Taiwan faces complex language legacy
When Taiwanese scholar Shih Cheng-feng was a boy, he was forced to speak a language that was not his own, and four decades later he still feels handicapped by his education.
Arizona law is least concern for Mexicans crossing border
Neither US Border Patrol agents nor drug traffickers deterred Mario Guerrero from attempting, with his pregnant wife and young son, to cross illegally from Mexico to Arizona, where a new immigration law also awaited them.
In north China, corruption rules the coal mines
In China's coal-rich Shanxi province, the source of much of the fuel that powers the energy-hungry nation, there is an oft-repeated saying: ''To make money, all you have to do is dig a hole.''
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Society7/31/2010 23:04
When Taiwanese scholar Shih Cheng-feng was a boy, he was forced to speak a language that was not his own, and four decades later he still feels handicapped by his education. -
Society7/31/2010 23:02
Neither US Border Patrol agents nor drug traffickers deterred Mario Guerrero from attempting, with his pregnant wife and young son, to cross illegally from Mexico to Arizona, where a new immigration law also awaited them. -
Society7/31/2010 23:01
In China's coal-rich Shanxi province, the source of much of the fuel that powers the energy-hungry nation, there is an oft-repeated saying: "To make money, all you have to do is dig a hole." -
Society7/30/2010 22:53
Sitting in an armchair on the sun-soaked bridge of the vintage Stockholm steamer SS Storskaer, 84-year-old Stieg Dingertz, dressed to a tee, savours a special day out on the Baltic sea. -
Society7/30/2010 22:52
Nine-month-old rhinoceros Vuma was orphaned after poachers this month hacked out his mother's horn and left her dead in a pool of blood at a reserve just north of Johannesburg. -
