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...after the seventh or eighth tumbler of rice whiskey that the tears began to flow. Nai Tong, the weather-beaten, gold-toothed village chief, blinked hard, splashed the whiskey jug around and raised his glass. "Welcome to Sipsongpanna, daughter of the Dai. Welcome home." It was a magic moment and the culmination of an emotion-charged journey for my wife, Sawitree. She is the first of her large northern Thai family to travel back to the land of her ancestors, the Dai people, who inhabit the southern tip of China's Yunnan province. The region is now known as Xishuangbanna...
...Williams faces nearly 45 years behind bars. ARRESTED. CHEE SOON JUAN, 39, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, for attempting to hold a Labor Day rally outside the presidential palace without an official permit; in Singapore. In 2001, Chee was sued by Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for defamation...
...biological and biomedical sciences at the Medical School; William C. Clark, Brooks professor of international science, public policy, and human development at the Kennedy School of Government; Laurie H. Glimcher, professor of medicine at the Medical School and Given professor of immunology at the School of Public Health; Yum-Tong Siu, Byerly professor of mathematics; and Bruce M. Spiegelman, professor of cell biology at the Medical School...
...More arrests might be in store. Malaysian officials say that despite the 50 previously detained suspects, several hundred more are still at large. And in Singapore, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong recently warned residents that despite the arrests there could well still be terrorists in their midst. "I do not want to alarm you," he said, "but it is prudent for us to work on the assumption that a bomb may go off somewhere in Singapore someday...
What extraordinary things this unpretentious Beatle--with his unfailing heart and unstinting discipline--accomplished through guitar playing, songwriting and fund raising. But these are also the characteristics of the great saints, yogis and enlightened spirits throughout the ages. CHRIS TONG Middletown, Calif...