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Tallinn seems made for such spooky tales. The medieval city is one of the best preserved in Europe, its 13th and 14th century gabled buildings built when Tallinn was a major link in the chain of Hanseatic trading centers that stretched across the continent's north. As the days grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Halloween? Estonia Has Real Ghosts | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...ticking time bomb, and the Brown administration in the U.K. behaved amateurishly given the circumstances. but perhaps more importantly, the lesson is that Iceland’s banks should not be so heavily invested in Europe if the country as a whole is not better integrated into continental regulatory structures. Specifically, its banking behemoths should not have been allowed to take on so much debt and currency risk without effective safeguards by the Icelandic government and agreed upon by the European Union. Hopefully, this financial meltdown will move the Nordic island closer to Europe and away from unsustainable growth philosophies...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Gone With the (Arctic) Wind | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

To tell it, Morrison reaches back in time--way back. Beloved was set in 1873, in the chaos of postbellum America. A Mercy is set in 1680, when America was nothing more than a loose amalgamation of Indians, religious zealots and malodorous trappers and traders wandering a continent over which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Older Writers Revisiting Their Younger Selves | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Indeed, automobiles have become Turkey's single most important industry, overtaking the traditional No. 1, textiles. Along with Renault, three other foreign giants - Fiat, Honda and Toyota - all have significant production facilities in the country. About 80% of output is exported, mainly to Europe, which until recently meant booming business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Wild Ride | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

Statistics certainly reveal that Chileans have a growing fear of crime. Indeed, there is some evidence to suggest that they worry about it more than almost everyone else in the region - a startling finding in a country that prides itself on being a haven of safety in a dangerous continent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Chile Imagining a Crime Wave? | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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