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...Sampling Asia's Diversity Every blurb in "The Best of Asia" featured an attractive locale or experience-save for both segments on South Korea [May 7]. Both articles showcased forgettable events and inaccessible places largely unknown to Koreans. Who cares to step inside a girls' high school or a U.S. Army base? Korean food is as delectable as any in the world. The all-night markets and live-music venues in Seoul are quintessential examples of the breathless Korean pace, and the mountaintop temples show the contrasting serenity of the countryside. It is greatly disappointing to read of the wonders...
...Asia and Africa were gaining their independence: a big story for a communist-bloc press agency. Besides, Poland had itself been kicked around by imperial powers, so Kapuscinski knew what it was like - as he wrote in The Shadow of the Sun - "to have nothing, to wander into the unknown and wait for history to utter a kind word...
...They responded to a report of loud noises coming from the building and urged the occupants to quiet down.May 30: 2:19 a.m.: HUPD was dispatched to Mt. Auburn Street, arrived and spoke with an individual who observed the incident take place. The individual stated that they saw three unknown people exit a car and begin arguing with a fourth party. One of the three began punching the victim of the altercation who was unable to give any information and was transported to the hospital for medical evaluation.5:55 p.m.: Officers observed an individual throw a cup of water...
...alleged ties to al-Qaeda--which is accused of bus bombings, bank robberies and attacks on Lebanese soldiers. In late May security forces seeking to rout the group bombarded the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli. The fighting killed at least 50 soldiers and militants and an unknown number of civilians. It has been the deadliest internal clash since the end of the 15-year civil...
...began studying liquid crystals, a form with properties of both liquids and solids, now used to create bright, clear displays for TVs and other devices. On awarding the 1991 Nobel to De Gennes, the jury called him the "Isaac Newton of our time." He was 74 and died of unknown causes...