National Symbols and Songs

2nd Leyte Heritage Festival (Sun Star)

13 May 2008

LEYTEÑOS wowed guests and locals as it hosted the opening of last year's National Heritage Month.

The Gulf Between Tibet and Its Exiles (Phayul)

8 May 2008

Two recent articles concerning the unrest in Tibet purport to prove that the March unrest in Tibet was the result of foreign instigation. As a result, they have since been heavily featured in official Chinese news media, including CCTV, as well as on the Internet.

'Our grandparents established the state. But this first voice no longer exists' (Haaretz Daily)

7 May 2008

There were times when Oranit Kristal-Shalit's family celebrated Independence Day differently from the way it was celebrated in other homes. "On the eve of Remembrance Day a few families would get together and celebrate a kind of 'seder,'" she recalls.