Thailand Postpones Premier Vote After Samak Boycott (Update2)

Though Thailand's ruling party renominated prime minister Samak Sundaravej yesterday after the government ordered him to step down for hosting a cooking show, the parliament today postponed the vote that would...

"Coffee, tea or chai" -- History in a teapot

At a "working lunch" meeting, a coworker ordered a chai amid calls for lattes and regular coffees. That order reminded this writer that the name for the beverage known to us as "tea" has two basic forms in the...