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Tehran Turmoil Clouds Prospects for Captive U.S. Hikers

Three Americans charged with espionage may be victims of an ongoing Iranian struggle over whether to engage with Washington

Special Report

TIME: 50 Years In the South Pacific

In 1959, TIME magazine published its first edition for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. We look back at the politicians and pop idols, activists and athletes who shaped the region of the past five decades

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Scenes from the Tuna Trade

Tuna populations around the world are being fished more aggressively. Even General Santos, the so-called Tuna Capital of the Philippines, sashimi export and canneries have been hit by a downturn in the number of fish coming to port.

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Desert Refugees in Algeria Await Recognition

In the western desert of Algeria, the Sahrawi people hold an annual film festival to bring attention to their three decades in exile

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Guinea-Bissau: World's First Narco-State

Drug cartels have converted a tiny African country into an international nexus of illegal trade

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