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It’s a gas: Las Vegas preserves neon

By displaying such signs in its 3-acre "boneyard" and restoring others for public view, the museum is actively preserving a piece of the ever-changing Las Vegas cityscape: the glowing glass…

Staying afloat: Tuvalu’s dot TV domain

Staying afloat: Tuvalu’s dot TV domain

.tv is getting a second chance as interest in broadcasting video over the Internet has reached frenzied proportions…

Asia shops juggle U.S. animation jobs

Asia shops juggle U.S. animation jobs

Production fees have not increased since they were lowered to compensate for the extremely strong U.S. dollar…

From a Port Moresby taxi

PORT MORESBY – For Port Moresby cab-driver Paul Egan, the smashed and spiderwebbed upper-right section of his windshield is not a big deal. Probably, he surmises, caused by a stoning…

Tuvalu: Water, water everywhere

Tuvalu: Water, water everywhere

Scientists believe rising sea levels resulting from climate change will eventually inundate this tiny Polynesian nation’s narrow landmasses…

Life during wartime: Vanuatu in World War II

PORT VILA – Though a young boy at the time, Wallace Andre clearly recollects that moment six decades ago when a U.S. dive bomber began to encounter trouble while paying…

Bullets over Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH – Bullets and beer, a buck a pop. After maneuvering down the bumpy dirt side street and clearing the single checkpoint, the entry to the Cambodian Special Forces…

View from a hill: Scavenging at Stung Meanchey

An outsider's view of Stung Meanchey, referred to as "smoky mountain" and located about 15 minutes by car from the city center, is likely that of a harrowing scene of…

Taste of Pyongyang in Phnom Penh

Taste of Pyongyang in Phnom Penh

Reservations are absolutely necessary at Restaurant Pyongyang in Phnom Penh…

No beer today in Papua New Guinea

No beer today in Papua New Guinea

The 10,000 residents of Vanimo are perpetually short of supplies…

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