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...Akane, a Golden retriever - begin sniffing through the mountains of rubble from the once-graceful colonial-style historic building. The dogs were each trained for five years for such missions, but this is their first time in the field overseas. "Sometimes when you are doing the training, you forget that it's for something real, says Hidehiro Murase, the president of the Rescue Dog Trainers' Association of Japan, who had flown in with the animals on the night of Oct. 2. "And then you come to a place like this, and realize it's a very real situation." Suddenly, Eros...
With all eyes trained on Copenhagen, where Rio de Janeiro was announced as the 2016 Olympic host city on Friday, it's easy to forget there will be a Summer Games between now and then. London is determined to put on a spectacular show in 2012, and given the city's early preparations, it may well achieve this goal. But just how far along are the key building and transportation projects, as well as plans for security? TIME offers a report card on the preparations with 1029 days...
...course, the College must not forget that housing renovations must be coupled with the creation of desirable swing space. No student should feel as if they cannot partake in house life because of the unlucky timing of their college years. Housing renewal need not come at the expense of a satisfactory living experience for some students...
...landscape and stand witness to Delhi's layered past. Because people here don't know one another, Delhi folk feel no compunction in replicating the same behaviors they disparage in others - honking horns, staring unabashedly at women (yes, even women stare at other women) and, not to forget, urinating in public, sometimes right next to a urinal. "It's so stressful living in Delhi," says Gokhale. "To survive here, you have to be really pushy, and the result is that the city is completely dehumanizing." (See pictures of Mumbai sifting through the rubble of terrorism...
...differing public views and attitudes across the Atlantic. "The French in particular, and Europeans in general, don't understand why it isn't possible for American officials to intervene and say, 'Hey, it's been over 30 years and things look a little different now. Let's just forget this thing.' " (Read "More Sex, Please, We're French...