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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 - where a woman is unsuspectingly and often forcibly seized and taken to her husband-to-be's home - perseveres in parts of the country. (See a TIME piece on whether Moscow subverted the upheaval in Kyrgyzstan...
...sky took on an orange hue as sandstorms swept through Beijing on March 20 and 22, causing the city's weather bureau to issue its worst possible air-quality rating. Other parts of northern China were also affected by the brutal conditions, with residents cautioned to stay indoors. Farther south, air-pollution indexes in Hong Kong and Taiwan reached record levels. While sandstorms are not uncommon in China because of Asia's large interior deserts, growing desertification has exacerbated the problem...
...freshmen are quick,” Eiermann said. “Looking at how they did this past fall and how hard they have been working through the winter, I think they are set up well for this season. The sky is the limit...
More than a year into President Obama's Administration - and three months after the Nigerian underwear bomber failed in his attempt to blow a U.S. airliner out of the sky over Detroit - the nation still doesn't have a top cop at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Why is the Administration having such a tough time filling this vital slot...
...chance of winning." That's nothing by the standards of U.S. elections, but a fortune in a rural backwater with only about 270,000 registered voters. Eric Pineda, one of the boxer's bewildering array of advisers, calls $2 million a "paltry" sum. Another adviser, Jeng Gacal, says "the sky's the limit" when it comes to election spending...