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Although most New Yorkers make no secret of their contempt for the land that lies beyond the Hudson and East Rivers, the city welcomed me with open arms. As I warily presented my immigration documents and student visa to the burly U.S Immigrations and Customs officer, I braced myself for a probing session of questioning, laced with distrust. There were brief words uttered, but to me they were distinctly heartwarming nonetheless: “Welcome back...
...while Buddhism in the West might carry with it a hint of the exotic, here the appeal has more to do with its simplicity and pragmatism. That's what has drawn so many New Delhi yuppies to Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist movement whose extensive land holdings and political influence have sometimes made it controversial in Japan, where it was founded. Soka Gakkai has had a tiny presence in India for decades. But the group has blossomed in the last eight years, growing from 5,000 to 35,000 members - 20,000 of them in New Delhi alone...
...installing the radar had cost the lives of 37 onboard. Charlotte was supposed to get the radar system in early 1993. As an airport in the South (where wind shear is particularly common), it was No. 5 on the FAA list. But the inevitable delays, red tape and land squabbles pushed Charlotte to No. 38, leaving the USAir pilots defenseless against the weather...
...prime minister. But not in Israel, not any longer. It is a measure of how far Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has free-fallen in the public esteem that police investigators are now openly saying that if he were an ordinary citizen - and not the highest elected figure in the land - he would already be under arrest...
...delicate hand. Case in point is the court decision that brought down Foreign Minister Noppadon. Earlier this year, Thailand supported Cambodia's bid to gain UNESCO World Heritage status for a temple located in a disputed border zone between the two nations. Although the temple itself sits on land that an international court deemed to be Cambodia's back in 1962, Thailand claims the main access area to the temple as its own. So when Noppadon provided official Thai backing for Cambodia's sole application for World Heritage status?as opposed to a joint bid by both countries?nationalists...