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# Per Liljas

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## Per Liljas


## Per Liljas


* ![INDONESIA-ENVIRONMENT-FOREST-FIRE-HAZE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb651d6d6fa1e6b48/6988afec524fc07234dfa5e6/gettyimages-613845860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2016  
### [Indonesia: Fewer Forest Fires in 2016, but No Real Progress](https://time.com/4562009/indonesia-haze-forest-fires-palm-oil-deforestation/)  
Choking haze caused by Indonesia's annual slash-and-burn forest fires affects millions of people. We...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Counter-terrorism operation in Philippines](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85455cbf51f68bdc/69888f18428a9e323ccd238d/gettyimages-513190128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 14, 2016  
### [ISIS Is Making Inroads in the Southern Philippines](https://time.com/4293395/isis-zamboanga-mindanao-moro-islamist-terrorist-asia-philippines-abu-sayyaf/)  
Islamist extremism is growing in Mindanao, with serious security implications for the region and bey...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26362fb5b4dfc2d0/698876cacf40a81a87c413b8/birdsnest11.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 25, 2015  
### [How the Ancient Practice of Harvesting Edible Bird's Nests Is Facing Some Very Modern Challenges](https://time.com/4160913/china-edible-birds-nests-malaysia-indonesia-asia/)  
As Chinese New Year approaches, demand for the delicacy is expected to soar  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![EITA, TARAWA, KIRIBATI - 2015/09/30: A young boy stands on a narrow strip of land that luckily didn't flood and prevented his home from being drowned in the sea with the village Eita. The people of Kiribati are under pressure to relocate due to sea level](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt864308f41cc46f62/698874cc524fc04012df5dae/gettyimages-495745754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 10, 2015  
### [The Paris Climate Deal May Be Too Little, Too Late for the Islanders of Kiribati](https://time.com/4143972/kiribati-climate-change-refugees-paris-sea-levels/)  
Rising sea levels are already beginning to submerge this island nation of 105,000  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and his Cabinet members visit the Ise shrine in Ise, in central Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015 ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt648b7f7d870800ae/69877848f887dc3fbee8958a/461035024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 6, 2015  
### [Japan's PM to Express Remorse for Nation's Role in WWII](https://time.com/3655187/japan-shinzo-abe-world-war-2/)  
The 60-year-old vowed to emphasize Japan's efforts toward future world peace  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 29, 2014  
### [Japan Orders Chicken Cull](https://time.com/3648260/japan-bird-flu-h5-chickens/)  
It's the second time in two weeks  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![GREECE-POLITICS-ECONOMY-PARLIAMENT-VOTE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc05b56271d803650/69877758e20a870e8da843e3/460800958.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 29, 2014  
### [Greek Parliament Readies for Crucial Vote](https://time.com/3648185/greece-vote-bailout-syriza/)  
Antiausterity left-wing party rides high in polls  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 26, 2014  
### [Iraqi Police: Coalition Airstrikes Kill ISIS Governor of Mosul](https://time.com/3647361/iraq-isis-governor-mosul/)  
Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri is the second ISIS-appointed governor to be killed in the extremist strongho...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Doctor Who Stars Visit Sydney As Part Of Their World Tour](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte069cd1c32cbd90c/6987773d2dce01f3eb9dcac5/453502502.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 26, 2014  
### [Jenna Coleman Stays for One More Season of _Doctor Who_](https://time.com/3647321/jenna-coleman-stays-for-one-more-season-of-doctor-who/)  
Actress puts fans at ease as she announces she'll stick around as Clara Oswald for season 9  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb07cbb3592c15780/69877740a988cab96d6ab99e/454292290.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 25, 2014  
### [Sierra Leone Declares 5-Day Lockdown in Ebola-Hit North](https://time.com/3647049/christmas-aside-sierra-leone-declares-five-day-lockdown-in-ebola-hit-north/)  
Christmas celebrations are excepted  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
* ![Apple Launches iPhone 5s And 5c In China](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b250f04b3fc160d/6987773f35ba6ffba6c0633c/181281527.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 25, 2014  
### [Smartphone Use Makes Your Brain More Sensitive to Touch](https://time.com/3647036/smartphone-brain-sensitive/)  
New study finds that brain activity is enhanced the more we thumb our devices  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Fishermen at work on a beach outside Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov. 17, 2014 ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b9594fa4781f260/69877063e20a874363a84316/aceh2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 25, 2014  
### [What the Waves Did to Aceh](https://time.com/3641485/what-the-waves-did-to-aceh/)  
The 2004 Asian tsunami destroyed much of the Indonesian province of Aceh. But it also paved the way ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Activists of the Assam Tea Tribes Student Association \(ATTSA\) shout slogans as they block the road with burning tyres during a protest against attacks on villagers by militants in four different locations, at Biswanath Chariali in the Sonitpur district of northeastern Assam state on December 24, 2014](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d275590c48495f/6987772a55a8590438a84f5d/4608150381.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 24, 2014  
### [Dozens Killed in Attack in India's Assam State](https://time.com/3646560/india-assam-state-bodo-52-killed/)  
Police blame the deaths, including women and children, on separatist rebels  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Professor Peter Piot still says he is encouraged by the progress made in Sierra Leone, where he believes the epidemic will soon peak](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96e1858d99e8321a/69877729a988ca82f56ab976/rtr4iv57.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 24, 2014  
### [Expert: Ebola Outbreak Will Probably Last All of Next Year](https://time.com/3646542/peter-piot-london-school-of-hygiene-ebola-2015/)  
Professor Peter Piot still says he is encouraged by the progress made in Sierra Leone  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)
* ![Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labour department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cbc61f57d901395/69877728cd1bba38ca6f45dd/465422705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 24, 2014  
### [Qatar 2022: Soccer's Deadly World Cup](https://time.com/3646505/world-cup-qatar-nepalese-worker-dying-soccer-football/)  
The appalling toll comes despite Qatari claims of reform  
[SPORTS](/section/sports/)

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