HN: Hotel boom continues despite shrinking sales (Prague Daily Monitor)

18 August 2008, 11:14 pm

Prague, Aug 18 (CTK) - The hotel construction boom in Prague continues in spite of decreasing revenues that are due to the growing competition, daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes Monday.... read more

Learn Mandarin! (About.com)

18 August 2008, 10:57 pm

A recent survey shows that a majority of citizens of Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia believe that China has or will soon replace the United States as...... read more

Cultural Landmarks of a Different Kind (New York Times)

18 August 2008, 9:13 pm

The nation?s top foreign tourist magnet, New York is a city of surprises, but not always for reasons natives can see.... read more

Phelps is star attraction at U.S. men's rout of Germany in basketball (San Jose Mercury News)

18 August 2008, 8:41 pm

BEIJING — The intersection of swimming stardom and NBA celebrity seemed apropos Monday night when gold-medal winning Michael Phelps visited the U.S. men's basketball team.... read more

Day Five of Olympic Men’s Basketball: Group Play Is Over, But Not Team USA's Quest (About.com)

18 August 2008, 8:34 pm

The Fig Cap: This is Dwight Howard's kryptonite. Dwight Howard stood tall in Team USA's final game of group play against Germany, leading the team in points (22), rebounds (10), and...... read more

Phelps, NBA stars form a mutual admiration society (Lexington Herald-Leader)

18 August 2008, 7:41 pm

BEIJING . The intersection of swimming stardom and NBA celebrity seemed apropos Monday night when gold-medal winning Michael Phelps visited the U.S. men's basketball team. The game certainly didn't pique much interest. The NBA celebrities, aka the U.S. Olympic team, demolished Dirk Novitzki and G... read more