Micronesia hosts its first outrigger canoe festival
An ancient, nearly forgotten form of sailing is revived on the island of Yap.
YAP, Micronesia — A fleet of handcrafted sailing canoes navigated by chanting men in loincloths raced toward Yap’s palm-lined coast.
Chief Bruno Tharngan stepped ashore, along with Ali Haleyalur, one of the last master navigators in the Pacific. A crowd that included VIPs from Guam and the president of Palau erupted in cheers.
This remote Pacific island’s...
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Karachi: A place for all souls
H.M. Naqvi - Pakistan - November 7, 2009 16:59 ET
Pakistan, intended as a place for India's Muslims after partition, makes its Christians and Hindus feel welcome, too.
Gay sex on film? No problem. Baring political rifts? Problem.
Patrick Winn - Thailand - November 7, 2009 11:27 ET
Live and let live in Thailand. Except when one gay man is Buddhist, and the other is Muslim.
China and Costa Rica move toward free trade agreement
Alex Leff - Costa Rica - November 7, 2009 11:01 ET
China wants ties in the region, Costa Rica wants Chinese goods. But not everyone's pleased.
Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle
Finbarr O'Reilly - Afghanistan - November 6, 2009 21:43 ET
Indonesia: Corruption junction
Peter Gelling - Indonesia - November 6, 2009 14:02 ET
A corruption scandal hits — you guessed it — the country's anti-corruption commission.
Outrigger canoe sailing is back from the brink
Justin Nobel - Asia - November 6, 2009 07:01 ET
Troops' deaths shatter trust in Helmand
Jean MacKenzie and Aziz Ahmad Tassal - Afghanistan - November 6, 2009 06:14 ET
Afghans and Brits alike fear that the deaths of 5 British troops at the hands of a police colleague have tipped an already tense working relationship into outright distrust.
Afghanistan: The fog of war
Finbarr O'Reilly - Afghanistan - November 5, 2009 10:51 ET
Video: Embedded with Canadian troops, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly captures the confusion and chaos of a worsening conflict.
The asses of New Delhi
Jason Overdorf - India - November 5, 2009 05:41 ET
With a year to go before hosting the Commonwealth Games, Delhi targets the poor. Its donkeys, too.
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Why Poland has soured on Afghanistan
Jan Cienski - Poland - November 4, 2009 06:46 ET
A recent poll found 77 percent of Poles want their troops withdrawn.
Greek aid worker held by Taliban
Iason Athanasiadis - Afghanistan - November 3, 2009 06:44 ET
A schoolteacher from Athens was the only Westerner living in the valleys on Pakistan’s mountainous frontier.
Why Stephen Harper prefers US news
Sandro Contenta - Canada - November 2, 2009 20:08 ET
Questions over Canada’s role in the Afghanistan war and unflattering polls have the prime minister eyeing the exits.
On Location: Haryana — India's looming food crisis
Jason Overdorf - India - November 2, 2009 17:30 ET
Karzai declared winner by default
Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - November 2, 2009 12:26 ET
The Afghan president gains a second 5-year term but there are questions about the legitimacy of his win.
Tweeting from Fugitiveland
Patrick Winn - Thailand - November 2, 2009 06:35 ET
Thailand's ex-premier is on the run. And he wants the Twitterati to know about it.
Abdullah withdraws from Afghan election
Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - November 1, 2009 11:23 ET
Can runoff race be valid with only President Hamid Karzai?
In Taiwan, pro baseball is all mobbed up
Jonathan Adams - China and its neighbors - November 1, 2009 10:27 ET
For some professional players, losing is an offer they can't refuse.
Mt. Everest's "other guy"
Jason Overdorf - India - November 1, 2009 09:47 ET
In the hills surrounding Darjeeling, West Bengal, the people worship second place.
In India, C-sections are in the stars
Mridu Khullar - India - October 31, 2009 06:00 ET
When's that baby due? The astrologer knows.
Global Blogs:
Ministers behaving badly…
Satyameva Jayate - India - November 7, 2009 13:32 ET
… as in paying “taxes” to “militants”… or is it “protection money”? If you ever wondered how bad the situation is in the North-East, look no further. Courtesy this news-report by Rahul Karmakar (HT)*: Ministers Too Pay Tax to...
Sleeping past your train stop
What Japan Thinks - Japan - November 7, 2009 10:57 ET
People sleeping on the train, or feigning sleep so they don’t need to give up their seat, is a staple feature of the Japanese rail system, and something that I do most mornings too. The worry about sleeping past your stop was the subject tackled by this recent survey from...
Portrait of the Dog as a Young Man
Uttara, Author, "Likhati" blog - India - November 7, 2009 07:31 ET
Our late and beloved lab. I love everything about this photograph. The alert expression visible even through his smudginess. His giant paws (he grew into them). The pricked up ears. He’s...
Another Week, Another Caturday
I Love China - China and its neighbors - November 7, 2009 03:50 ET
If you look very closely you should be able to spot Tommy somewhere in this photograph despite his best attempts to hide inside a brown paper bag. Hilariously, because he can’t see me, he assumes I can’t see him, so when I call his name, his tail wags as if to say...
North Korea “the best socialist state in the world” about to be scrutinized
Grant Montgomery, Family Care Foundation - South Korea - November 7, 2009 02:16 ET
Conditions in North Korea face unusually close scrutiny at the U.N. Human Rights Council on December 7, when it goes through a “universal periodic review” (UPR), a mechanism designed to...
Fashion Week Anything but “Under the Taliban’s Shadow” – Saba Imtiaz
CHUP! Changing Up Pakistan - Pakistan - November 7, 2009 00:54 ET
Getty Image: Design by Athar Hafeez Despite the security situation causing it to be delayed twice, Fashion Pakistan Week opened this past Wednesday to display the talents of Pakistan’s top designers. However, while FPW garnered significant media attention, most news...
Tone in, Tone on, Drop out: 10 Ways to Study Chinese which are More Useful than...
Ben's Blog - China and its neighbors - November 7, 2009 00:08 ET
So you read my last post and now you’re motivated. You’ve been intimidated a long time, but now that you understand Chinese is only difficult in the beginning, you’re ready to make the jump and begin your studies. What’s next? Maybe you should……take a...
Night View Cars
Alan, Author, "Shibuya246" blog - Japan - November 6, 2009 23:26 ET
I took a test photo with my camera to see what could be achieved before heading down to the highway and catching some better scenery. Now that it the air is colder at night, the street lights seem to shine brighter and images are clear. This is one of the photos I took....
Citi to open retail branch in Vietnam
Living In Saigon Vietnam author - Vietnam - November 7, 2009 12:16 ET
Citi to open retail branch in VietnamBy Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong and Tim Johnston in BangkokCitigroup will on Tuesday become the first US financial institution to open a retail operation in...
Mediocre Sports Heroes?
Ask a Korean! - South Korea - November 6, 2009 22:56 ET
Dear Korean,Why is my father (a first generation immigrant) completely obsessed with any Korean athlete, even the ones that are mediocre at best, simply for being Korean? I do not understand this at all! Chan Ho Park and Hee Seop Choi have done absolutely nothing to warrant the...
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