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...part of the attraction. A growing number of outfitters supply amenities that range from adequate to near opulent for adventures like hiking and fly-fishing in the Altai Mountains, traversing the moonscape of the Gobi Desert by Range Rover and exploring the Flaming Cliffs, one of the world's premier dinosaur-fossil sites, in the company of a paleontologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mongol Invasion | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

...likely to win in both the central state of Hesse, where they're already in power, and the northern state of Lower Saxony, a Social Democratic (SPD) stronghold for the past 13 years. Losing Lower Saxony would be especially humiliating for Schröder, who ran the state as premier from 1990 until 1998 when he became Chancellor. More importantly, a double victory would further strengthen the CDU's position in the Bundesrat, the upper house of the German parliament, making it harder for Schröder's coalition with the Greens to push through economic reforms. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 1/26/2003 | See Source »

...near Paris. The rebels will be part of a new national reconciliation government that draws ministers from across the Ivorian political spectrum. The deal calls for President Laurent Gbagbo to cede some of his powers to the new Prime Minister, Seydou Diarra, a respected Muslim diplomat who served as Premier in 1999 and 2000. The rebels dropped their demands for Gbagbo's resignation and immediate elections. They agreed to disarm. And progress was also made on the question of Ivorian citizenship requirements, which Muslims believe Christians have manipulated to keep them from power. But many key details, including a timetable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 1/26/2003 | See Source »

Pittodrie Stadium, home to Scotland's Aberdeen Football Club, sits on the edge of the North Sea. During the winter - the middle of the Scottish Premier League season - a bitter wind whips up off the water, giving a biting edge to the snow and rain that often accompany Aberdeen's matches. The climate's tough on away fans, but it's even harder on the boggy pitch: last season, Aberdeen spent about €45,000 to maintain its field - a big sum for a declining club in a peripheral league. Little wonder, then, that when UEFA, European football's governing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Turf Conscious | 1/26/2003 | See Source »

...Sports Illustrated Super Bowl Covers Gallery ? From Lombardi to Namath, from the perfect Dolphins to the near-perfect 49ers and Bears, a history of the big game on the cover of sports' premier magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Bowl XXXVII Preview | 1/23/2003 | See Source »

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