Jun 05 2007
Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 in the CIA leak case.
The former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. wrote in the Viewpoint, that [on the eve of] Libby’s sentencing, the damage from a troubling prosecution has already been done - to journalists and the public [...]
Jun 05 2007
Rajasthan hit by riots over caste system
Randeep Ramesh in Delhi
Tuesday May 29, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The Indian army was deployed to restore order in the tourist hotspot of Rajasthan today after nine people were left dead in rioting by 30,000 members of a caste who are demanding to be socially downgraded in order to gain government jobs [...]
Jun 05 2007
1321 Xinzha Lu (near the North Shanxi Lu 新闸路１３２１号 - 陕西北路口) is located in Jingan area in Shanghai. This octagon two-story building Xiaoxiao Jingge 小校经阁 was part of the compound where my maternal grandma grew up, and housed very important collections of books (500 cartons of rare ancient thread-bound), tortoise shells (?) - 甲骨龟片 (28,000 pcs), ancient inks, weapons, sacrificial vessels in [...]