Mombasa

Where Have All the Tourists Gone?

Kenya's seaside city Mombasa — and the nation's biggest industry — have taken a big hit after last month's riots swept the country

Sark

A Revolution Not Televised

The arrival of democracy on a tiny Channel island after 400 years of feudalism is not exactly celebrated by the locals

Atlanta

MLK's Dream Doesn't Reach his Hometown's Dance Floors

Jim Crow may be ancient history, but black folks and white folks don't party together in the capital of the 'New South'

Newcastle

Between a Northern Rock and a Hard Place

The city's soccer messiah has returned to bring renewed optimism to the club's faithful followers. But will it coincide with an upturn in fortunes for the beleaguered bank too?

Taipei

The Regrets of a Foreign Bride

Taiwan clamps down on a matchmaking industry that leaves many women vulnerable to abuse

Warsaw

Confronting Poland's Anti-Semitic Demons

A raucous book launch offers a glimpse of the passions unleashed by a historian's account of Poland's treatment of Holocaust survivors

Belfast

The Titanic: 'She Was Alright When She Left Here'

Belfast and Titanic were once both synonyms for disaster. Now the Northern Irish city wants to make the doomed liner its symbol of a brighter future

Wantugu

It Takes a Village to Fight a Plague

The only way to counter the painful and debilitating Guinea worm parasite is for everyone to share responsibility for stopping its spread

London

Why the Pub Is Empty

With their living rooms offering satellite TV, cheaper beer and the right to smoke, many Britons are staying home for a pint with their mates

Guangzhou

No Way Home for China's Migrants

Each year, some 200 million workers head home for the Lunar New Year. But massive snowstorms have left many stranded and shivering

Paris

Greed Is Not French, Greed Is 'Anglo-Saxon'

A financial scandal prompts a resurgence of antipathy to the unrestrained profit motive that President Sarkozy had championed

Damascus

An Aging Chanteuse in the Mideast Vortex

For decades, she was a voice of peace and unity in a troubled region, but a Syrian tour has proved that even Fayrouz cannot remain above the fray

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