Coney Island Getting a $30 Million Italian Makeover

Workers in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy, prepare a ride that will become a new attraction at Coney Island in New York City. More Photos » var wImage = $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].getAttribute('src'); $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].setAttribute('src',"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/global/backgrounds/transparentBG.gif"); var filter = "progId:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+wImage+"', sizingMethod='scale' )"; $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].style.filter = filter; By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO Published:...

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G-20 Split on the Need for a Global Tax on Banks

Treasury chief Timothy Geithner between Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the I.M.F. and Christine Lagarde, French finance minister. var wImage = $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].getAttribute('src'); $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].setAttribute('src',"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/global/backgrounds/transparentBG.gif"); var filter = "progId:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+wImage+"', sizingMethod='scale' )"; $('wideImage').getElementsByTagName("img")[0].style.filter = filter; By SEWELL CHAN Published: April 23, 2010...

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F.D.A. Steps Up Oversight of Infusion Pumps

Federal regulators say they are moving to tighten their oversight of medical devices, including one of the most ubiquitous and problematic pieces of medical equipment — automated pumps that intravenously deliver drugs, food and other solutions to patients. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration issued preliminary guidelines that will require producers of the devices, known as infusion pumps, to supply the agency with more test data on them before they can be approved for sale. Over the last five years, the agency says it has received reports of 710 patient deaths linked to problems with the devices, though F.D.A. officials say...

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UK economic growth slows to 0.2%

The UK economy continued to recover from recession in the first three months of the year, according to official estimates.GDP grew by 0.2% between January and March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. That was weaker than the 0.4% growth predicted by many economists, but the figure may be revised. The last quarter of 2009 saw GDP growth of 0.4% - revised up from an initial estimate of 0.1%. The ONS said the bad weather seen at the beginning of the year may have had an impact on output - particularly in the retail and industrial sectors. But despite that, manufacturing output grew by 0.7% over the quarter, while the utilities...

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The Tragedy of History and Its Revision

Then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk with Pham Van DongHun Xen (R) and Nguyen Tan Dung (L)Friday, April 23, 2010Op-Ed by MPAll the telling signs indicate just how deep and decisive Hanoi's influence has been over just about every field of Khmer people's national life. We have seen how risky it is for Khmer nationalists and activists to speak out against this one-sided relationship, formed and enforced, first and above all, to advance Vietnamese interests and political agenda in Cambodia.How has this unjust relationship been structured and maintained without drawing displeasure and opposition from the party in this relationship with the most...

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Google Censorship Map: Big Brother Hun Xen's gov't does not want to see your presence on the web?

In most countries, Google is the largest search engine by far. In fact, many web designers say that Google is all that counts…according to current figures, it accounted for more than 85% of search engine visits to this network.While this position of power is great for the G boys, it also means that they are the prime target for censorship requests. Google has now created a map which shows where most requests come from, here's the map for Big Brother Hun Xen's Cambodia:Click on the map to zoom inClick here for additional information about this ...

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Former foreign war reporters revisit Cambodia

Former Washington Post correspondent Elizabeth Becker (L) consoles former staff member of Kyodo News, Yoko Ishiyama, as she prays at a Buddhist ceremony at Po Kandal village in Kampong Speu province 65 km (40 miles) west of Phnom Penh April 22, 2010, in memory of her husband, Koki Ishiyama, a former correspondent for Kyodo, who was killed covering the Cambodian civil war in 1973. About 40 retired journalists gathered on Thursday to officially commemorate more than 50 correspondents from Japan, France, the U.S., Cambodia, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, India and Laos, who were killed while covering the conflict, which lasted...

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Cambodian New Year Celebration at Wat Khemara Rangsey, San Jose, California

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Dancing Across Borders

Dance documentary blindsided by good intentionsSy Sar (left) performs Khmer, a traditional dance of Cambodia, in Anne Bass’s film “Dancing Across Borders.’’ (First Run Features)via CAAI News MediaBy Wesley Morris Globe Staff / April 23, 2010 Sometimes with documentaries, the best intentions have a way of making decent people look bad. “Dancing Across Borders’’ is a dismaying case in point. Ten years ago the socialite Anne Bass was on a trip to Cambodia. She caught a performance by a traditional Cambodian dance troupe, and the charisma of one 16-year-old so knocked her out that when Bass returned to the States, she pulled some strings...

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