Here's an interesting interview about the role of the Internet in China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5191294.stm

The tree with a horrible history that's in a photo with this news article is at the "Killing Fields" memorial near Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. I visited this disturbing but important place in 2002.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5201770.stm

This news story reminded me of a sign that I saw on a book cart in the Saskatoon Public Library main branch: "More Religious Fiction".

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/072006israel.htm

India is a fascinating country, but I wouldn't want to live there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5198902.stm

News stories such as this one make me glad that I live in Canada.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/071706zimbabwe.htm

British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray said, "There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."

Novelist Iris Murdoch said, "Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."

Here are some interesting photos from Mongolia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5168702.stm

Here's some news from Cambodia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5182534.stm