CENTRAL ASIA
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When Mikhail Kudryashov goes to court this week, all eyes will be on him to see if there will be justice for a man most think was set up.
CHRIS RICKLETON
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Of the 8.8 million refugees in the world, about half are right here in Asia.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Fleeing from the Bolsheviks, thousands of White Russians made Old Shanghai their home away from home. Maria Maximova searches for remnants of the enclave.
MARIA MAXIMOVA
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Fleeing from the Bolsheviks, thousands of White Russians made Old Shanghai their home away from home. Maria Maximova searches for remnants of the enclave.
MARIA MAXIMOVA
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The most extensive is between Beijing and Moscow (in either direction), spanning almost 10,000 kilometres—one third around the world!—eight time zones, and a dazzling kaleidoscope of landscapes and cultures. If you only take one rail journey in your life, this has to be it.
AUDREY CHEN
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The hunt for new sources of energy on the Moon is propelling a new space race.
LEE HAN SHIH
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How nations divide up the Arctic could set precedence for the Moon.
LEE HAN SHIH
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Thanks to the US preoccupation with Iraq, China now has a good chance to be the first nation to put a woman on the moon.
LEE HAN SHIH
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In November 2003 India celebrated the 40th anniversary of its space programme. The celebration attracted little attention outside the country, even among space enthusiasts. Everyone else was too busy soaking up the implication of China’s first manned space flight, which was launched successfully in October and placed China as the third space power after the US and Russia.
LEE HAN SHIH
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America’s lunar programme has always been a male-dominated affair. Even its name, Apollo, is that of a male deity, the Greek god of the sun.
LEE HAN SHIH
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