The Café Savoy, a throwback to an earlier era in Prague. By EVAN RAIL, The New York Times FORGET all thoughts of Kafka, post-communist grit and writers trying to craft the Great American Novel, as most of the old ideas about Prague are now very far off the mark. Instead, expect a modern, extremely liveable city that is among the most Western (both literally and figuratively) of all the former Communist-bloc capitals, where long-held myths about Eastern Europe are exploded on a daily basis...
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A doorman at Le Baron in Tokyo, which is harder to find than its parent club in Paris. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times It was the middle of the night as a Japanese skateboarder and concert promoter named Chris led me through Tokyo's Shibuya district — a sort of futuristic Times Square — with its hyper-commercial vertical sprawl of glass office towers and flashing neon billboards advertising the latest cellphones and pop stars. We threaded past the sleeping shopping malls and shiny...
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This picture is the lasting memory I will always have of Brussels. I was there with my friend for only about a day and a half. Brussels was our layover on the way to Amsterdam. I don't even know how we decided to see this monstrosity, but we took a really really long train ride because we wanted to see what it was all about. It wasn't really worth the trip. There were all these funky rooms inside the atom, built for the World's Fair. It might have been cool when it was first built, but now...
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By DEVLIN BARRETT WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of air travelers may find going through airport security much more complicated this spring, as the Bush administration heads toward a showdown with state governments over post-Sept. 11 rules for new driver's licenses. By May, the dispute could leave millions of people unable to use their licenses to board planes, but privacy advocates called that a hollow threat by federal officials.Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who was unveiling...
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It was Valentine's weekend and my friend Nicole and I didn't really want to sit in London and watch all our friends go out with their dates. What was the other last minute option? Go on our school sponsored trip to Liverpool, England and see the Beatles museum. Sure, why not? After a train, a bus, and a very long walk, we arrived at the Holiday Inn. We were crabby, but we got a free dinner, which is a VERY big plus, almost worth the trip if you've been living in London with a very strong...
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Brian Schmidt/Special to the Reporter-News Members of the Newhouse family walk in the 12th Annual Hillcrest Neighborhood Fourth of July Parade on Friday as part of their family reunion.
These are photos I took today of a trip thru Letchworth State Park near Mt. Morris, N.Y. Add a comment Name: Comment: 250 Characters Left Comments are moderated and will not appear on this story until after ...
Deborah Haile 4/ 7/2008 A HOLIDAYMAKER has told how he was shocked to receive a 31,500 mobile phone bill after downloading an episode of his favourite TV show while abroad.
"In a native habitat most banner ads aren't harmful to humans providing you leave them alone and avoid making direct eye contact but" Nice commentary from Current TV's Infomania about some of those little ...
Teenager 'thrown to his death in river because thugs thought he lied about his PIN' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:03 AM on 26th June 2008 Drowned: Robert Gill had been enjoying a night out on Boxing ...
Broadcasters and telecommunications companies have agreed to establish a unified standard for receiving Internet protocol television , a move expected to increase subscriptions and enhance services, officials ...
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on Tuesday alleged that the war between Sumangali Cable Vision owned by the Maran brothers and Royal Cable vision launched by M.K. Azhagiri had deprived people in ...