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Zookeepers and policymakers who aren't moved by all this suffering might instead be convinced by the simple fact that it costs a fortune to keep elephants so miserable. In the past 10 years, zoos have spent or committed to spend about $500 million to build or upgrade enclosures designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Dumbo! Zoos Are Bad for Elephants | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

At first, the Kremlin tried to prop up the currency, but after blowing through tens of billions of dollars in September and October, it changed course in mid-November, and has since begun a policy of phased devaluation. That's calling up bad memories of the ruble's collapse in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Big Chill | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

Walking across the wind-whipped plains of the forgotten city, a young Iranian woman dressed in colorful floral garbs points out a sand-dusted tower hovering in the distance like a dormant volcano under a relentless sun. "This is where we put tens of thousands of corpses over the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last of the Zoroastrians | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

Despite their shrinking population, Zoroastrians remain fiercely divided over whether to recognize interfaith families, let alone accept non-generational Zoroastrians. Tens of thousands fled Persia during the Islamic incursions in the 10th Century and were granted refuge in India under the condition they did not marry outside their faith or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last of the Zoroastrians | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

With piracy being one of the few booming businesses amid the anarchy of Somalia, pirates interviewed by TIME indicated that both the Islamist militia that controls much of the country and elements of the government are inclined to extort a share of the ransom payments - tens of millions of dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pirate Ransom Deal: Who Gets the Money? | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

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