Sunday, August 17, 2008

Russian Oligarch art collectors and market --

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/design/17voge.html?th&emc=th

Echoes of story in Martin Cruz Smith's novel Red Square.

A must read for Burmese -- what happens when the economy opens.

Kyi May Kaung

World's oldest writing discovered in Syria

https://www.ndtv.com/science/worlds-oldest-known-alphabet-writings-discovered-by-researchers-in-syria-7085225