The monk who runs China’s legendary Shaolin monastery discovers enlightenment and earnings reports are not incompatible Monks at Shaolin temple EYES INSIDE – CHINA Shi Yong Xin is not your average monk. For starters, he is said to be the first Chinese monk to hold an MBA. So at a cultural industry forum last week […]
Month: January 2011
The Ben Ali family had its tentacles in every corner of Tunisian business life. A look at the economic fallout from the North African nation’s ongoing political and social upheaval After the downfall of the Ben Ali clan, and the end of its vice-like grip on the Tunisian economy, the country faces a number of […]
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In an exclusive interview, the US-educated African leader says Islamic terrorists are flocking to his country. And preparing to strike the West. Somalia’s future in doubt (Sandpaper) Three months after leaving behind a comfortable academic life in the United States to become Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has a chilling assessment of the […]
More three million diaries printed by the European Commission, which refer to Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu holidays, have no reference to Christmas, Easter and other Christian holidays.
The war in Afghanistan has just entered its tenth year. Beyond the growing bloodshed, the U.S. also struggles on the battlefield economic development. GHAZNI – Sayed Abdul Baas, mayor of this eastern Afghan city, could hardly contain the satisfaction in his voice: “We thank the U.S. government for its support, and we appreciate the hard […]
The mayor of the Italian city of Bari, an ex-prosecutor, posts pictures of public employees allegedly slacking on the job. Emiliano’s Facebook page BARI – Michele Emiliano, a former magistrate and the mayor of Bari, has been using a new phrase on the stump lately: “I govern with Facebook.” It’s not just a reference to […]
One-party rule and too few jobs are stirring anger in North Africa President Ben Ali (Sarah Murray) EYES INSIDE – TUNISIA The popular uprising in Tunisia, and the government’s violent crackdown, has now entered its third week – and finally reached the streets of the capital. The stakes couldn’t be higher for President Zine El […]
Times are tough for budget airlines, with rising fuel costs and new competition from traditional companies joining the price-cutting game. ( Mikel Ortega) By Ernst August Ginten DIE WELT/Worldcrunch BERLIN – A young woman wearing a fluorescent yellow-green safety vest looks slightly aloof as she monitors the security line at Berlin-Schönefeld airport. But when a […]
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Diamonds Are A Geek’s Best Friend
Italian researchers use diamonds to build uber computer of the future (Roger Barker) TURIN – The most powerful computer ever built by man is already in the works. Its secret? Diamonds. This is not science fiction, but an experiment currently underway in Italy, which will produce the first quantum computers. Researcher Paolo Olivero, who is […]
Though France and Italy still leading winemakers, Chinese production to grow another 77% by 2014 BORDEAUX – This was unexpected: China is now one of the largest producers of wine in the world. The world’s most populous country, which only recently discovered wine, has pushed ahead to take seventh place in global rankings in 2010 […]
Anti-Castro militant wanted for bombings in Venezuela and Cuba is accused of lying to US immigration officials in a case that shows past passions are very much alive Havana sign referring to Luis Posada Carriles after his 2007 release (Peter Vanderheyden) EYES INSIDE – LATIN AMERICA For many in Miami “s exile Cuban community, Luis […]
Meet the only woman running a tent city in Haiti for survivors of earthquake. Can she stop the sexual violence? Haiti tent city ( Edyta Materka) PORT-AU-PRINCE – Magaline Richard is sporting an orange dress and a pair of cheap, colorful earrings. Her look is less proud than hardened. An icy stare borders on expressionless, […]
After Li & Fung buys Cerruti, deep-pocketed Asian investors eye other European luxury brands China World shopping center, Beijing (Achim Hepp) By Dominique Chapuis The Chinese are hungry for the jewels of the European luxury and fashion industry. Just as China has become the primary growth market for top luxury goods stalwarts like Louis Vuitton, […]
A German commentator says the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords is not about politics, but guns — and security measures are about to crank up even higher While Gabrielle Giffords clung to life after her surgery in a Tucson hospital, America’s political leaders took to the cable news channels with the indignant rhetoric that typically follows […]
The Catholic Church is concerned about the growing flock of pilgrims who come to the Pampas to worship the 18th century defender of the poor
Growing ranks of well-educated Chinese youth who can’t find good jobs and gather in city outskirts in what authorities worry could be a social time bomb.
Les Echos editor says China lulls the West into thinking it’s always playing catch-up on technology. Reaction to the recent case of alleged Chinese espionage of Renault’s electric car design is a case in point. 2010 Beijing Auto Show PARIS – It is too early for fear, but not too late to begin to be […]
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Enchanting Eating In Northern Italy
Tucked away in the Po Valley, Da Manuela is a restaurant worth returning to for its ambience and salami for antipasto. And dessert! ravioli is ready We are straddling the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy: with Alessandria on one side, Pavia on the other. Down the middle, acting as the glue and marking the […]
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In the competition between world’s top economies, Germany continues to carry Europe and the U.S. starts to roar back to life US factory worker Germany’s current economic upswing is lasting longer than expected. Although economists warned last year that German industrial output would drop sharply because of weaker demand from abroad, it hasn’t happened yet. […]
Italians joining modern living trends of LAT love, and DINK couplehood A couple in St. Peter’s Square (Rene Cunningham) Twenty years ago, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow scandalized the world with their decision to live in different apartments, despite being a couple with lots of children. As we all know, that story ended how it […]
After the Tunisian government blocks access to information about mass protests, Anonymous cyber-activists have begun attacking official websites.
