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...When western diplomats seek concessions from Iran, they typically dish out tough rhetoric and threaten sanctions. Neil MacGregor, the cherub-faced director of the British Museum, uses a more refined arsenal: cultural relics and priceless artifacts. In January, MacGregor traveled to Tehran to finalize the loan of treasures from eight of Iran's best museums. In exchange, he promised to loan the National Museum of Iran the Cyrus Cylinder, a 2,500-year-old clay cylinder inscribed with decrees from the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great. Following a request by the Iranian Vice President's office, he also vowed...
...ItPop in some treasured oldie like John Ford's 1956 western The Searchers (a frequent entry point for Blu-ray connoisseurs), and voilą! Instant enlightenment. As the '40s film critic Cecilia Ager said when Citizen Kane opened, "It's as though you had never seen a movie before." Colors and textures are richly, plausibly vibrant, with an astonishing depth of field; all those Fordian shots of the Plains as seen from a ranch-house door lend equal clarity to the foreground and the far horizon. Blu-ray gives a 3-D impression, as if the figures in a scene were...
Following a heady spin on the new 36-capsule Wheel of Perth observation ride, a visitor to Western Australia's capital city needs a really good bed to stop those wheels turning. Megastars Sting, Bob Dylan, Christina Aguilera and Pink found theirs at the Richardson Hotel & Spa, as have scores of affluent travelers and executive types. Sure, far-flung Perth isn't exactly overrun with choice when it comes to luxury boutique hotels, but the Richardson's latest award - the Australian newspaper named it "Best Luxury Hotel in Australia (under 100 rooms)" - indicates that it could hold its own against...
...ancient world, languages and traditions collided; people and stories traveled and resettled. Before becoming foundational texts in the Western canon, as a label in the exhibition notes, both The Iliad and The Odyssey could be heard in the court tales of royal Anatolian households and the battle songs of Hittite chieftains. The cornerstones of whole civilizations came from somewhere else...
...recent instability along Pakistan's Western border with Afghanistan, as well as a series of abductions of Chinese nationals, could lead China to look elsewhere for more reliable friends in the region - allies who can at least guarantee some sort of stability for China to pursue its strategic and economic interests. "Pakistan today needs China more than China needs Pakistan - that is why there is more enthusiasm in Pakistan about its relations with China than vice-versa," says Shabbir Cheema, director of the Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative...