Chen Guangcheng’s story is like something out of Hollywood: blind dissident escapes Chinese captors and seeks safety with US embassy. It’s being told in the US as an almost “good vs. evil” tale.
The wives of the German and British ambassadors to the UN have released a video urging Syria’s first lady to help end the bloodshed in her country. The film, posted on YouTube, asks Asma Al-Assad to urge her husband, Bashar Al-Assad, to stop violent repression.
An Indian man who lost his mother when he was only five has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania, using satellite images. The World’s Aaron Schachter explains.
Hollywood’s latest attempt to entice foreign movie-goers into seats is a Hindi-language music video. It will accompany the Indian release of the $260 million blockbuster “The Avengers.” The World’s Aaron Schachter reports.
Fiat, which controls Chrysler now, is planning to offer more models soon and it is the first time since 1984 that Americans can buy any Italian car.
