The Dalai Lama has arrived in New York, speaking in his native Tibetan language for two hours yesterday to followers, fans and the faithful at the Javits Convention Center. Newsday reports:He delivered his entire speech without notes, pausing to take a sip of tea only at the end as tears of joy flowed through the crowd. [He stated:] "The Tibetan cause is a cause of justice, and that's something that cannot fade away. That is......

Some people were upset by the NY Post's "Wok This Way" cover headline, which showed Chinese leader Hu Jintao with President Bush, who was pulling at Hu's jacket. The Daily News, who is keeping score on any possible missteps by its rival, reports that Asian American groups are upset. For instance, Margaret Fung, executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, tells the News, "It was racist and offensive because it takes......

Gothamist hasn't really heard that much about protests outside the U.N. during the World Summit, probably because the news has been focused on Hurricane Katrina, Judge Roberts, and the mayoral election hoo-ha. And most of the U.N. news has been that the President wants some help or that traffic is terrible. So we were glad that Newsday had a story and a good gallery of protestor pictures outside the U.N. and the hotels where the......

There's something hilarious about the idea of all the world leaders, in for the UN's World Summit, staying at the same hotel. They're not all staying at one hotel, as we learned from today's Times article about how hotel managers have had to make do with their limited number of super high-end suits for the visiting world leaders, but we think it'd be funny, a dorm for the world leaders. Like they would have to......