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...where to find a bed in Kandahar or nonstop Hindi movies in Mazar-e-Sharif. But the bulk of Edward Girardet and Jonathan Walter's guide relates to more life-and-death matters, and is an essential traveling companion for humanitarian-aid workers, diplomats, peacekeeping troops, journalists and others bound for Afghanistan. Although populated by plenty of hospitable folk, Afghanistan is also lawless and dangerous. One of the most heavily mined countries in the world, it is not a place in which to wander alone, especially at night. If you are traveling there, Girardet and Walter and their contributors...
...rock music and bound for Japan this summer, then you're in luck. Between now and September, four major festivals will take place, with stellar lineups of mainly international talent. The most impressive bill belongs to the inaugural Rock Odyssey (www.udo.co.jp/odyssey). Held simultaneously from July 24-25 at the Yokohama Arena and Osaka Dome, the show features Aerosmith, the Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lenny Kravitz. Following hot on its heels is the progenitor of Japan's alternative-music festival scene, the Fuji Rock Festival (fujirockfestival.com), from July 30-Aug. 1. This year, it will showcase nearly...
...York, see, is a place where former Knicks general manager Scott Layden served as the primary target for so many years. It was easy. Too easy, maybe. “Fire Layden” was bound to be heard at an NBA Draft as sure as the sun rises in the morning. The Knicks could have somehow redrafted the second comings of Wills Reed, Clyde Frazier, Bill Bradley, Earl Monroe and company during Layden’s tenure but it wouldn’t have mattered. The mockery was a draft-day rite, although this year, Layden was very explicably...
...bound to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people. It’s a profound thought,” Guare wrote. Call it what you will—profundity or intense East Coast/Ivy League social networking. But it’s something to think about...
...decorative and edifying, they tend to appear in public buildings, hotels and touring art shows. All the women are pretty, all the men handsome, everyone smiles as they harvest crops and build dams. In one of these rousing paintings, the "First Heroine of the Republic, Cho Ok Hee" stands bound and barefoot on a snowy mountaintop, awaiting execution by Japanese troops...