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Kabul

A KFC to Give the Colonel Indigestion

Kabul Fried Chicken not only does its best to imitate the more famous owner of its initials, it has spawned local imitators of its own

Clewiston

No Sugar for a Town's Bitter Pill

The plan to save the Florida Everglades by shutting down U.S. Sugar will leave a company town with no livelihood

Sao Paulo

Brazil Wants Its Soccer Team Back

They may be perennial World Cup favorites, but the fact that Brazil's national soccer team is dominated by players based in Europe has created an identity crisis for the country's fans

Sydney

The Papal Invasion of Australia

Benedict XVI is bringing the church's popular and pious World Youth Day celebrations to the irreverent continent-nation. Will it rekindle the faith?

Buffalo

When Big Brother Eats Pizza at Your House

First, Steve Kurtz found his wife dead, then he was plunged into a Kafkaesque bioterrorism probe. Now he's turned the experience into art

Berlin

The Man Who Beheaded Hitler

How a dare over a beer led a retired policeman to rip the head off a waxwork of Der Fuhrer

Santa Barbara

The Fire This Time

Eighteen years ago, TIME contributor Pico Iyer watched a California wildfire destroy his home. Now, he waits to learn whether history repeats itself

Edhna village

Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians

An Israeli-Arab lawyer believes the Palestinians won't achieve their own goals until they understand the trauma at the heart of the Israeli psyche

London

The Last Laugh of the Monster Raving Loonies

Candidates for Britain's Haltemprice and Howden by-election range from a maverick Conservative to the Mad Cow-Girl and the Church of the Militant Elvis

Bangkok

Where the 'Ladyboys' Are

Thailand goes to extraordinary lengths to accommodate its transgendered kathoey

Caracas

When the 'Saint' Has a Criminal Record

Violent crime is rampant in Venezuela's capital. For help, some residents have turned to the spirits of dead villains

Jantar Mantar

A Million Mutinies on One Tiny Street

The officially designated protest zone of India's capital offers a grab-bag of grievances from across a nation of 1 billion