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...order to get to the grave, one must travel by vaporetto, the main form of public transportation, to a little island across a plane of water that lies to the north of the main island in the lagoon. You step right off the boat at Cimitero, where the city’s inhabitants—born high or low—rest in peace. At first, the expected emphasis on decoration can be found in the multiple bunches of flowers and ribbons, the specially-posed portrait photos that flutter by the graves, and especially the family-commissioned tombs that boast...
...Disneyland Hong Kong opened to great fanfare in September 2005, bringing in some 5 million visitors within its first year, according to Euromonitor International. The original theme park was seen as a bold step by Disney to make inroads into China, while Hong Kong hoped it would secure its place as a major tourist destination in Asia. Since then, however, visitors have dropped and losses have grown for the company. Disneyland has struggled even against local theme parks like Ocean Park, which attracts a larger number of visitors with its cheaper entrance fees and larger size. "Disneyland is a good...
...program to feed 6.2 million people in North Korea, or more than a quarter of the population. Yet in March, North Korea, without explanation, rejected all food aid from the United States, its largest official donor, and kicked five aid groups distributing the food out of the country. The step is potentially disastrous for the North Korean people. The WFP figures that last year's harvest, though slightly improved on 2007's, still fell about a third short of the population's needs. (See pictures of the work done...
...lost to the more conservative opposition party, Union-Pro, he still gets a seat in the Chamber of Deputies because of proportional-voting rules. But Union-Pro leader and billionaire businessman Francisco de Narváez told the Buenos Aires daily La Nación that Kirchner "needs to step aside and let his wife be the nation's President and build some space for consensus." The President, he said, needs to read "these election results well." Other Latin Presidents should...
...been outflanked by Obama, who had managed to get many of Israel's key congressional supporters on board with the White House push against settlements. U.S. officials were widely quoted as telling the Israelis that moving forward on a settlement freeze and peace with the Palestinians was a critical step toward mustering the Arab support Washington needed to pressure Iran. In his Cairo speech, Obama had made clear that America's commitment to Israel's security is absolute, but settlements do nothing to enhance Israel's security, and arguably impede it as long as they obstruct the path to peace...