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Editor's note
So, did you celebrate the vegetarian festival recently? I didn�t � I stuffed my face with chicken (burnt to a cinder, of course � I�m not taking any chances with bird flu), pepper steak, steamed fish, barbecued ribs and tom yum goong, although not all at the same meal, I hasten to add.

Chatroom : LONELY PLANET
Our planet looks so incredibly beautiful from space, with its blue and green colours. But this is only what the world looks like from outer space. The current terrorist threats in this beautiful world are causing its beauty to fade.