Teahouses
Conceived as a place for aesthetic and intellectual fulfillment, the Japanese teahouse (chashitsu) is known for the simplicity of its design. Tea was a part of Zen monastic practice as early...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - The verdict in the trial of eight men allegedly
involved in the so-called "tea house murder" of a Hong Kong
millionaire in 2002 has been delayed, a radio n...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - China's insistence on hearing the trial of five
Hong Kong men accused of a murder committed on Hong Kong soil does
not intervene with the former British co...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - A Chinese assassin was sentenced to death and
three Hong Kong men sentenced to life imprisonment Tuesday for the
so-called "tea-house murder" of a Hong Kon...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - A former Hong Kong television actor is one of
eight men on trial in Shenzhen, China for the slaying of a
millionaire shot in the head over breakfast at a b...
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ISTANBUL, Jan 17 (Reuters) - One year after Turkish-Armenian
writer Hrant Dink was shot dead, Turkey's Armenian community is
torn between hoping for better days in the EU candidate nation
and movi...
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Lugang, Taiwan (dpa) - Love has found a home at Taiwan's Sun Moon
Lake.
Walking along the waterfront, it's not uncommon to see couples
strolling hand-in-hand ...
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Baghdad (dpa) - When the sun goes down over Baghdad, it's a sgnal
for the monotony of the interminable winter evenings to begin.
Although relieved that they and thei...
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In the climbing world, Apa Sherpa was at the peak. He has conquered Mount Everest 16 times, a record matched by no one, even reaching the 29,028-foot summit without oxygen on four of those trips."H...
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Tokyo (dpa) - A host of electronic driver assistance systems are
increasingly improving comfort and safety in the car with some
Japanese researchers even hoping to give them...
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Cairo (dpa) - Four years ago on Monday US armoured vehicles rolled
into central Baghdad helping supposedly 'jubilant' Iraqis to topple a
huge statue of Saddam Hussein.
...
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Teahouses
Verdict delayed on "tea-house murder" of Hong Kong millionaire
