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Sydney

The Political Rock Star Helps Another Odd Bird

Former Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett, now Australia's environment minister, races to the rescue of the Southern Cassowary, a creature that does a fair job of protecting itself

Madrid

Spain's Children of the Boom Confront the Bust

For the thirtysomethings that surfed the crest of Europe's economic boom, the downturn is a new and anxious experience

Baghdad

Video: Iraq's Pain at the Pump

Their country may have some of the world's biggest oil reserves, but Iraqis are struggling to fill their tanks

Paris

Life's a Beach in the 4th Arrondissement

Paris Plage turns two miles of the Seine into a white sand beach every year, but not all Parisians are celebrating

Beijing

Inside China's Capital on the Eve of the Games

After seven years of anticipation, residents come to terms with a city transformed

Johannesburg

A Chinese Color War

Under apartheid, South Africa's Chinese were excluded as non-white. Then, the post-apartheid government excluded them as non-black, until they fought back

Florence

A City's Infernal Dante Dispute

Florence wants to make amends for exiling Italy's most famous poet seven centuries ago. But one of Dante's descendants is not impressed

Mumbai

The Death of the Indian Dream

As the price of food and fuel soars, the divide between rich and poor in India is widening

Cairo

The Relentless Din of Egypt's Capital

Video: Cairenes find their health threatened by dangerously high noise levels

Sanaa

'If You Kill All the Christians ...'

How one Yemeni sheik and his volunteer organization are fighting tribal gun culture and Islamic extremism

Mexico City

A Den of Sin or a Beacon of Liberty?

Conservatives are up in arms over Mexico City legalizing abortion and same-sex unions. But leftist politicians believe the government's social conservatism could be its downfall

Dakar

Africa's Lions of the Scrabble Board

When it comes to the World Championship of the French-language version of the erudite board game, Senegal is the team to beat