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There is another factor at work here. Yushu sits at what was the edge of the old Chinese empire, and to this day its predominant population is not Han, the ethnic group that rules the new China, but Tibetan. Indeed, the name Yushu, or "Jade Tree," is not what the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Quake: Catastrophe on the Edge of the Empire | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

It is no secret that post-rockers Sigur Rós make music that reflects their Icelandic roots: ethereally beautiful, pastoral, and momentous, yet glacial in its motions. The quartet distills the essence of their homeland into extended experimental records that occasionally pay lip service to classical and pop music...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jónsi | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Elements of the Kyrgyz nomadic heritage still shape much of this largely pastoral and agrarian society. The brand of Sufi Islam practiced by the majority of the population has blended easily with sky- and nature-worshipping traditions of an earlier era. Though now illegal, the distasteful custom of wife-kidnapping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Kyrgyzstan: Behind the Upheavals | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

According to the Pastoral da Terra, the Roman Catholic Church group that monitors land conflicts, more than 1,400 rural workers have been killed in land conflicts since the commission began keeping records in 1985. The 13 people killed in Para in 2008 over land issues is almost half the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil's Land-Reform Murders: Dark Side of an Economic Miracle | 4/4/2010 | See Source »

Benedict's defenders are mostly right that as a senior Vatican Cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger was ahead of his colleagues in Rome in responding to the crisis, and that as Pope, he has said and done the right things, including his unprecedented meeting with sex-abuse victims on that U.S. trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Benedict Should Handle the Abuse Scandal | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

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