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...retinue arrived in a caravan of 400 automobiles at the pumping station of Ras Tanura to witness the first tanker hauling away its cargo of Saudi crude. Henceforth the King would no longer rely for income on the pilgrims arriving in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. And his kingdom's petroleum wealth would emerge as a crucial factor in Middle East politics and the bargaining over global energy supplies. --By Adam Zagorin
...Phan Thiet lies on one of Vietnam's finest stretches of sun and sand, and the French-colonial presence still lingers in the town's slow, relaxed atmosphere. Binh Thuan province, where the town is located, was part of the Cham kingdom until the late 1600s. The Cham Towers, the largest monuments built by the Cham people, still stand on a hill overlooking the town...
...Planned Parenthood is sponsoring new legislation in Massachusetts, which would allow certain pharmacists to dispense EC without a prescription and would require state’s hospitals to provide information to rape victims. EC is already available without a prescription in over 13 countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom and France. This month Planned Parenthood also launched a new program, which allows women to request EC from the organization’s nurse practitioners over the internet (Planned Parenthood already runs similar programs in Chicago, Indiana, Oregon and Georgia). These attempts to publicize and politicize EC need public support, because...
...DIED. SIR HARDY AMIES, 93, dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II and doyen of British couture; in the Cotswalds, United Kingdom. His first royal commission came in 1951, when the then Princess Elizabeth asked him to design her clothes for an official trip to Canada. He continued to design for the Queen until he retired from day-to-day involvement in his fashion house?established in 1945 at 14 Savile Row?when he turned 80. Amies' style was always elegant?and conservative. He never designed a strapless evening dress because, he said, "Anything blatantly sexy can never be chic; overexposure...
...China races into the modern era, its spectacular cultural heritage is often the first casualty of the nation's fascination with all things shiny and new. Many of the Middle Kingdom's historical artifacts were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, when frenzied Red Guards chopped the heads off ancient statues and tore down thousands of temples. Today the destruction continues apace, this time in the name of modernization as local governments often choose concrete over culture. This year alone the Three Gorges Dam project will begin flooding countless archaeological sites, while hundreds of historic neighborhoods nationwide will be replaced...