1BR, Acropolis view
The perils of apartment-hunting in Athens, Greece

I could do this in my sleep
Interviewing a very sleepy president in Indonesia

Kyrgyzstan uncovered
Getting the naked truth in Kyrgyzstan. Literally

Santa secrets
Did you know that Santa lives in Finland and that all those letters from children all over the world -- close to a million of them every year -- addressed to Santa Claus, The North Pole, actually end up in Rovaniemi, Finland, at the official Santa Claus Post Office?

Just for fun
Self-described accidental revolutionary Linus Torvalds on Linux, life and the love of code

The sheep hunters
The search for the ultimate trophy is luring hunters to Kyrgyzstan

Joining forces
Scouting Central Asia for a site for an Air Force base, America chooses quiet and democratic Kyrgyzstan

Thinking positive
With a positive trade balance for the first time in its brief history, an unexpected cash influx and a place on the world map as the anti-terrorist coalition's new base in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan's economic outlook turns from bleak to rather hopeful

Mapping Estonia
Estonia takes on an ambitious project to outline the country's genome

Iceland: Full steam ahead
Interview with Helgi Ágústsson, Iceland's ambassador to the United States

Nicaragua: 'CAFTA will be a vaccine against instability'
Interview with Salvador Stadthagen, Nicaragua's ambassador to the United States

Afghanistan: 'We need a stable democracy that will never again victimize the Afghan people'
Interview with Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States