The Iranian haircut police
With their annual crackdown on ‘un-Islamic’ hairstyles and clothes, travelers in Iran should be wary of the risks with sporting an unorthodox look.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Explorer
The Top 10 Things To See & Do In Edinburgh
Scotland’s capital-Edinburgh is one of the most culturally and historically rich cities in the United Kingdom as well as one of the most beautiful.
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Where to Stay: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
The Sri Aurobindo Ashram stands in the east of quirky Pondicherry, a former French colony of 750,000 people – who will delight with their combination of fluent French and colourful saris.
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The real Shawshank Redemption at West Virginia Penitentiary
West Virginians may have always been simple folk living off the land but the turmoil of the Civil War years gave rise to an ever-growing number of violent and dangerous criminals that needed housing.
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Great Explorers: Asia
Asia very much represented the first frontier of European exploration due to both its geographical proximity and the fact that it was the only other similarly developed continent in the world.
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