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...RESIGNED. LEE HUN JAI, 60, South Korean Finance and Economic Minister; after legislators called for his ouster over suspect real estate transactions; in Seoul. Revelations emerged in January that Lee's wife, Jin Jin Sook, may have flouted residency laws with a 1979 purchase of land in Kwangju, south of Seoul, which she later sold for a profit of $4.6 million. Lee denied any improprieties, but said he would step down because the controversy "could burden the President and be of no help to the economy...
...contained contagious illnesses. The battle against disease isn't over, but the medical response to the tsunami is shaping up to be a surprising success story for the field of emergency public health. "The situation is still evolving, still dynamic, but I think we are well prepared," says Dr. Jai Narain, the WHO's Southeast Asia regional adviser for communicable disease. "Even if an outbreak occurs, we would be able to respond to it very effectively...
...Singh is enjoying yet another spell under the spotlight, thanks to his new novel Burial at Sea, a fantasia on an alleged sexual escapade by Nehru. The central character, Jai Bhagwan, "is a takeoff of Nehru," says Singh. Bhagwan, like Nehru, is a Brahman from Kashmir, British-educated, brilliant, agnostic, a follower of Mohandas Gandhi, and with big dreams of modernizing his impoverished country. There's one difference: instead of going into politics, Bhagwan decides to transform India by becoming an industrialist to give his country the economy it deserves. The crux of the novel comes when the middle-aged...
...Kong entertainers known as the "heavenly Kings," has been around the longest and easily commands the most attention in Asia. During shooting at Tea Mountain in Chongqing in January, scores of fans from the nearby town assembled outside the lobby of the mountainside hotel. "They're waiting for Wah-Jai," said a blushing girl behind the front desk, referring to him by his Chinese nickname. Zhang Ziyi's manager, Ling Lucas, complained that the usually jaded film crew handed her notebooks and asked for her help in getting autographs. It wasn't Zhang Ziyi's they were after...
...Balanchine?s greatest transformations was on the other side of the footlights. When he and his patron Lincoln Kirstein founded the New York City Ballet in 1948, the audience for ballet in the U.S. was on a par with that for, say, dog shows or jai alai. Today, although support for orchestras and theater companies is wavering, ballet is booming, with new companies proliferating and talented youngsters springing up continually. Much of the credit goes to Balanchine, to the brilliance of his 400-plus works and to the seminal influence of the NYCB and its satellite School of American Ballet...