Extensive tutoring is sometimes seen as contributing to East Asian countries' high performance in international school comparisons, particularly in mathematics.

BBC: Meet the 'tutor kings and queens'

The Assyrian Church - the Ancient Church of the East, also sometimes referred to as the Nestorian Church - traces its roots back to 2nd Century Mesopotamia and is not Catholic.

BBC: Guide: Christians in the Middle East

It is difficult to know if these kinds of statements represent any kind of opportunity for negotiation, given the history of Meshal and Hamas, but sometimes a few words in the Middle East do indicate a potential for renewed talks.

CNN: Commentary: Obama can succeed in Mideast

It is an hour's drive east of Springfield, on a highway where cars sometimes share the road with Amish buggies.

WSJ: A Homestead Sprouts in the Ozarks

The army, navy and the East India Company were the main routes out, with the brothers and sometimes their wives and partners covering huge distances.

ECONOMIST: Retracing the steps of one 18th-century Scottish family

The weather, like most of the East Coast, fluctuates wildly in the fall and spring, so cycling is sometimes possible well into November and as early as April.

BBC: Visiting the Hamptons off season

In Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan the approach to elections has been more gradual, but this has sometimes angered the locals.

ECONOMIST: From Bosnia, East Timor, and other fragile places

Sometimes they perform their old function of smoothing the path from subjection to independence, as in Namibia and East Timor.

ECONOMIST: From Bosnia, East Timor, and other fragile places