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...build an art museum in the Riverside neighborhood is stunningly naive. The University fought for three years for permission to build a museum on land it owns, which is currently occupied by Mahoney’s Garden Center. Cambridge responded by rezoning the land to outlaw any building taller than 24 feet...
...third Buddha--the so-called sleeping Buddha--may yet exist in Bamiyan, buried just feet from where the other Buddhas once stood. A 7th century Chinese traveler left notes describing the sculpture as measuring up to 650 ft. in length and reclining in a state of Nirvana. (The taller of the two upright Buddhas was just 180 ft.) The statue is believed to be entombed, either buried intentionally before the first Islamic invaders arrived in the 9th century or covered by debris from an earthquake or the natural erosion of nearby cliffs. Archaeologists are debating whether...
...mountain scenery and set on the banks of the Yalu, Ji'an exudes a shabby charm. Dimly lit narrow streets, lined with local markets and Korean, Chinese and Manchurian eateries, lend Ji'an a small-town feel, despite a population of more than 100,000. Few buildings are taller than four stories, and many homes retain their traditional Chinese layout of inner courtyards roofed with orange tiles. Though at first glance Ji'an's ancient heritage appears to have been washed away with the changing course of the Yalu, the discerning eye may yet spot a stretch of ancient city...
...rafts of balloons. It seems an unnecessarily sadistic bit of symbolism in a prison, but no one is paying much attention. With the Klong Prem World Cup officially under way, the teams take the field, looking as uneven as the turf. Most of the Nigerians are a full head taller, and probably twice as heavy, as the Japanese...
...Onizawa turned around to see two muscular young men rushing him. The shorter, stockier one swung an iron pipe at his head; Onizawa blocked it but the metal tore into his arm. A second blow ripped through his shirt and the flesh on his shoulder. For good measure, the taller guy kicked him so hard that Onizawa fell to the ground. The guy with the pipe then went for his stomach and his knee. "I thought they were going to kill me," Onizawa recalls. But a bicyclist came into view and the assailants fled. "I felt so helpless," Onizawa says...