Second Oriental Dance Festival to be hosted in Hanoi

The second Oriental Dance Festival will be held in Hanoi on December 11 with the participation of nearly 40 dancers from across the country. The event provides a great chance for seven dance groups, namely Sadie, Shara Esmeraldas, JAWA, Ceherazate, KenvinQ, Baste Douat and...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

Dalai Lama set to pick his own reincarnation-To stop Beijing

"Tibet’s spiritual and political leader says that he or the Tibetan government-in-exile will recognise successor. Lama tells AsiaNews that first option “is the best choice possible, an exceptional move decided in a moment of need.” Rome (AsiaNews) – The Dalai Lama’s...

In Poland, a Jewish Revival Thrives — Minus Jews

"KRAKOW, Poland — There is a curious thing happening in this old country, scarred by Nazi death camps, raked by pogroms and blanketed by numbing Soviet sterility: Jewish culture is beginning to flourish again."

Women - What Does the Future Hold for Them?

"IN West Africa a businessman buys a nine-year-old child. In Asia a newborn baby is buried alive in the desert sand. In an Oriental country, a toddler starves to death in an orphanage—unwanted and unattended. One common denominator linked these tragedies: All the victims...

Herbal medicine Introduced in New Jersey

"VINELAND--- Paul Edward Lewis from South Jersey has moved to New Jersey to bring back and introduce the healing traditions of the Far East. Lewis, went to National College of Naturopathic Medicine based in Portland, Oregon, and received his training in Chinese Medicine. "