Despite recent criticism for its anti-immigration tendencies, France is less restrictive than other European countries Immigrants protest in Paris By itself, the French picture might fool you. But set against the rest of the European family album, it grows much clearer. Last summer’s expulsions of members of the Roma community, the rising popularity of the […]
France looks for new approaches – and a new look — to its antiquated places of saving and loaning PARIS – Credit Agricole, a major French bank, opened the Alpha branch this week in Paris, a place where the bank’s clients get to try out their new services and technological innovations billed as “the agency […]
Scientists aim to create bacteria “mini factories,” using microorganisms to produce new materials for industrial use bacteria When engineers detect new biological design principles, they usually try to translate them into new technologies – and ultimately novel applications. But this unfolding of innovation doesn’t only happen on a large scale: micro and nano-structured biomaterials are […]
After booming 2010 Internet shopping results, the French hypermarché chain tries to reinvent the superstore PARIS – There isn’t always a link between cause and effect, but there sure are signs of it in 2010 shopping sales. On the one hand, the largest superstores, magnets of mass consumerism since the 1970s, have lost ground. By […]
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Middle East Stories To Watch In 2011
As the region’s perennial conflicts burn on, other emerging trends and turns of events will grab our attention this year King Abdullah of Saudia Arabia (Mohammad Bahareth) EYES INSIDE – THE MIDDLE EAST The US-Iran showdown, the terminally unresolved Palestinian question, Egyptian elections and the ongoing fallout from the Wikileaks cables are sure to generate […]
Estranged wife, longtime mistress battle over where to bury former President Carlos Andrés Pérez Carlos Andrés Pérez EYES INSIDE – LATIN AMERICA When Carlos Andrés Pérez was serving his second term as president of Venezuela (1989-93), the press and political insiders knew about Cecilia Matos, although her name never appeared in print. It was an […]
Once the marvel of the global economy, Japan has slipped behind China by resisting change in a way Italians know all too well Tokyo subway (David Dennis) It may not qualify as the freshest news, but it’s worth taking a second look at the formal announcement last summer that China overtook Japan in gross domestic […]
On the hunt for new customers: German hospitals are increasingly turning to Russian, Middle Eastern and other wealthy patients from abroad high-tech heart monitoring equipment By Karen Merkel BERLIN – Inoperable. It’s probably the hardest word for any parents of a sick two-year-old girl to hear. In Russia, the doctors all agree that the young […]
The markets react well to the Fiat CEO’s decision to separate the core auto business from farm and truck sectors, a vote of confidence for Marchionne’s vision that could have reverberations for all of Italian industry Sergio Marchionne (flickr) By Giuseppe Berta IL SOLE 24 ORE/Worldcrunch The split of Fiat’s core auto business from its […]
After threats against churches were posted on the Web, the French police’s anti-terrorism department has launched a probe.
The “balance of imbalances’ between France and Germany is gone, and each must see the new calculus in committing to Europe Berlin Wall PARIS – Until the fall of the Berlin wall and the reunification of Germany, France saw the building of Europe as a pursuit of its own politics by other means. More Europe […]
After several dogs die at her English estate, Queen Elizabeth orders probe the queen loves her corgis LONDON – Perhaps it’s some sort of poison, or a mystery fungus. Whatever the cause, the canine-loving Queen Elizabeth II must also be fearing for the lives of her own beloved corgis after the unexplained death of several […]
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The ‘Party’ Is Over For Chinese Blogger
Han Han, China’s top blogger and a glamor-boy race car driver, failed to get his culture magazine past all the roadblocks Han Han (Julien Min) EYES INSIDE – CHINA China’s top blogger, Han Han, has pulled the plug on his brand new paper-based literary magazine, making the surprise announcement with his trademark cutting irony that […]
Han Han, China’s top blogger and a glamor-boy race car driver, failed to get his culture magazine past all the roadblocks Han Han (Julien GONG Min) EYES INSIDE – CHINA China’s top blogger, Han Han, has pulled the plug on his brand new paper-based literary magazine, making the surprise announcement with his trademark cutting irony […]
Targeting Christians in Egypt is also a way for Islamists to attack the leaders of the most important Arab country Egpytian soldiers (Jose Antonio Sanchez) After the New Year’s Day church bombing in Alexandria, Egypt, there are at least two ways we can choose to interpret this grave, anti-Christian attack. The first focuses on the […]
The Baltic republic has just become the euro zone’s 17th member state, carrying low public debt and high hopes for its economy Euros take over for Estonian crowns BRUSSELS – On Jan. 1 Estonia officially abandoned its currency, the crown, to become the 17th European state — and the first of the Baltic republics — […]