Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza" opens in Denver

Contortionists perform during a dress rehearsal for Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza" at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado (Aug. 19, 2009). The touring Montreal-based human circus will be in Denver for six weeks....

Metropolitan Ballet commemorates 100 years of Ballets Russes

Dancers for the Metropolitan Ballet rehearsed Monday for an August 7-8, 2009 production: "Ballets Russes 100 Year Festival," a tribute to the legendary Parisian troupe directed by Serge Diaghilev 100 years ago. The...

YouTube online again in China (for two days-see update)

As of March 27, YouTube was available again in China following a four-day layoff, reportedly over a video showing police brutality in Tibet that authorities insisted was fake. In recent years, China's web censors (colloquially known as the Great Firewall or the Net Nanny)...

Great Hall of the People

Police stand across the street from the Great Hall of the People, near Tiananmen Square, on Aug. 8, 2008. The square itself was closed to the public throughout the day but re-opened mid-morning on Aug. 9.
 

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