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...search of enlightenment?or an eyeful. Murals depict the sacred eye of God in a triangle and recreate the signing of the Third Alliance between God and man, witnessed by Caodaism's most revered saints: Vietnamese poet Trang Trinh, Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen and writer Victor Hugo. Midday Mass is open to the public and attended by church elders in brilliant blue, red and yellow robes...
...avoid "a humanitarian disaster." It's a risky line to walk and Tibon knows it: in August, he sent two soldiers to military jail when they shot dead a municipal electrician even though the man had permission to move about during the curfew. Shots echo up the mountainside at midday. In Tibon's command center, radios crackle with reports that two border policemen have been hit after their jeep broke down near the Casbah. It'll be past midnight when Tibon visits the scene; right now he must coordinate the evacuation of the two men, who have leg wounds...
...Driving west from Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan's main city, you catch the smell almost immediately. Baking in the midday sun, marijuana bushes the size of a man give off the same dank stench that permeates hip parties from New York City to New South Wales. For the decade before the Soviet army invaded in 1979, the teahouses of Afghanistan were the toking tourist's hangout of choice. And even during 23 years of war, when the Afghans fought the Soviets and then one another, the hash trade thrived. "Afghan black" remained a staple sale for cannabis dealers across...
...midday, the darkness lifts, and bipolar children enjoy a few clear hours, enabling them to focus and take part in school. But by 3 or 4 p.m., Papolos warns, "the rocket thrusters go off," and the kids become wild, wired, euphoric in a giddy and strained way. They laugh too loudly when they find something funny and go on long after the joke is over. Their play has a flailing, aggressive quality to it. They may make up stories or insist they have superhuman abilities. They resist all efforts to settle them and throw tantrums if their needs are denied...
...downtown Tokyo, wander up Nakamise-dori poking through the stalls for souvenirs. Buy your fortune - translated into very bad English - at Sensoji Temple. POWER LUNCH Unlike its New York and London counterparts, Nobu Tokyo doesn't make you wait three months for a table. Plus, it features a delightful midday prix-fixe meal at about $30. 6-10-17 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, tel. 03 5467-0022. PEOPLE WATCHING Stroll along Omotesando's wide tree-lined avenue of designer boutiques, where Tokyo fashionistas gather to shop and strut. Hunt for souvenirs at kitschy Oriental Bazaar, Omotesando-dori...