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Inside committee room 14 of the House of Commons, half a dozen MPs stood up and told Brown to step down. The agitators were heard in silence, though. Many of those present instead cheered and banged their desks in support of the beleaguered leader. In return, a humbled Brown pledged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Brown Keeps Job, But Problems Remain | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

Until the crackdown, the spring of 1989 felt like one of those rare moments when it seemed possible to take advantage of the sudden cracks in history in order to reshape it. Many in Hong Kong yearn for that chance again. This spring, during my second extended stay in Hong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guarding History | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

Alexander, who conducted more than 300 interrogations and supervised more than 1,000 others in Iraq, says the key to a successful interrogation lies in understanding the subject's motivation. In the spring of 2006, he was interrogating a Sunni imam connected with al-Qaeda in Iraq, which was then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Waterboarding: How to Make Terrorists Talk? | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

'I am not afraid of walking up to any gallows, having defeated the world's worst terrorists.' MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA, Sri Lankan President, on suggestions that he and his advisers should be investigated for committing war crimes during the country's 26-year conflict

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

While I am heading back to the hotel in a taxi, one of Bangkok's countless motorbike taxis weaves erratically through the traffic. A young woman rides sidesaddle behind its rider, and I flinch at the potential for tragedy. There was a complete scooter on display in the museum, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knock It Off: A Thai Museum for Counterfeit Goods | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

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