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...development's new market and business complex is too far out from the former city center, and some residents working in the fishing industry who found it too difficult to commute between between the new housing in Siribopura and the beach have already sublet their new units to move closer to the shore. Another lot of houses rapidly constructed through public donations from Hungary started losing rafters, beams and windows even before the first tenants arrived. "Some of the houses were so bad, that no one could live in them," says Charles Rathnayake, a resident who moved in after extensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Sri Lanka, Tsunami Anniversary Inspires Mixed Reactions | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...winter months inside the Paul VI auditorium, you simply need to show up early and ask Swiss guards at the famous Bronze Door for tickets. The occasional visits that the Pope makes to local dioceses in Rome (where he also serves as the city's bishop) afford an even closer look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the Pope: Keeping Him Safe But Open | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...interviews, no article. And no chance to get a closer look at what students this ambitious were actually like...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

...According to Traffic Minister Camiel Eurlings, the hope is that commuters faced with paying a hefty tax on their driving will opt to start carpooling or riding bicycles to work, and may, in the long term, even move to live closer to their jobs. "The goal is a different manner of paying for mobility that is more fair," Eurlings says. "Not paying more, but paying differently, with a positive income effect for most households." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...British No. 1 song is staying in the same corporate family. As for The X Factor winner, he's been magnanimous in defeat. "It's been exciting to be part of a much-hyped battle and they [Rage Against the Machine] definitely deserve congratulations," McElderry said. Perhaps a slightly closer look at his own song's lyrics would have provided a taste of what was to come. For as "The Climb" tells us, "Always gonna be an uphill battle / Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rage Against Simon Cowell? A British Pop Charts Upset | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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