France: In Search of Bin Laden’s Urologist Osama Bin Laden may be in less danger from smart bombs than from kidney stones, according to a report in the French daily Le Figaro.
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Mrs., Ms. or Miss: Addressing Modern Women
Just about every day, I am reminded that I haven’t quite decided who I am. This morning I filled out the application for an International Driving Permit: circle Miss, Mrs.
Mohamed ElBaradei: The Next President of Egypt?
Egyptian activists, most of them young, were out in force in the midday sun on Friday, Feb.
Fighting the Cocaine Wars
Worldwide production of illicit opium, coca leaf and cannabis is many times the amount currently consumed by drug abusers. Some governments do not have control of the narcotics growing regions, and prospects in several countries are dampened by corruption, even government involvement in the narcotics trade.
Indonesia’s Wave of Terrorism Worsens with Mosque Bombing
As police investigate the motive behind the latest suicide bombing in Indonesia, the country is once again facing the specter of another wave of attacks by extremists.
Under The Microscope
As questions swirled around its accounting practices, Tyco International, an industrial and services conglomerate with $36 billion in annual revenues–and a beaten-down stock price–said last week it would split into four companies in a bid to “unlock tens of billions of dollars of shareholder value.” The company’s combative CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, predicted the breakup would add 50% to the stock price. Going him one better, Don MacDougall of J.P.
Is Negotiating with Gaddafi the Only Way Out?
South African President Jacob Zuma landed in Tripoli Sunday to meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to discuss a resolution to the ongoing crisis.
In Israel, the Shadow of a New Gaza War
Israeli officials say it so often they’ve taken to apologizing for using the example, acknowledging it’s become a clich: Israel and Hamas can lob shells into and out of the Gaza Strip indefinitely without risking actual war, the explanation begins. Each side wants to appear tough, and over four years the call and response has grown as delicately calibrated as a minuet.
Success in Iraq? A Former U.S. Soldier Returns to Baghdad
Part 1 of TIME’s Return to Baghdad series.
Haiti: Invasion Target: Haiti
The U.S. invasion of Haiti would commence not with the blazing of guns but with the quiet ripples of Navy SEALS making their way ashore.