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While You Were Sleeping
Dreams were long dismissed as neurological garbage, but now scientists are beginning to probe the secrets of our nightly visions
SOUTH PACIFIC
Waves of Devastation (Briefing)
The tsunami is but the latest misery to hit a long-suffering people
ASIA
Sri Lanka: Endless War
Sri Lanka has been in the grip of a bloody civil conflict for more than two decades. Can the cycle of violence ever be broken?