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Ten Things You Should Know About the Nano
As Tata Motors rolls the first model onto the Indian market, TIME's Jyoti Thottam, who took it for a test drive, tells you everything you need to know about the world's cheapest car
Photographs by Michael Rubenstein / Redux for TIME
Paris' Big Andy Warhol Show
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Pope Benedict XVI Visits Africa
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China Goes to Africa
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Islam's Soft Revolution
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Photographs by Olivia Arthur / Magnum for TIME
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Photographs for TIME by Warren Clarke / WPN
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