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The Trouble with Thailand
Bombings in Bangkok cap an unhappy year for the Land of Smiles, which has been roiled by a coup, economic-policy miscues and an ongoing Muslim insurgency

Indonesia's Perilous Skies
As rescuers continue the search for a downed Indonesian airliner, some say the country's aviation industry has grown too far, too fast

Can the Afghans Defend Themselves?
As in Iraq, an exit strategy for foreign troops depends on building up the Afghan army. But recruiting new soldiers is growing more difficult



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Big Business
Asia's stolen-art trade is carried out on an industrial scale

Moving the Loot
Shedding light on the black-market trade routes for stolen art

How to Raid a Tomb
A Chinese gang broke into a 2,000-year-old crypt and made off with a slew of rare artifacts

Spirited Away
In India, Cambodia and China, ruthless art thieves are stripping cultural sites of precious artifacts, then shifting them to smugglers and dealers who hawk them overseas. Hannah Beech tracks down the players in a shadowy international trade that is robbing Asia's proud civilizations of their heritage

Psst! Wanna Buy A...
Losing the battle against counterfeiters
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Up from the Apes
Remarkable new evidence on human evolution
[01/17/2000]
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FROM THE OCTOBER 20, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2003


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