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...There aren't any," says the hotelier, with an embarrassed laugh when asked about the best tourist attractions in Burma's new capital. That's no surprise, really: Naypyidaw - the name translates as "Abode of Kings" - was built from scratch just three years ago, on 1,800 square miles of land carved out of scrubland on the orders of the ruling junta. Naypyidaw doesn't even exist in the Lonely Planet's latest Burma travel guide; there's not much tourist charm in a dusty bunker town that is little more than the wish fulfillment of paranoid generals...
...past few years. Since 2005, more than 520 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in 10 major bombings around the country. Yesterday, at least 80 people died when seven or perhaps eight separate bombs exploded within minutes in the crowded central market area of Jaipur, a popular tourist city in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. Police say the bombs appear to have been strapped to bicycles and rickshaws. Though no one has yet claimed responsibility - such claims have been extremely rare after previous attacks - government officials and intelligence sources told Indian newspapers and television news stations that Islamic...
...Since 2001, India has tightened security around government officials and government offices. But in a country of India's size and population, it's impossible to guard against all attacks. "They've attacked India's Silicon Valley, India's commercial capital [Mumbai] and now they've attacked a famous tourist city," says Chellaney. "These targets are being chosen across the length and breadth of India to drive home the message that the country is vulnerable...
...halls of the Iraqi National Museum, the remnants of Babylon seem largely forgotten. The carved stone forms of 2,000-year-old rulers are scattered haphazardly throughout a maze of high-ceilinged, dusty halls; their silent expressions barely visible beneath even dustier shrouds of plastic wrap. Not a single tourist graces the building, where cardboard boxes and broken office chairs mingle with the treasure left in disarray...
Braddock’s claim to Internet fame? “Harvard Student Pees on John Harvard AND Japanese Tourist,” of course...