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Africa's Oil Dreams

With prices high and the Middle East in turmoil, Africa's reserves are more alluring than ever. Will its burgeoning wealth transform the region — or merely fuel greater corruption, violence and inequality?

ASIA

Disorder in China's Courts

China's broken-down legal system is under fire from citizens demanding reform. An injustice of 13 years shows how much needs to change

What Cambodia's Cows Foretell (Postcard from Phnom Penh)

An inauspicious royal ceremony adds to the gloom of a nation whose new wealth has yet to trickle down to millions still mired in poverty

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GLOBAL BUSINESS

ESSAY

GLOBAL ADVISER

Rediscovered (On Show)

Poiret's collection is a work of sartorial art

Fully Booked (Favorite Haunt)

Piers Morgan's favorite haunts include Les Editeurs on Paris' Left Bank

Spirited Away (Long Haul)

The Fundu Lagoon resort on the lush island of Pemba offers simple, rustic comforts in tented rooms

Feng Shui for Fliers (TIME Traveler)

Is your plane late again? Planet Jupiter might be upsetting the airport's qi