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...scent of spice and the lure of easy money drew traders and settlers from across Europe, the Arab world, India, China, Thailand and Burma. Their diverse traditions still resonate in the heart of George Town's old city. The grand colonial architecture of City Hall, the court buildings and the Penang Museum and Art Gallery cohabits comfortably with ornate Hindu and incense-wreathed Buddhist temples, Chinese clan houses, Muslim mosques and serried rows of peeling and shuttered shophouses. Cultures collide at every intersection. A walk down Lebuh Chulia, a major thoroughfare, will have your mouth watering at the spicy aromas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Penang Goes Forward to the Past | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...After his return, Ja'far might have stayed an obscure preacher in Yogyakarta but for an explosion of Muslim-Christian fighting in the Maluku Islands, the famed Spice Islands, in 1998. "We waited and waited for the government to respond and finally we gave up hope they would defend the Muslim community and decided to act ourselves," Ja'far says. His call for an armed defense force elicited a speedy response, both in personnel and cash. Within months the newly formed Laskar Jihad had sent some 3,000 volunteers to Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, a force the group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Dirty Little Holy War | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

...clergy's sexual abuse of kids?then plays Everquest until he's slain by an elf Losers MICK JAGGER Solo Stone album sells only 954 copies on first day in U.K. That's pretty good considering most guys his age are wearing adult diapers GERI HALIWELL Ex-Ginger Spice allegedly charges to entertain British troops. Russian soldiers, meanwhile, have been given all the free antifreeze they can drink NUR MISUARI Leader of MNLF orders attack in southern Philippines and his troops get slaughtered. Besides that, it was an excellent plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...McCHINA" U.K. entrepreneur beats McDonalds and is allowed to sell Chinese fast food as McChina. McGizzard Happy Meals come with a cheap toy Losers FABIEN BARTHEZ Sieve-like French goaltender may get butter brand named after him. The money will be handy when Man U subs him with Posh Spice SANTA CLAUS St. Nick banned from a Maryland Christmas tree lighting. It's been a bad year for men with long beards from desolate regions of the world MARGARET THATCHER Iron Lady sees Blair's approval rating rise above her Falklands War numbers. Of course, she had to smite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Inside this smallish restaurant, the canary yellow walls with bright green and red accents spoke cheerily, while foreign flags and tapestries hung from every surface and soft reggae music soothe. With a few of their vibrant drinks from the heavy-handed bartender, Rhythm and Spice seemed to virtually breathe an island spirit...

Author: By Kate Szostak and Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Night Out | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

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