A taste of paradise Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu:On the scale of a world map, Sri Lanka appears to hang like a tiny teardrop over the Indian Ocean. In reality though, this tropical isle is certainly no drop in the ocean. From north to south it has a maximum length of... Travel Abroad 24 May, 2004
Fantasising about a better life elsewhere Luke Harding There are no traces of the wall that once fenced off Josef Lacko’s flat from those of his neighbours. Five years ago locals in the Czech industrial town of Usti nad Labem built the wall to separate their homes from the Roma (Gypsy)... 25 Feb, 2004
