Notes from different corners of the world.

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• Dispatches From Media Boot Camp 
  Mark Mazzetti Nov. 18, 2002
  
• The Pentagon's Strangely Festive Ceremony 
  David Plotz Sept. 11, 2002
  
• Dispatches From a Country Under Siege 
  Dahlia Lithwick May 29, 2002
  
• Joe Klein's European Listening Tour 
  Joe Klein May 28, 2002
  
• Dispatches From the Santa Fe Drought 
  Alex Heard May 24, 2002
  
• End of the Line The royal family loses its last bearable member.
  Sarah Lyall April 8, 2002
  
• Dispatches From Africa 
  Bill Gates Sr. March 7, 2002
  
• Dispatches From the Golden Gloves 
  Nan Mooney March 4, 2002
  
• Dispatches From the Westminster Dog Show 
  Alfred Gingold Feb. 11, 2002