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Buffalo

When Big Brother Eats Pizza at Your House

First, Steve Kurtz found his wife dead, then he was plunged into a Kafkaesque bioterrorism probe. Now he's turned the experience into art

Berlin

The Man Who Beheaded Hitler

How a dare over a beer led a retired policeman to rip the head off a waxwork of Der Fuhrer

Santa Barbara

The Fire This Time

Eighteen years ago, TIME contributor Pico Iyer watched a California wildfire destroy his home. Now, he waits to learn whether history repeats itself

Edhna village

Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians

An Israeli-Arab lawyer believes the Palestinians won't achieve their own goals until they understand the trauma at the heart of the Israeli psyche

London

The Last Laugh of the Monster Raving Loonies

Candidates for Britain's Haltemprice and Howden by-election range from a maverick Conservative to the Mad Cow-Girl and the Church of the Militant Elvis

Bangkok

Where the 'Ladyboys' Are

Thailand goes to extraordinary lengths to accommodate its transgendered kathoey

Caracas

When the 'Saint' Has a Criminal Record

Violent crime is rampant in Venezuela's capital. For help, some residents have turned to the spirits of dead villains

Jantar Mantar

A Million Mutinies on One Tiny Street

The officially designated protest zone of India's capital offers a grab-bag of grievances from across a nation of 1 billion

Abramtsevo

Only Fools Would Fix a Broken Road

In today's Russia, a hernia patient's best hopes may ride — without suspension — on a rutted country road

Cheyenne Mountain

Still Training for the End of the World

The U.S. and Russia continue to maintain thousands of nuclear warheads on a hair-trigger alert. It's up to the subterranean sentries of NORAD to spot any incoming threats

Bamiyan

Should Buddhas Blasted by the Taliban Be Rebuilt?

The legendary statues are a treasured part of Afghanistan's ancient history; their empty niches are testimony to its brutal recent past

Managua

Nicaraguans Fight Over Who Owns a Powerful Hat

Augusto Sandino, best known by his trademark sombrero, is the iconic symbol of Nicaraguan patriotism. That's why the government and its foes are fighting to claim his legacy

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