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...There are certain parts of Seoul that I can only describe as Times Square on steroids: more neon, more corporate billboards, and the hookers are still around. Near where I’m staying, I can grab a Big Mac just as easily as I can have a bowl of ramen with some kimchi. There’s a 7/11 around the corner, just like at school, and this one even sells alcohol after...

Author: By Loren Amor | Title: Finding the Seoul of Korea | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...however, set a deadline ... for setting deadlines. By September, he said, the public should find out which year this thing will be finished. The only thing that's certain right now is that it will take longer and cost more than you think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mess at Ground Zero | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...Blooms are a natural phenomenon touched off a certain combination of nutrients in the water, and sunlight creates optimal growing conditions for algae - although they can be exacerbated by nutrient-rich runoff from farms, houses and factories. Thus far officials have downplayed the possibility of pollution as a factor in the Qingdao bloom. Wang Shulian, the deputy director of the Qingdao Oceanic and Fisheries Department, told reporters that there was no link to water quality, adding that the algae was aided by a combination of ideal temperature and salinity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Green Threat to the Olympics | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...leader of the group. They're from the western state of Maharashtra, where they accuse state officials of deliberately misspelling the name of their tribe in order to deny it entitlements due under Indian law, which reserves places in educational institutes and legislatures, as well as government jobs for certain "scheduled" castes and tribes. The Dhangar are a "scheduled tribe" in Maharashtra, but they accuse government officials of taking advantage of a transliteration error to deny them their due. In Marathi, the language of Maharashtra, the r at the end of the tribe's name is pronounced as an English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Million Mutinies on One Tiny Street | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...engaging with the Western offer. Velayati, known as a close confidant of Khamenei - the man who wields executive power in Iran - also took unmistakable aim at hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, though without mentioning him by name. He warned that "[Iranian] officials ... should avoid illogical and provocative sloganeering. A certain declaration could cause us problems; we need to be careful not to make these declarations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iranian Leaders Offer Nuclear Hope | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

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