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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sources and even planning." As if on schedule, on Oct. 1 suicide bombers struck Indonesia's island of Bali, just 11 days shy of the third anniversary of another set of blasts that took 202 lives on the island. At 7:30 p.m. on a crowded Saturday, the popular tourist town of Kuta, the target of the 2002 attacks, was rocked by an explosion. A multistory restaurant was gutted. Simultaneously, restaurants around the crescent beach of Jimbaran Bay, not far south of Kuta, were attacked. Mangled bodies were laid out on the white sand. There were at least 22 dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bali's Cruel Month | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...stop basis. Morris had opened a retail store on the site principally to give fishermen something to do when they came to Springfield to pick up their boats. In 1981, Morris changed outdoor retailing by establishing a combination sporting-goods store, museum and boat dealership that became the biggest tourist attraction in the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Bass Boom | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...sandy bunkers of St. Andrews aren't the only tourist traps in the golf capital of Scotland. Just 14 km down the road, 30 m beneath a quaint stone farmhouse, is Scotland's Secret Bunker: the nuclear-proof headquarters for Scottish ministers, had the cold war got hot. Descend a gray metal staircase and down a 150-m, tungsten-reinforced tunnel to reach the bunker's red blastproof doors. From 1968 to 1992 these subterranean redoubts were manned by soldiers from the Royal Observer Corps; on guard today are uniformed mannequins, their lifelessness adding an apocalyptic chill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunnel Visions | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

...style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder The sandy bunkers of St. Andrews aren't the only tourist traps in the golf capital of Scotland. Just 14 km down the road, 30 m beneath a quaint stone farmhouse, is Scotland's Secret Bunker: the nuclear-proof headquarters for Scottish ministers, had the cold war got hot. Descend a gray metal staircase and down a 150-m, tungsten-reinforced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunnel Visions | 9/25/2005 | See Source »

...chaotic jumble of tat on sale?you'll come across everything from Christmas decorations to carvings of decidedly non-native lions and giraffes. The paintings also betray a m?lange of foreign influences, with pseudo-Impressionism and faux-Expressionism finding particular favor among local daubers targeting the tourist dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art Mart | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

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