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...issued an executive decree giving himself the power to order arrests without warrants, ban arms possession, declare curfews and censor news reports. "We have to be decisive now," he said. Earlier in the week, the Prime Minister showered various sectors with pecuniary perks, including a 5% civil-service pay hike, a tax cut for businesses, $500 million in loans for rural villages, and a promise to increase the minimum wage. Critics contend that these policies will make little difference. "When you have drought, bird flu, stagnating tourism, decelerating growth in exports and a ballooning oil-import bill," says Chris Baker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thaksin's Troubles | 7/18/2005 | See Source »

...Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder blockhouses known as diaolou. At their bases, diaolou look like fortifications, with thick walls and turrets. But the upper floors are decorative pastiches of foreign styles, from Greek porticos to Islamic domes, meant to show a returned worker's worldliness. Nearly 2,000 blockhouses remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asset Building | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...rare, and few urban Japanese, let alone foreigners, would know where to find it. That's where Walk Japan (walkjapan.com) steps in. Founded by an English professor of public policy and a Canadian professor of Japanese - both with decades of experience in Japan - Walk Japan specializes in guided hikes through the country's Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Japan | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Judging by the number of billboards, Senegal's best-selling food product is stock cubes - but if you're persistent, you'll encounter plenty of zesty meals there without instant bouillon. And if you're a soul-food fan, you're in luck: by virtue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dish On Dakar | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Add another stunner to Sir Richard Branson's growing portfolio of former hideaways turned luxury hotels. The latest is the Kasbah Tamadot (virgin.com/kasbah), an 18-room property 50 minutes south of Marrakech, in the foothills of Morocco's High Atlas mountains. Branson, who bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virgin Territory | 7/12/2005 | See Source »

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