More than a year after the riots in China's remote Xinjiangautonomous region, the country's bloodiest ethnic clash indecades, calm has returned to the capital Urumqi. But theunderlying tensions remain–tensions that Beijing will beforced to address as it moves forward in its campaign todevelop the country's west.

Mable Malinda wants to contest the local government elections but the independent candidate who is using her life savings to fund her campaign only has 500 dollars left in her bank account. She has already spent three times as much buying handouts for voters–an unofficial requirement when contesting elections in Malawi.

"You can only have one mother,"as the saying goes, but in Brazil there are 215ways of becoming a mother, one for each of the ethnic groups in this SouthAmerican country. Promoting maternal health while respecting cultural traditionsis a major health challenge.

In New Zealand, where Sujinrat Prachathai enjoys resident status, she is awoman able to append‘Mrs' to her name to signify that she is married. Here inThailand, however, she has to be addressed as‘Mr' since she is still consideredmale even though she underwent a sex-change operation years ago.

The FIFA Football World Cup is presented -- and felt emotionally by millions --as a contest amongst countries in which national honour is at stake. But it isalso a private business, controlled by a small group of people who exploitpatriotism and foment rivalries in marketing the"product."

Unmindful of the monsoons lashing the Dehradun area in the Himalayanfoothills in northern India, Girdhari Singh returns from work daily with aheadload of wood that he finds along the road, and stacks it to dry in thecattleshed.

Throughout the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, organisers have insisted thatthe legacy of the event goes far beyond the sporting spectacle. In the dustystreets of a Windhoek township, Deon Namiseb believes this is true.

The Statute of Racial Equality, soon to be signed into law inBrazil, is at the centre of a controversy between those whoconsider it a historical achievement, like the abolition ofslavery in 1888, and those who see it as failing to satisfythe demands of the black movement.

Minah Ndzinisa spends every day selling fruit and vegetables at the outdoor Mbabane Market, braving the rain, wind and cold for almost 20 years."I was in the same cold even in the 1990s when we used to have only one woman Member of Parliament."

Teenage boys gape at a coloured photograph of a vagina, while girls giveembarrassed smiles as they watch a cartoon that showed penises 'talking' aboutmasturbation. Young girls crowd around a display panel about love andrelationships, as a boy embraces a female mannequin with all his might in orderto measure the strength of his hug.

The Question Extants cutting edge immersive theatre installation using specially developed haptic technology in partnership with The Open Universitys Computing Department will be launched at Battersea Arts Centre in June 2010

Used office furniture is the in thing these days Used or second-hand office furniture has been finding a place in the likings of many From the start-up venture amateur and smart buyer to the budget buyer almost everyone is going for used office furniture these days Using office furniture reduces carbon footprints involved in the production of new furniture so the environment enthusiasts or the new generation of green corporates vouch for it as well

Web Art Sense Are you looking for just a website or much more Do you want a website that brings laurels to your business and keep you on top rank You said Yes Good and Great So you are looking for a professional and well-managed web design company that offers quality web design services to you

Web Art SenseProfessional Web design company give professional and creative appeal to the whole outlook The services provide innovative web design interface which makes the visitors come to the website for information or buyingselling of the products and services Ideally a professional web development services provider would only provide you with the refined set of web services depending on

Galle-Matara railway restoration is expected to be completed by March 2011