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Sisowath Quay, in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, is emerging as one of the world's great boulevards |
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Abu Dhabi is rapidly emerging as the most powerful of the United Arab Emirates. |
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The Middle East, in particular Saudi Arabia, is hot. Saudi is one of the hardest places in the world to visit. The country does not accept tourists and in fact has no such thing as a tourist visa, much less a tourist office. But things are changing says Karen Halabi.
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Bangkok's new network of sky-trains, underground trains, river ferries and dedicated bus lanes makes getting around this sprawling city a breeze. |
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With seesawing oil prices, Brisbane's new pedestrian- and cycle-friendly transport network has arrived at just the right time. |
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Musicians from northern Australia's Arnhem Land are building cultural bridges in trailblazing collaborations with artists from Indonesia and East Timor |
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We all fall in love with Cambodia... |
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Capricorn International Resort, near Rockhampton (Australia) offers low-cost holidays to handicapped and underprivileged guests |
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KAREN HALABI visits Shanghai and discovers the new modern face of 21st century China, where things are changing at a rapid pace. |
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Crocodiles can raise welts in more ways than one, at the Sepik River Crocodile Festival |
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The four-hour cross island walk began as a single lane road winding into the foothills, past ramshackle villages struggling to keep the fast growing jungle at bay. Rarotongan village kids ran beside the road giggling and waving while the dogs were as laid back as the adult villagers, barely lifting their heads in the tropical heat to give us more than a brief glance as we passed by.
Fiona Harper fights tropical lethargy in the Cook Islands. |
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A cycling trip around Samoa's "big island", overnighting at some inexpensive and supremely relaxing beach resorts. |
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As Fidel Castro fades from the Cuban stage, now is the best time to visit |
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The people of Futuna Island, in Vanuatu, are the Polynesians in this overwhelmingly Melanesian country |
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You don't have to go searching for Dylan Thomas in Old South Wales. Quite the contrary - Dylan Thomas will come looking for YOU. |
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The Aboriginal heritage of the world's largest sand island |
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After civil strife, earthquake and tsunami, the Solomon Islands are on the rebound |
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Across Africa, low-key technology is propelling the continent into the 22nd Century |
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They said it could never happen – a peaceful democratic transition in West Africa. But Ghana, which has just celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, is different. |
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Rajasthan's World Heritage Keoladeo National Park is no longer bird-friendly, as its wetlands dry up |
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Indonesian Papua is Australasia's last frontier: a little-known land where Muslim Asia coexists uneasily with Melanesia; a land which long concealed the world's richest deposits of copper and gold. |
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What do three widely separated islands have in common? |
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Thailand's Andaman Coast, three years after the tsunami |
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Libya reveals its astonishing secrets |
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Japan's Hida region is Japan's heartland |
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The efforts of one extraordinary teacher are bringing hope to one of Australia's most disadvantaged communities |
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Roderick Eime returns from a series of voyages to the remote islands of PNG. |
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A journey through the surprising Mediterranean country of Syria |
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Like sand through the hourglass, these are the days of our long-suffering feet. Eschewing the need for a 4WD to explore Fraser Island, Fiona Harper decides to explore by foot instead, walking the sand trails that crisscross the worlds largest sand island. |
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This article tells of the traffic, the constant horn-tooting, beautiful scenery and even more lovely people, their religion, and the tea plantations for which this country as Ceylon made its name. |
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Although much has changed in South Africa since the breakdown of apartheid, I'll wager most of Soweto is pretty much as it's always been - a hot, motley, dusty settlement for struggling black Africans. |
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The chieftain of Kundu Hite (Skull Island) in the Solomon Islands is last in a long line of headhunters |
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The Ainu people of Hokkaido (Japan) want not just recognition but land rights and hunting rights too |
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The son of Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda reminisces about his days growing up at "The Mushroom House", where Africa's history was shaped |
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Everyone recognises a World Heritage site or two, and many pass one every day, like the thousands of Sydney commuters who steam past that thing with the sails every time they embark from Circular Quay... |
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