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Cooling off in the streets of Havana. January 29, 2017

Cuba, On The Brink

At the end of 2014, Obama and Castro announced that US-Cuba relations would begin to

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a vegetable vendor in one of Khiva's markets. February 24, 2016

Stranger Stories: The People of Uzbekistan

During my world wandering I seem to have developed something of a knack for

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kids at play in Kyrgyzstan November 14, 2015

Arslanbob: A Lost World, with Sacred Walnuts

IN WESTERN KYRGYZSTAN, not far from the Uzbekistan border, you will find a bumpy

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May 7, 2015

Echoes of Nightmares (Indonesia #7)

THE ACEHNESE GRANDPARENTS in the seats beside me were glowing like a pair of

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