Olympic Trials for Polluted Beijing

Olympic Trials for Polluted Beijing
Washington Post - BEIJING — Less than a decade ago, this city was an industrial wasteland. The sky could be seen from Beijing’s ancient monuments less than a third of the year. Nearby lakes were so contaminated that they couldn’t be used to water crops. And children

Where They Are Is Known; Why They Went, Isn t
New York Times - Massey Rhind but had also looked after New York City park monuments since the 1930s. He must have been keenly aware of his tutor s works at Exchange Court long before their removal. What s the History of 29 East Ninth Street? Q We ve been told

Richmond, Va., unveils statue aimed at acknowledging city’s role in
Hampton Roads Daily Press - RICHMOND, Va. — The city’s slavery memorial debuted beneath flags from Virginia and Africa in a tearful In predominantly black Richmond, where towering monuments honor Southern heroes such as Gen. Robert E. Lee, officials have

Where East and West, ancient and modern meet
Houston Chronicle - Every time they try to fix a pipe in this city, every time they put a shovel in the ground, they find another antiquity.” But Istanbul indeed, all of Turkey is so much more than its monuments, considerable though they may be. One need only sit

Kazakh leader’s dream capital shows signs of cracks
SAWF News Connect - He worries about all the details, no one cares more than him about the city’s development,” said Astana’s chief architect, Sarsembel Zhunusov. Skyscrapers, bizarre monuments and public buildings designed by leading international architects

Naguib Mahfouz, rest in peace
Egypt Today - Thousands of people showed up to watch the king s slow early-morning procession through the city, carried by two There are already too many monuments in danger of destruction, both by natural forces and by the tourism on which Egypt s