
Monday, May 24, 1999
Moving pictures of contemporary Asia
Asian directors have brought some of the greatest and grimmest films to Cannes this year, with vastly different portraits of the Orient, past and present.

Key to Kohinoor ownership in Swiss bank
Later this month, when a group of bankers in Basel, Switzerland, open a safe-deposit box, they may be settling ownership of arguably the most famous stone in the world: The Kohinoor diamond.

Telescope
They were weeping. Uncontrollably. They were raving. Mad. They were tearing Azhar. Apart. Indeed, people were doing everything conceivable to ensure that ICUs in hospitals across the nation had more patients than beds.

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