Building communities across faith boundaries

ASIA is rebounding fast from the global financial crisis. Initially, the impact on the region was extremely severe, with output in most countries contracting by more than even those nations at the epicenter of the crisis. But now Asia is surging ahead as the world pulls out of recession. What explains this remarkable comeback? And what challenges does the recovery pose to Asian policymakers?

TRUE story: a single misdialled phone number last week led to angry words which escalated to an armed battle, I heard from reader Sunita Chau.