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...shoots crocodile, man dies of malaria. But for a few weeks a year, South Africa witnesses the climax of a somewhat gentler natural cycle. Most of the time, Namaqualand is a featureless swath of scrub desert running from just north of Cape Town up the coast to Namibia. From August to October, however, these plains explode in a display of wild flowers. What was once brown, dusty and flat is transformed into a sea of pinks, oranges, yellows, whites, purples and reds. Better still, there are few towns around, so if you go to see one of Africa's most...
...August 2007, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon went to Khartoum with his political negotiators - without the ICC charges on any schedule for discussion. He talked privately with Bashir about the ICC and arresting Haroun; Bashir refused. As if to show the prosecutor just how impotent the ICC was, al-Bashir promoted Haroun and expanded his influence a week after Ban Ki-moon left the country. In his new position as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Haroun was able to routinely block humanitarian aid to the 2.5 million Darfuris trapped in refugee camps. In addition, he was given three new titles...
...evolving. A year ago they wanted to ban not only development and testing but also research on ''space-strike arms,'' a term they defined in a way that was so comprehensive and one-sided it might have meant the cancellation of the space shuttle. Then, in an interview last August with TIME, Gorbachev said that what he called fundamental research would not be covered by the ban. But Soviet officials subsequently explained that ''purposeful'' research on strategic defenses would still be forbidden. Since purpose would be a matter of declared intention, the American SDI would be outlawed, while the Soviets...
...fact, my only involvement with that incident was to act as the victims' representative in obtaining the restitution of their property. It has been established that my financial assets enabled me to easily maintain my position and in no way was there any difficulty discharging my obligations. Your August 9, 1982 article has caused me embarrassment and extreme distress in body and mind where I live, and indeed, all over the world. Stefania von Kories zu Goetzen Paris, France In TIME's article about the return of the stolen Salinas jewels and her arrest on charges of possession...
...Jonathan Mahler's book, The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power, from which this article is adapted, will be published in early August...