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Beijing: China Netcom delays a city-wide launch of its "Little Smart" service because of SARS - News map: Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article Beijing: China Netcom delays a city-wide launch of its "Little Smart" service because of SARS. Many buildings and neighborhoods refuse entry to Netcom ......(Continue Reading) The newest New Yorkers: every year, more than 110,000 people from 187 countries settle in New York City - map explained The five largest countries of origin for the more than 110,000 people who immigrate to New York, NY, each year are, in order of immigrants: the Dominican ......(Continue Reading)Out of the Arena: Pat Robertson, past and present - Pat Robertson, in a TV interview, declined to criticize China's forced abortions policy, although in Pat Robertson recently committed what may be the most startling gaffe of his career. It was a big belly flop of a blunder, one that might have finished ......(Continue Reading)Venice Biennale: "every idea but one": the ur-biennial of contemporary art, currently under way in Italy's Most Serene City, is a gargantuan affair whose So just how big is the 50th Venice Biennale? Although the Italian pleas has tried to quantify this really, really big show, a reliable census is elusive....(Continue Reading)News map of the week This map shows the major industrial areas and products in China. Study the map. Then complete the exercise below by writing A, B, or C in each blank....(Continue Reading)
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