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In Kars, which lies on the border, there is little of the bitter nationalism that racks the capital. Locals recall a once lively trade in livestock from Armenia and textiles from Turkey. Work on renovating the cross-border rail lines is due to begin soon. Restoration of Armenian monuments at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey and Armenia: Thaw in a Century-Old Feud? | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

For the Monuments Men, was it just a matter of protecting objects from the Nazis? They wanted to be right there where the action was so they could get in and protect our cultural heritage - and not just from the enemies. Often times a well-intentioned core of engineers would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Europe's Art from the Nazis | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

SUNDAY Time to check off the cultural big hitters. To taste the city's glorious Baroque past, feast your eyes on the chiaroscuro drama of the paintings adorning the Carthusian monastery of La Certosa di San Martino, tel: (39-081) 229 4502. Don't miss the stunning presepe (Nativity crib...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Do Naples | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

"We all have been harmed. Today more than ever we need unity," said former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during Friday prayers at Tehran University on July 17. It was a crucial sermon and, in the manner of many things Persian, purposefully and delicately opaque. Some thought Rafsanjani's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Worry So Much About Iran's Nukes | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

Observers say that during the course of the restoration, the theater's administration has been focusing on the reconstruction of the building and taking little interest in the artistic aspects of the revamped theater. "There is a tendency to think of the Bolshoi as a building - to think of it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolshoi Blues: Trouble at the Legendary Theater | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

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