The Uygurs, Muslim people of China’s resource-rich far west, are becoming strangers in their own land as Han Chinese pour in. Like the Tibetans, who face similar pressures, some Uygurs see a chance for a better life, but others protest the disintegration of their culture, even at the risk of death.(keep reading)
A traditional red phone box has been recycled into one of the country's smallest lending libraries - stocking 100 books. Villagers from Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset can use the library around the clock, selecting books, DVDs and CDs.Users simply stock it with a book they have read, swapping it for one they have not. "It's really taken off. The books are constantly changing," said parish councillor Bob Dolby.
He added: "It is completely full at the moment with books. Anyone is free to come and take a book and leave one that you have already read.
Foi uma noite de azar para um jovem assaltante. Magro, o rapaz, de 22 anos, romeno, tentou entrar num supermercado de Almancil, em Loulé, no Algarve, por uma estreita janela. Ficou entalado e só foi solto na manhã seguinte. Para ser logo detido pela GNR. (Continue a ler)
