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...uniformed man at the border, and after four days on the bus arrives in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. It is April 8. He catches a city bus to the International University of Africa, where some Somali students let him sleep on their couch. They also direct him to a café where smugglers are known to pass. There, at around 10 p.m., he meets the man he hopes will get him to Libya. At a corner table in the dimly lit café, Abdi Salan listens intently to the local man, who speaks Arabic in a faint voice. (Abdi Salan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...godfather, 34-year-old Bai Feng. The ex-concert cellist from Shanxi province says they came about unintentionally when he rented a house in the district. "When friends visited they really liked the setting. I then had the idea to turn [the house] into the No Name bar and café," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lapping at the Lake | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...MANILA: The award-winning Greenbelt, tel: (63-2) 817 5015, features New Age stores, funky boutiques and buzzy caf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth Centers | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...jeunesse dorée. The 118 stores here retail everything from beachwear to collectible toys. On levels four and five there's a separate section known as the Annex-its 58 hole-in-the-wall shops are Heeren's funkiest, and there's a tattoo parlor and graffiti-filled café besides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth Centers | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Opium War in 1842. Xiamen's sleepy Gulangyu Island is an enclave of vine-covered colonial buildings and winding alleyways. The newer parts of the city attest to the commercial boom that resulted from China's more recent forays into international trade. Seafood is plentiful at the cafés strung along the sun-drenched beach. DUNHUANG Set amid dramatic white sand dunes in the northwestern province of Gansu, Dunhuang was once one of the main stops along the Silk Road. Nearby are some of the finest frescoes in all of China. Created between the 5th and 13th centuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roads Less Traveled | 11/23/2003 | See Source »

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