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...tourists in cooler months?or, for regular visitor Kate Moss, from the unwelcome intrusions of the paparazzi. The hotel, converted from a 16th century Andalusian manor, is a cosy redoubt defended by 3,000 acres of olive and orange groves in the Sierra Morena, an hour's drive northeast of the city. It keeps the outside world deliberately at bay: there are no phones in the 12 bedrooms, and no TV sets...
...After Nelson lost the mens' gold by a whisker, and the sun began setting over the hills, a parade of 24 women in simple white sheaths descended from the northeast embankment of the stadium, bearing olive wreaths for each of the 24 finalists. It marked the end of what had been a truly remarkable day for its competitors and witnesses. As one member of the press commented on arriving back in Athens at 2:30 a.m., exactly 24 hours after departing for Olympia: "I'm exhausted, hungry, thirsty and covered in ancient dirt - and I'd do it over again...
...tourists in cooler months - or, for regular visitor Kate Moss, from the unwelcome intrusions of the paparazzi. The hotel, converted from a 16th century Andalusian manor, is a cosy redoubt defended by 3,000 acres of olive and orange groves in the Sierra Morena, an hour's drive northeast of the city. It keeps the outside world deliberately at bay: there are no phones in the 12 bedrooms, and no TV sets. Upon arriving, the visitor is greeted by a lobby whose walls have been fashioned from giant old-fashioned olive vats, and which leads into open courtyards, scented gardens...
...Imperial Chinese army of more than a million soldiers marched on the northeast Asian kingdom of Koguryo. Though vastly outnumbered, the soldiers of Koguryo?whom many modern-day Koreans see as their ancestors?routed the Chinese in a victory that is still a source of pride on both sides...
...almost 1,400 years later, Chinese scholars are attempting a subtler land grab, claiming that the ancient kingdom of Koguryo was a part of China?a "regional government founded by an ethnic group," as Beijing's state-run Northeast Asia Project put it in June. The argument isn't just academic...