--元宵節-Chap Goh Meh 2011--

Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; pinyin: shí wǔ míng; literally "fifteen night") represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the New Year.

The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan and Kue Keranjang. In traditional Chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival or the Shang Yuan Festival. In Southeast Asia, however, it coincides with the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in Penang, Malaysia. In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.

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元宵節，亦稱為上元節、小正月、元夕、小年或燈節，日本稱上元（じょうげん）、小正月（こしょうがつ），朝鮮稱正月大滿月（정월대만월）、正月大보름（정월대보름，「보름」為固有詞，月圓、望日之意，或簡稱大보름）、上元（상원）、元宵（원소）、元夕（원석）、烏忌日（오기일），時間是每年的農曆正月十五。

元宵節是新年的第一個月圓之夜，象徵著春天的到來，人們吃元宵、賞燈、猜燈謎，以示祝賀。這是春節之後的第一個重要節日。中華明朝錢塘瞿佑《雙頭牡丹燈記》：「每歲元夕，於明州張燈五夜。傾城士女，皆得縱觀」。在這一天，人們要吃元宵，鬧燈會，猜燈謎，提燈籠，許多地方還有拉兔子燈，放天燈的習俗。是華人社會的盛大節日之一。

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chap_Goh_Meh
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/元宵節
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~http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/4chap/Article/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival
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--坤沙~昆沙~Khun Sa~張奇夫 (17 February 1933 – 26 October 2007) The Lord of the Golden Triangle--

坤沙（昆沙，Khun Sa，泰文：ขุนส่า，1933年2月17日－2007年10月26日），中文姓名張奇夫，著名毒梟，亦是緬甸軍閥，前蒙泰軍（MTA）總指揮，因海洛因而聞名世界，原名張啟福或張祈福；張奇夫是他少年時寄學於早咩市張鳳翔老師家時，張鳳翔為他改的。1989年金三角毒品貿易達到最高峰時，昆沙控制了整個金三角地區毒品貿易的80％。美國曾懸賞200萬美元捉拿這位曾經的世界第一毒梟。1996年1月5日，昆沙向緬甸政府軍投降，隨後前往仰光，開始了被軟禁的晚年生涯，2007年10月26日，在仰光寓所病逝。
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Khun Sa (Burmese: ခွန်ဆာ, pronounced [kʰʊ̀ɴ sʰà]; also known as Chang Chi-fu traditional Chinese: 張奇夫; pinyin: Zhāng Qífú; Thai: นายจันทร์ จางตระกูล, Chan Jangtrakul; 17 February 1933 – 26 October 2007) was a Burmese warlord. He was also dubbed the "Opium King" due to his opium trading in the so-called Golden Triangle. He was also the leader of the Shan United Army and the Mong Tai Army.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Sa
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/昆沙

--Osama bin Laden to Guantánamo?--

By David S. Cloud and Brian Bennett / Tribune Washington Bureau Thursday, February 17, 2011
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WASHINGTON — If the U.S. captured Osama bin Laden or other senior al-Qaida leaders, they would be probably be imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, CIA Director Leon Panetta said in his first public acknowledgment that the controversial U.S. military prison in Cuba might be used to hold future detainees. ~ Bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, both of whom are believed to be hiding in Pakistan, would likely be moved quickly to the U.S. airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, for questioning and eventually moved, "probably to Guantanamo," Panetta told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. ~ Most U.S. officials consider it unlikely that bin Laden or al-Zawahiri will be captured alive, but Panetta’s comments appeared to describe a scenario the administration is considering in the event they or other senior al-Qaida leaders are taken into custody. ~
~http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20110216cia_chief_hints_that_guantanamo_prison_might_stay_open/
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~http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/16/2070857/close-camps-cia-chief-would-ship.html
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~http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17408414?source=rss
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~http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/9122538/
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~http://www.statesman.com/news/world/cia-chief-if-captured-bin-laden-would-go-1260428.html
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~https://www.cia.gov/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda