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...South Asia: Enemies Within Viewpoint: Morals in Kashmir North Korea: A Bizarre SAR Viewpoint: HK's New Masters...
...Hong Kong punters, who gather in the bleachers, at off-track betting outlets and in front of TVs in countless noodle shops whenever the ponies are at the post. The club's takings ($1.4 billion last year) make it Hong Kong's largest taxpayer as well as the SAR's most dependable charitable donor. Gambling money has built playgrounds, cultural centers and other civic improvements around the city...
...technology. "The Jockey Club hasn't kept up with reality," says Louis Hop Lee, chief of sales for Asia for www.horsepower2.com, a website that takes bets on the outcome of cartoon horse races. Lee says the Jockey Club should be taking advantage of the Internet to diversify beyond SAR borders. "It's the same old story," says Lee. "Small, nimble startups are moving first...
...trail of the missing Shomali women leads to Jalalabad, not far from the Pakistan border. There, according to eyewitnesses, the women were penned up inside Sar Shahi camp in the desert. The more desirable among them were selected and taken away. Some were trucked to Peshawar with the apparent complicity of Pakistani border guards. Others were taken to Khost, where bin Laden had several training camps. The al-Qaeda Arabs had a hard time finding voluntary brides among the Afghan women, but they did have money. One Arab in Khost spent $10,000 on a teenage Afghan beauty, says Ahmad...
...addition to Jeunet's deft touch behind the camera, Amélie Poulain benefits from an appealing cast. Audrey Tautou, who won the César-France's top film award-for best new actress last year, gives a heart-melting performance as Amélie. Mathieu Kassovitz, writer and director of the acclaimed 1995 film La Haine, is also disarming as the wholesome sex shop cashier who steals Amélie's heart-and challenges her to tend to her own happiness as well as others'. If, like his heroine, Jeunet gets a kick out of making people feel...