime location overlooking the nation's capital, a dramatic new building designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei and an expected deluge of art-hungry visitors. Luxembourg is one of this year's European Capitals of Culture, and a new TGV fast-train line from France opens in June...
...Just one thing is missing from the museum: modern art. Since its opening last July, the place has seemed oddly empty. Unlike its more established peers - Paris' Pompidou Center, Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, New York City's Museum of Modern Art - the Grand-Duc Jean (named after the sovereign who retired in 2000) doesn't have much of a permanent collection. Planners behind Mudam, as the Musée d'Art Moderne is known for short, started buying works about a decade ago. Even then, Monets and Manets were beyond their budget, and a Picasso was out of the question...