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...social worker,' terms she has been taught by the NGO where she works part time. Otherwise, she refers to herself as 'randi' - a Hindi word so disparaging it has no English equivalent. Neither whore nor hooker, prostitute nor tart ... The majority of sex workers, like stray dogs, either accept their maltreatment without objection, or fail to realize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Famous Authors on AIDS in India | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...work done or recovering from having work done, instead of wasting hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars every year on creams that don't work, explore new things. Take the focus off how you look. You know what? You're never going to look 25 again. Once you accept that you're getting older, do it in a graceful way and try to look youthful. The key to that truly is being interested in what you do, happy, excited about other people, curious, and smiling even if you don't feel like it. One of the biggest complaints many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beth Teitell: On Not Looking Old | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...Florida - fall harder on students than on most voters because so many study out of state. A Rock the Vote poll in February found that 19% of people ages 18-30 don't have a government ID that reflects their current address. And while some states like Ohio will accept alternative ID in the form of a utility bill, producing one can be a tall order for students, who tend to live in dorms and whose utility costs are folded into board fees. The president of Oberlin has issued utility bills for zero payment to all students to allow them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Students Still Face Voting Stumbling Blocks | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

...took it a step further, telling TIME by telephone that "no one from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [the name of the country under Taliban rule from 1996-2001] is ready to negotiate with this government. The conditions that the government and the Americans offer is that the Taliban accept the constitution and the presence of American and other foreign troops in Afghanistan. Our condition would be the withdrawal of all foreign troops, and without that we are not ready to negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Reality in Afghanistan: Talking with the Taliban | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...There are few reasons, they say, why markets shouldn't return to a situation somewhere closer to normal - though they add there was little in macro-terms to justify their bearish frenzy last week. But following Sunday evening's agreement by the 15 leaders of euro-zone countries to accept collective rules to underwrite loans between banks and inject new capital into those facing serious trouble, hope is now rising that the situation in Europe may stabilize. Indeed, euro-group leaders used the most encouraging language they could muster as their summit broke up, underlining the fact that their objectives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Markets Rise in Relief | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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