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The Brutal Fight to Save Cairo's Arts Scene
How the firing of the director of the Cairo Opera prompted hundreds to take to the streets in protest.
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Maps
Booming Asian Cities Are Tugging The World's Center of Light East
The light of urban development seen from space can tell us much about the shape of the world's economy.
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Lessons in Self-Defense for Women, From Tahrir Square
An American Indian woman living in Cairo wants to take what she's learned and bring it back to North American reservations.
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And the Cities Most in Danger of a Super-Flu Outbreak Are...
Researchers say lethal strains of influenza are most likely to arise next in coastal China, the Nile Delta and elsewhere.
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This Week in Bans
No More Alcohol for Egypt's Suburbs
Also, a Sydney mall muzzles screaming children and Winston Churchill gets the axe from downtown Nottingham.
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Maps
How Climate Change Is Creating New Exurbs in the Middle East
Hot temperatures and droughts are pushing people into cities, often with disastrous consequences.
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You Know What Would Make Egypt's Pyramids Better?
Putting a swing set at the top, at least according this dubious 1930s plan.
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The Big Fix
Fortress America: How the U.S. Designs its Embassies
The challenge of architecture that epitomizes American values while offering total security.
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Postcard
Protests Erupt at Embassies Across the Middle East
Violent clashes spread to almost a dozen countries.
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Postcard
Messages of Protest: Reactions to the Embassy Turmoil
"Anything but our prophet," "America supports all faiths," and other signs from the protests in the Middle East.
