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  Prague: Fringe Festival presents intentionally offbeat theater

  Comedy, drama, singing and dancing and, yes, even a bit of magic — the stage is set for the Prague Fringe Festival, which hits the Czech capital’s dazzling Little Quarter for a nine-day run starting May 24.

  15:39 May 2, 2013
• An Amsterdam a.m.
• Kraków: If time is short, see these highlights
• Fire destroys Danish museum, collection saved
• Brussels: Frame it in your viewfinder

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  France: Lorraine cemetery largest WWII American gravesite in Europe

  In the rolling hills of eastern France lie the remains of 10,489 Americans who gave their lives for their country.

  02:05 May 19, 2013
• Frankfurt: German museum exhibit addresses hot topic of climate change
• Palatinate Forest: Kids have a grand time horsing around

Europe After Hours

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  After Hours: The Cock in Lavenham, England

  Admittedly, the meat pie wasn’t the most venturesome dish I could have ordered. But my, was it tasty.

  06:48 May 21, 2013
• After Hours: Il Tucano in Naples beach of Baia, Italy 03:58 May 11, 2013
• After Hours: Osteria La Ferrata in Pordenone, Italy 02:50 May 4, 2013
• After Hours: Blue Nile in Stuttgart, Germany 15:37 April 25, 2013
• The Old Cannon in Bury St. Edmunds, England 12:46 April 22, 2013

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  Center preserves wartime memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid

  At least 85,000 were killed March 10, 1945, when U.S. B-29 bombers began dropping incendiary bombs of jellied gasoline and magnesium on the dense and wooden metropolis of Tokyo. Since 2002, a little-known brick structure within the historical bomb zone represents the main archive for the Great Tokyo Air Raid.

  02:00 May 17, 2013
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  Ceremony to mark restoration of historic gate burned by arsonist

  South Korea will hold a ceremony Saturday to mark the restoration of Sungnyemun, a landmark gate in central Seoul that was burned down by an arsonist in February 2008.

  01:49 May 3, 2013
• Taiwan: Horrors of Japanese POW camps revealed to visitors at Kinkaseki
• Hawaii's Big Island exploding with activity for travelers
• Loo-shaped building in S. Korea an homage to indoor plumbing
• Go underground on a river tour in the Philippines
• Slow down at Okinawa's Beach Rock Village
• Check out hockey, Korea-style

Pacific Quick Trips

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  Okinawa's Neo Park home to land and aquatic animals, diverse plant life

  The Japanese woman was having trouble with the alpaca. The animal — a typically timid and docile cousin of the llama — was on a leash and apparently not interested in an orderly walk across the sprawling lawn.

  16:22 May 17, 2013
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  Chuncheon, South Korea: A new life for old Camp Page

  Eight years after U.S. Army helicopters made their last flight from Camp Page, just south of the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ), the area has become a tourist mecca with a high-speed rail link to Seoul and plans to develop land where the base once stood.

  14:00 May 7, 2013
• Robot Restaurant in Tokyo: Where women dance, battle androids

Pacific After Hours

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  After Hours: Tonchinkan in Sasebo, Japan

  Every group of friends needs a place to eat, drink and be merry.

  12:57 May 21, 2013
• After Hours: The Baker's Table in Itaewon-dong, Seoul, South Korea
• After Hours: Taipei Huaxi Tourist Night Market
• After Hours: Clare County Irish Pub in Tokyo
• After Hours: Japan's glorious freestyle-buffet-wedding-karaoke