Entertainment is a leisure activity consisting of an event and an audience that views the event and participates. This participation can be subtle, as in Theatres: Film, Opera or stageshows, or Orchestral symphony concerts wherein the applause due the performance or performing artists would be bad manners. In contrast, the sports entertainment industry feeds off audience participation— who can imagine the strange event attending a pro-wrestling bout, basketball or baseball game without cheering or booing the participants would experentially being happy.
The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry, and one distinction between what is meant by the term is the voluntary participation of the party being entertained, which may be passive (Opera) or active (Frantic shoot-em-up computer games) and the whole gamut of industry supported diversions in between (Baseball, Concerts, Football, Books, Television, film , striptease, and events like Karaoke).
Recreation, play, reading, and art appreciation may in some instances be confused with entertainment, but the difference is elementary—entertainments take two or more— even if one of the participants is a programmer for the obsolescent Amiga computer system who now happens to be deceased. Without the 'performance' of the artist and the participation of the viewer the event would and could not occur.
Gunfight on Thai-Cambodia border Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:26:17 -0000 Two Cambodian soldiers are killed in an exchange of gunfire with Thai troops over a disputed border near a famous temple. Vietnam sends journalist to jail Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:52:45 -0000 A Vietnamese journalist has been jailed for two years for his reporting of a major corruption case. N Korea 'sex spy' jailed in South Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:31:46 -0000 A N Korean woman who pleaded guilty to using sex to extract secret information from S Korean soldiers is given five years in jail. Australia drops Ahmadinejad case Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:34:51 -0000 The government has dropped plans to take international legal action against the Iranian president on a charge of inciting genocide against Israel. Asian markets retreat after rally Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:05:14 -0000 After dramatic rises earlier in the week, most Asian stock markets lose ground despite a regional plan to ease the crisis. Expedition set for 'ghost peaks' Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:04:35 -0000 Scientists prepare to survey Antarctica's Gamburtsev mountains - one of the most enigmatic ranges on Earth.
NYT > Asia Pacific
2 Killed on Thai-Cambodian Border Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:02:19 -0000 Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border.
Second Taliban Attack Strikes Major Afghan City Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:28:42 -0000 Afghan government troops repulsed a fresh attack late Tuesday by Taliban fighters in southwestern Afghanistan and killed at least 18 of them.
Hint of High-Level Discord on China Land Reform Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:39:32 -0000 Chinese leaders have yet to announce details of a rural reform policy, contributing to speculation that officials are in disagreement on major aspects of the policy.
L.A. Times - Asia
Deadly fighting erupts at Thai-Cambodian border Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:16:00 -0700 An tense border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia erupted into a gunbattle that killed two soldiers today, but officials from both sides downplayed the violence and called for resolving the conflict through talks, not bullets.
China land reform disappears from radar Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Leaders in Beijing were expected to enact a bold program allowing farmers to eventually buy, sell or lease their fields. But the issue wasn't even mentioned in the meeting's closing statement.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee, where China's Communist Party leaders were expected to finally enact a bold land reform program allowing farmers eventually to buy, sell or lease their fields.
World Briefing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia trade threats / El Salvador: U.S. pledges funds for gang control / Britain: One less test for schoolchildren
Thailand, Cambodia trade threats
UN News Centre - Asia Pacific
Secretary-General urges restraint as Cambodian-Thai border row turns deadly Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern about the exchange of gunfire today along the Cambodian-Thai border near a disputed ancient temple that has reportedly led to the deaths of at least two people. Ban to embark on four-nation tour of Asia later this month Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart for Asia later this month on a four-country tour whose itinerary includes stops in the Philippines, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. UN refugee agency musters aid for thousands displaced by Pakistani fighting Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The United Nations refugee agency is trying to provide urgent shelter and other aid for some 190,000 people who have been displaced from Pakistan's Bajaur agency bordering Afghanistan since fighting started in mid-August.
Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
2 killed on Thai-Cambodian border By SETH MYDANS Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border. Tajik farmers enslaved where cotton is king By DAVID L. STERN Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 Farmers are shackled to the land - "like slaves," one European official says - and forced to grow cotton through a system of debts and obligations. China assures Taiwan of 'serious approach' to milk scandal Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 China sought to reassure Taiwanese consumers on Wednesday that its dairy products were safe, as a government spokesman said a "serious approach" was being taken in an investigation into the tainted-milk scandal. Religious peace threatened in South Korea By CHOE SANG-HUN Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 Buddhists are voicing alarm over the expansion of conservative Protestant churches and a perceived favoritism by the government. As Iraq cools, rebels go to Afghanistan By JOHN F. BURNS Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 U.S. military successes in Iraq have prompted well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead. Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 2 years in jail Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:52:04 -0000 A Vietnamese journalist was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.
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