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Santiago

Is Chile Imagining a Crime Wave?

While the real crime rate has remained little changed for years, citizens' fear of crime is soaring

London

Corpses Pile Up Amid Britain's Financial Crisis

Even the dead are not immune to the credit squeeze, as many funeral directors, citing liquidity problems, leave bodies unburied

Tokyo

Japan Goes Bananas for a New Diet

A country prone to dieting fads has convinced itself that bananas for breakfast is a magic formula for weight loss

Managua

President Ortega vs. the Feminists

A friendly judge tossed out sexual-abuse allegations against the Nicaraguan leader, but Latin America's feminists won't let the matter rest

Hawka

Hanging with the Hermit

Father Dario had chosen a life of solitude. So how would he cope with uninvited company?

Pitsea

Who's Afraid of the Bad-Boy Cops?

A pilot police program to intimidate known offenders is not exactly scaring them out of their wits, but the mere presence of bobbies on the beat helps keep down crime

King Abdullah Economic City

A New City in the Saudi Desert

Needing jobs and housing for its next generation, the desert kingdom has launched an ambitious plan to build five new cities simultaneously

Dorset

And What Big Feet You Have...

Why many Britons see the giant Cerne Abbas, a.k.a. the 'Rude Man,' as a pillar of national pride

Northampton

Video: Country House of Kings

Apethorpe Hall was home to monarchs as far back as Henry VIII. Now the 200-room house is being restored and up for sale

Camp Rumah

A Saudi Titan Watches Wall Street's Meltdown

Even as U.S. markets tumbled last week, one of their biggest stakeholders — Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal — was in a generous mood

La Paz

The Last Days of a Nazi-Era Photographer

Hans Ertl, who helped shape the official visual record of Hitler's regime, left behind a veritable archive - in a shoe box

Tehran

A Night With the Morality Police

Being arrested over the length of your coat is humiliating, but many enforcers are no longer ideologues, just ordinary citizens doing a job

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