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...strength of his religion. Though 90% of Timorese describe themselves as Catholic?in most cases, staunchly so?the farther east you go, the more likely you are to find locals who take a two-way bet on the afterlife. In the mountainous Lautem regency on the island's eastern edge?an area famed for its intricately-carved traditional houses built on stilts?the pulse of ancestor and spirit worship beats strong beneath the cloak of Catholicism. In cemeteries, graves are marked with crucifixes and decorated with buffalo and goat skulls. A couple will wed in church, but only after...
MADAGASCAR Mystery Virus The United Nations health agency sent a medical team to the Indian Ocean island to identify a mystery illness that has killed at least 184 people. The viral infection, with initial symptoms including headaches, pains and stomach cramps, is thought to have affected around 1,900 people in June and July. Most of the victims live in poor, isolated rural communities. Average incomes halved this year owing to a seven-month political crisis that ravaged the economy...
...President Chen Shui-bian's suggestion that, in reality, Taiwan and China were already separate countries. An unnamed "senior military source" warned in the China Daily, a state-run newspaper, that Chen might risk invasion if he pressed ahead with a referendum on Taiwan's independence. China regards the island as a rebel province...
Like big-haired, nail-tipped airheads mindlessly smacking bubble gum while riding the Staten Island ferry back and forth across the bay, my roommate and I have found ourselves quite inexplicably stuck to our sofas, entranced by the moving images on the screen at the center of our apartment...
...Real World”—lazy, homophobic and painfully self-absorbed. And I think our society will really benefit from a show that’s set to air this fall about couples on the verge of divorce who think that spending a week on a tropical island, constantly surrounded by video cameras and other miserable couples will help to bring them back together. Why has it taken so long for the leaders of this great nation to realize that putting people on reality TV shows is the way to lower divorce rates...