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Cities like Seattle and St. Louis - which lie in seismological danger zones but where quakes haven't occurred for centuries - are even less prepared. And the worst disasters will continue to occur in the cities of the developing world, in places like Tehran and Gujarat, India, where sheer population density and virtually nonexistent building codes can lead to death tolls in the tens of thousands during a strong quake. That was clear during the May 2008 earthquake in western China, when some 20,000 children and teachers were killed in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools. "What happened in China...
...food is serious and the service is skilled. Gunpowder's short, seasonal menu is limited to the six states of India's southern cone, and Warier and Bhushi do most of the cooking themselves. (Both are accomplished home cooks; Bhushi also worked as a part-time caterer while studying for a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago.) They do not cook in bulk or cut corners, so each dish has a distinct array of flavors. Idukki pork (named after a district of Kerala) is fork-tender and bathed in coconut gravy, while the toddy-shop fish (another dish...
Satish Warier knows about generating buzz. He spent 15 years as an editor and Web producer for India's biggest newspapers and magazines, and manages a rock band for fun. When he got fed up with his last job ("I never managed to find bosses who quite understood me," he says), he quit to start a restaurant, and those old contacts came in handy. Today, Gunpowder, tel: (91-11) 2653 5700, is New Delhi's hottest new dining venue, having earned rave reviews and a fashionable following since it opened in July...
...Pakistani Taliban in just 10 days, and it involved teams of well-trained fighters storming law-enforcement centers in Lahore, the capital of the key Punjab province and also Pakistan's cultural center, in a sophisticated attack that bore some similarities to last November's Mumbai massacre in India...
...Martian would also scratch his head at the notion of paper money. The dollar has no intrinsic value. It has become the world's storehouse of value because it is backed by the economic might of the U.S. If another super-economy emerges, be it the European Union, China, India, Brazil or Russia, then that new power's currency could replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency, just as the dollar replaced sterling in the last century. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...