Former Place Names of Countries and Cities

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Who makes the decisions when it comes to changing the names of cities such as Bombay and Peking?(Permanent Committee on Geographical Names )(Brief article) (Geographical)

What's in a name? (renaming of city of Bombay in India) (Contemporary Review)

These supermodels are wanted by the secret police! Their crime? Being beautiful. In the former Soviet republic of Belarus, models are no longer allowed to leave the country, and those who do will be interrogated by the secret police--still the KGB. Marie Claire visits Minsk to investigate.(GLOBAL REPORT) (Marie Claire)

The king of Singapore cinema: Jack Neo's movies might not travel well outside his own country, but back home in Singapore, they are highly anticipated cinematic events in their own right. Asia Image talks to the maverick director about the realities of filmmaking in the city-state, and how he gets away with poking fun at the government.(special feature) (Asia Image)

High places.(Mario Villanueva, former governor of Quintana Roo in Mexico, has disappeared after it was announced that he might face alleged drug-trafficking charges)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

North Dakota bank gets new name with eye on expansion (Northwestern Financial Review)

BPIA's Office Products Dealers Alliance has new name, new programs and renewed commitment to dealers (Office World News)

Citizen Sikes. (interview with Alfred Sikes, former chairman of the FCC) (The Electronic Magazine) (Interview) (Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management)

Taking names: anti-liberalism in theory and practice.(100 People Who Are Screwing Up America)(Book Review) (Harper's Magazine)

MasterCard names two execs to bolster growing role in Asia. (MasterCard International Inc.; Brian Thom and Donald Van Stone) (American Banker)