Sundaes with Chavez
caracas — Despite previous disappointments, I always retain the faint hope that the hotel I have booked will turn out to be a delightful little place that perfectly captures the …
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A Ridiculously Brief History of Rwanda
Like all major events, there are both complex and over- simplified versions of the Rwanda genocide. While there were distinguishable groups called Hutu and Tutsi before the colonial era, these …
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A safer-sex billboard near the airport in Lusaka: many young Zambian males believe sorcery may be to blame for HIV/AIDS / Photograph by Patrick Kayukwa lusaka—In 2002, Zambia State Insurance …
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Land Mines and Looters
phnom penh—I was climbing across the crumbling remains of Beng Melea, a one-kilometre-square temple complex built early in the twelfth century in northwestern Cambodia, and said to be the model …
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Vietnam’s Killer Elephants
It’s not often that they conspire to strike
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The End of the Line
After waves from the Middle East, most refugees are now coming from far more troubled African countries
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Korea’s Dividing Line
Touring the security gap in the world’s most fortified border
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Voter’s Blok
Political power of Belgian ethnocentrism
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The Civic-Minded Sex King
Sex work and policing in Thailand
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