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These days Palestinians celebrate the suicides in newspaper announcements that read, perversely, like wedding invitations. "The Abdel Jawad and Assad families and their relatives inside the West Bank and in the Diaspora declare the martyrdom of their son, the martyr Ahmen Hafez Sa'adat," reads a March 30 notice for the 22-year-old killer of four Israelis in a shooting attack. Palestinian children play a game called "Being a Martyr," in which the "martyr" buries himself in a shallow grave. And the job of bomber comes with established cash bonuses and health benefits for the surviving family. How else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Suicide Bombing... ...Is Now All The Rage | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...Forward Ahmen Yehia tallied one of his two goals, and Captain Scott Robertson hit once as Munro cleared the bench to give his starters a rest. And by the final whistle, it had turned into just another Harvard-Tufts soccer game...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Cross Country, Soccer Triumph in Openers | 9/26/1968 | See Source »

...Moslem, who had lost his leather works in riots at Amritsar, no longer cared whether he was in Pakistan or Hindustan. Unshaven and ragged, Chaudhri Ahmen Hasan wandered aimlessly among the ruins of his property, carrying a big framed photograph of Jinnah. From time to time Hasan paused and addressed the picture: "Are you happy now, Qaid-e-Azam [Great Leader]? You have at last achieved Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: End of Forever | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

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