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...embassy complex. The Beijing Games was the last stop on President Bush's final tour of East Asia before leaving office in January. And while the trip offered opportunities to marvel at China's accomplishments, Bush was focused not on past triumphs, but on present dangers. In Seoul, he met with President Lee Myung Bak to plot the next phase in North Korea's slow-motion nuclear disarmament. In Bangkok, he praised Southeast Asia's economic progress while slamming Burma for human-rights abuses...
...Seoul, Bush had met with President Lee Myung-bak to plot what he hopes will be the next phase in North Korea's slow motion nuclear disarmament. In Bangkok, he dutifully praised southeast Asia's economic progress, then slammed both the Rangoon regime's human rights record and that of his soon to be hosts, the Chinese. The U.S., he said, has "deep concerns over religious freedom and human rights. The United States believes the people of China deserve the fundamental liberty that is the natural right of all human beings...
...being an auspicious number in Chinese - with a brilliant orgy of 35,000 fireworks and the thunderous percussion of 2,000 ancient drums, there was no question that the East now mattered. Asia has hosted the Summer Games twice before - Tokyo '64 and Seoul '88 - but this Olympics represents the aspirations of one-fifth of humanity. For 60 minutes, more than 15,000 Chinese performers marched and twirled and beamed with such flawless precision that it was as if the previous five millennia of Chinese history were merely a dress rehearsal for this moment...
What They're Cloning in South Korea After her dog Booger died of cancer, Bernann McKinney couldn't imagine life without her precious pooch, so she decided to order a new one. She got five instead. A Seoul lab recently announced it had created five mini-Boogers and said McKinney, who paid $50,000 for the bunch, is the world's first commercial cloning client. The lab posted a message on its website saying its "pet cloning service has begun in earnest. If you are interested in dog cloning, just contact...
...cost of around $2 million - has been a raging success. In fact, it is poised to become the most popular photography exhibit ever held in South Korea. Since early July, more than 42,000 visitors have strolled through the doors of the Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center, www.sac.or.kr, and another 50,000 visitors are expected to view the images before the show wraps...