Paris

Is France Doing Enough to Save Its Historic Buildings?

Preservationists are outraged by the government's approval of a Qatari prince's plans to renovate a 17th century mansion. Is France sacrificing its heritage to turn a profit? outraged preservationists in France. They say the government is ignoring its duty to protect one of its greatest assets — its history

Paris Expands
Looking Up to the Eiffel Tower
The Louvre: France's Iconic Museum

Chicago's Olympic Dreams

Dreams of Olympic glory along Lake Michigan face protest and fierce competition. Can Michelle Obama save the day? Looking to 2016, the Windy City holds its breath

Following in the Footsteps of the Mud God

A group of amateur archaeologists dig for medieval artifacts in the riverine foundations of an increasingly modern city. Following in the footsteps of the Mud God

Lost Treasures of Timbuktu

Scholars are rushing to rescue the medieval manuscripts that put one of the world's most remote towns on the map. Saving Africa's literary history from destruction

Java

Indonesia's Islamic Schools: More Female Friendly

While domestic suicide bombers and radicals have been traced to a few notorious schools, others have been incubators for a more benign trend in the world's most populous Muslim nation: the development of feminist readings of the Quran and Islamic traditions

Kabul

A Return Visit to Kabul: Is Time Running Out?

After a three-year absence, a TIME reporter returns to find the capital of Afghanistan a more sober and watchful place

The Home of South Africa's Gender Bending Runner

Caster Semenya won a gold medal by beating women who say she is a man. But she's still a hero at home. Where a gender-bending runner is the girl next door

Kars

Turkey and Armenia: Thaw in a Century-Old Feud?

Turkey and Armenia have started talks that could reopen their border. But first they must put aside a century's worth of bad blood. Can old enemies learn to get along?

Abilene: Where Porn Fought the Law and Porn Won

After a chain of adult toy stores opened on I-70 in Kansas, locals fought back -- but a budget-strapped state government has decided it's a lost cause

Sittwe

Why the Omens Are Not Auspicious for the Burma's Junta

Two years after Burma's Buddhist monks marched for freedom and were brutally put down, one monastery still prays for liberation

Kandahar

After the Bombing: Feeling Vulnerable in Kandahar

Last week's bomb attack -- the deadliest in years -- has deepened the anguish of war-weary Kandaharis living in the shadow of rising violence in Afghanistan

Siaolin

Dalai Lama Meets Protests, Tears in Taiwan

Three weeks after typhoon Morakot struck, the village of Siaolin — the worst hit by the disaster — was the first stop for the Dalai Lama on his controversial visit to Taiwan