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  • China Wall greater than previously thought

    2009-04-23 11:17

    The Great Wall of China is greater than previously thought, according to a recent technologically advanced survey of the World Heritage site.

  • Panda-monium at the zoo

    2009-04-23 09:05

    The hottest star couple in Taiwan now are neither singers nor film stars - they are giant pandas.

  • Not-to-be-missed sights in Taiwan

    2009-04-23 09:05

    Taipei National Palace Museum has a permanent collection of more than 650,000 ancient Chinese artifacts, including bronzes, paintings, jades,etc.

  • Top 10 American adventures

    2009-04-21 15:58

    You don't have to go to the Himalayas or the Amazon for adventure.

  • Looking for Dutch NYC 400 years after Hudson

    2009-04-21 15:57

    New York City is constantly being rebuilt, paved over and reinvented, so it's not easy to find remnants of the colony of New Amsterdam 400 years after Henry Hudson sailed up the river that bears his name.

  • Sicily: Contrasts at a Mediterranean crossroads

    2009-04-21 15:49

    I am inside one of the most glittering monuments to Christianity — the mosaic-filled cathedral of Monreale - talking to a conservator, whose apron is covered in Arabic script, about President Obama.

  • Paris, Geneva beat City of London to gain spots on office rent list

    2009-04-21 09:41

    London has been knocked out of Europe's top three most expensive office locations by Geneva and Paris.

  • Twins with different parents live side by side

    2009-04-16 10:29

    I come from a city that has a twin - literally. The cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

  • Monkey mountain magic

    2009-04-16 09:52

    I thought my wife was rummaging through my backpack, but instead found myself nose-to-nose with a glowering Tibetan macaque.

  • Culture, history — and food — awaits in Providence

    2009-04-15 15:12

    Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the union, but there's plenty to experience within its narrow borders.

  • Award-winning Turkey rules the air

    2009-04-15 10:09

    Turkish Airlines has been named best airline in Southern Europe in a survey conducted by well-known market research company Skytrax.

  • Caravan of love

    2009-04-15 10:08

    Flying 10,000 meters above the Silk Road that has connected China and Iran more than two millennia, I found that Urumqi lies half-way between Beijing and Teheran.

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