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Empire's End

A hike along Hadrian's Wall—and through the mists of time

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"He's in the Backseat!"

The NSA searches the world’s airwaves for faint whispers of suicide bombers and elusive terrorists. One Sunday in November of 2002, its listeners scored a rare hit

What to Do and Where to Stay

The Checkpoint

For Israeli soldiers checkpoint life is dull, alienating, and stress-inducing. For the Palestinians it is frustrating, humiliating, and anger-provoking. Yet it’s the human face of the occupation—and as close as some Israelis and Palestinians will ever come

The Right Way

Seven steps toward a last chance in Iraq

Demolition Men

Ariel Sharon and Junichiro Koizumi point the way to a centrist resurgence in American politics

Justice Delayed

Why we still don’t have a way to put terrorists on trial

Dangerous Games

The most heated competition in the 2008 Olympics could take place not in a stadium but in the Taiwan Strait

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Morocco: Where to Stay and What to Eat

A Switch in Time: a New Strategy for Iraq

By Kenneth M. Pollack and the Iraq Policy Working Group of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution

Behind the Scenes at the Vatican

Paul Elie, the author of "The Year of Two Popes," talks about Ratzinger's rise and his own extraordinary experiences researching the story

The Year of Two Popes

How Joseph Ratzinger stepped into the shoes of John Paul II—and what it means for the Catholic Church

The Point of No Return

First Pakistan's A.Q. Khan showed that any country could have made a nuclear bomb. Then he showed—not once but three times—why the nuclear trade will never be shut down

The Perils of Primacy

When too much power means not enough security

Man Versus Mine

Iraqi insurgents have perfected the use of lethal explosives, with profound implications for our military operations in Iraq

Nova Scotia, Mon Amour

The province's quirks and inaccessibility are its very charms

Calendar

What to watch for in the weeks ahead

Why Iraq Has No Army

An orderly exit from Iraq depends on the development of a viable Iraqi security force, but the Iraqis aren't even close. The Bush administration doesn't take the problem seriously—and it never has

Captivity Pageant

December 1979: Christmas comes for the Great Satan

Sultan of the Steppes

Kazakhstan's Soviet-schooled dictator—part economic modernizer, part Muslim progressive, part vainglorious despot—has enough oil to make himself into anything he wants

If America Left Iraq

The case for cutting and running

Challenge Match

How the former world chess champion Garry Kasparov hopes to unseat President Vladimir Putin

The Dismantling of Russian Democracy

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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