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...must get his bearings quickly, and make his next move. He has arrived at a smugglers' bazaar: Libya has become - in just the past six months - the most active hub in the people-trafficking trade between Africa and Europe. While authorities in other developing countries such as Albania, Egypt and Tunisia have stepped up border patrols, the Libyan government has turned a blind eye to smugglers. Unable to absorb its own foreign population (in a country of just 5 million, there are 2 million immigrants) and hoping to pressure the European Union into lifting economic sanctions, Libya has allowed camps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

much shorter distances from Albania to southeast Italy or from Morocco to Spain. But the would-be immigrants choose it because it offers the steadiest flow of outgoing boats. As the Somalis approach the edge of Kufra, a swarm of Libyans comes to greet them. "Tripoli! Tripoli! Benghazi!" the local men bark. "Where do you want to go? We have food. Do you want a place to stay?" Abdi Salan has little choice, agreeing to spend $150 for a hot meal, two nights' lodging and a jeep ride north to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The Kufra smugglers convince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...current FDA policy is unnecessarily inconvenient and the United States is embarrassingly behind the rest of the world in offering this pregnancy prevention option. Emergency contraception was already available over the counter in 26 countries by 2000, ranging from Britain, Israel and Switzerland to Sri Lanka, Albania and Madagascar. If women around the world can handle the daunting task of taking a pill all by themselves, why can’t we? For a country that professes to be a leader in the global fight for women’s rights and access to birth control, we certainly drag...

Author: By Lia C. Larson, | Title: Policy Prescription | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

After his first assignment to Geibelstadt, Germany, Adamouski went on two deployments to Bosnia and one to Albania during the Kosovo conflict, after which he returned to Ft. Rutger for advanced training...

Author: By Jason D. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard-Bound Soldier in Iraq Dies in Helicopter Crash | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

...ALBANIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rugby 1, Supervirus 0 | 3/30/2003 | See Source »

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