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...pressure to produce a male heir to the throne from those in the household agency who see that as her only real function, seem to have pushed the princess to the breaking point. After suffering a bout of stress-induced shingles this winter, Masako has lived in virtual seclusion. It's widely assumed that Naruhito and Masako would prefer to live like many modern European monarchs: basically as regular citizens but with nicer houses, cool crowns and invitations to all the best parties. And opinion polls indicate that most Japanese would approve of changing the laws to allow Masako...
...exhibition is designed to take viewers on a virtual journey along the Silk Road. It begins in the ancient Sogdian capital of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan?one of the last of Alexander the Great's conquests before he went south to India?and moves east through the now vanished western kingdoms of Khotan, Kroraina and Miran before ending in China. Over the course of this journey eastward, remarkably well preserved 1,000-year-old manuscripts and icons reveal the growth and evolution of the Silk Road's most illustrious commodity: Buddhism. The merging and morphing of regional beliefs produced...
MEANWHILE ON EBAY ... A Truly Virtual Offer An entrepreneurial Londoner who tried to auction his vote for the European Parliament on eBay attracted not a single bid - which might not prove that votes can't be bought, but did earn a reprimand from his country's Department for Constitutional Affairs. An Illinois student who offered his entire high school for sale on the site got a little more interest. The listing, said the Chicago Tribune, promised to throw in the school's chess team if offers topped $5. It garnered more than a dozen bids, the highest...
...said the assembly "lacks legitimacy," called for the release of "all political prisoners," and extended its economic sanctions against Burma for another year. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, a United Nations human-rights envoy to Burma, dismissed the convention as "a meaningless and undemocratic exercise" that will "[not] end Burma's virtual pariah status." But the generals, who have illegally ruled the country for more than 15 years, are largely deaf to international criticism. Indeed, they have ensured that Burmese state television devotes countless hours to covering the triumph of the convention. Many households have simply switched off their TVs. Faced with...
...ones every six to nine months. Shanda Interactive, which operates online games, went public last week in New York. It generates $33 million a year in profit just three and a half years into its existence. The funniest example of a niche market is Neowiz, which sells virtual clothing for the virtual person you steer through cyberspace. That's a $100 million-a-year market. Profit margins are pretty good on virtual clothes. Ring tones for cell phones is now a billion-dollar business. Technology is fashion...