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...Essen, Germany, shows off ancient ruined cities in breathtaking patchworks and the awe-inspiring architecture of religious sites from the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt to Caesarea in Israel. In an age when anyone with a digital camera can pretend to be David Bailey, Gerster takes photos that demand a helicopter, no fear of heights and decades of experience. The Past from Above provides a unique view of the world we live in today and a glimpse of what it must have looked like to the gods back then. the gods back then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

There may not yet be any discerning Chinese collectors in the model of the influential Saatchi. But that's unlikely to affect the demand for modern Chinese art, since many of the newly minted millionaires simply don't have anywhere else to put their cash. "It's what I call the panic of new money," says Zhao, 45, who manages the venerable Courtyard Gallery. "The government is killing the property market, the stock market has been up and down like a bouncing ball, and people don't trust it. They can only buy so many Mercedes. They have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great China Sale | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...been constructed entirely outside India. Mittal began making his fortune a decade ago after breaking away from his father's Calcutta-based steel business and building his own firm, buying up steel plants in countries ranging from Algeria to Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the U.S. His timing was brilliant: worldwide demand for steel has been soaring because of massive demand from China and other fast-growing economies, and with it so has Mittal's net worth. By 2005, his personal fortune was estimated to be $25 billion - more than twice the size of Luxembourg's annual budget. Before the takeover, Mittal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man Of Mettle | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

...seen as the only party with any real influence over the actions of the erratic Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il. But Kim gave his backers in Beijing a rude surprise on October 9, when North Korea announced that it had tested a nuclear device in defiance of China's demand for restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Feels the Heat | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

...among county leaders - i.e., the people who really take this stuff seriously and drag people out to the precinct caucuses - sure seems dire. It may just be that Clinton hasn't been out to Iowa recently, hasn't yet given the solipsistic cornheads the full-frontal embrace they demand of contenders. Or it may be something a bit more chronic: "You hear a lot of 'I like Hillary, but...' talk out here," Yepsen says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Democratic Front-runner Is... John Edwards? | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

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