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...nuclear test and the resulting international outcry, the detention (and subsequent release) of two U.S. journalists for illegal entry, a spat with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (described by a Pyongyang official as looking like "a pensioner going shopping"), serious food shortages. On the face of it, 2009 appears an unlikely year for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) to woo more visitors. But according to British-run, Beijing-based Koryo Tours, a company that has been escorting groups of visitors to North Korea for 16 years, such a push is under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vacationing in Lovely... North Korea? | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...recent revelation that ESPN baseball analyst (and former Mets executive) Steve Phillips carried out an extramarital affair with a young production assistant, who then allegedly stalked his family, was shocking enough - enough, in fact, to get Phillips fired over the weekend. But the nasty online spat that followed between popular sports blog Deadspin and ESPN was possibly even more troubling, roping in several seemingly innocent parties and highlighting the questionable journalistic standards of unfiltered new media. (See the 25 best blogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Deadspin Hit ESPN Below the Belt? | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...home (he struck four and received a three-year suspended sentence a few years ago) or, as he did last week, hurling verbal abuse at them in a press conference after the meager victory against Uruguay. "You can suck it, keep on sucking it," a triumphant but spiteful Maradona spat out at journalists who had dared criticize his coaching skills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina's Maradona: A Soccer God Turned Mortal | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...despite a lukewarm reception) and all too keen to comply with the official NATO line, but in recent years it has started to look east, cultivating a role as a regional superpower. From Syria to Iran, the government has aggressively pursued closer ties with its neighbors. Amid the latest spat with Israel, Turkey signed a historic peace accord with its age-old foe Armenia and sent a 10-Minister delegation to Syria to negotiate the lifting of visa requirements for tourists traveling between the two countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friends No More? Why Turkey and Israel Have Fallen Out | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

...Petersburg land-use committee to vote against the plan. (Eleven voted in favor and one abstained.) "Gazprom is not the kind of organization that bribes or corrupts people from the bottom. It pushes through its initiatives from the very top," Malkov tells TIME. (Read "Russia-Europe Gas Spat Ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle over a New Skyscraper for St. Petersburg | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

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