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Nepal: Away with a roar
With help from an elephant, Greg Roughan finally tracks down his quarry.

India: Making it in Bollywood
A shot at the big time ends in frenzied humiliation for Charles Anderson.

Clean energy: A faded shade of green
At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

Gamble on Macau
Celeste Gorrell Anstiss travels to exotic Macau and finds herself in the casino-filled Las Vegas of the East.

Japan hits new centenarian high
The number of people aged 100 or older in rapidly greying Japan has hit a record high for the 41st consecutive year.

NZ tuition fees among world highest
Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.

A quick Philippines pit stop
Boredom leads Derek Cheng to use an afternoon to get some Filipino beauty treatment ... for his underarms.

'Runaway millionaire' back in court
A bid to have all charges against "runaway millionaire" Kara Hurring thrown out is being reviewed.

On a high in Uzbekistan
After seeing life at street level, Jim Eagles climbs a precarious minaret in Khiva for a bird's eye view of the town.

Ask Lonely Planet: Month required for Trans-Siberian taster
Advice on tackling the epic 7865km Trans-Siberian route... and learning a little Mongolian.

South-East Asia on a 1975 guide book
Travelling with the original Lonely Planet as a guide, writer Brian Thacker finds what's changed in 35 years.

The day the nightmare scenario came true
Ed Vulliamy was only 20 blocks away when the twin towers were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. Here, in this highly personal account, he recalls those devastating first moments and the eerie days that followed.