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They came at three o'clock on a moonless morning, a dozen men dressed in black, faces covered by balaclavas, hurling ropes and grappling hooks up onto the decks of the Dewi Madrim and swarming up the ship's sides. As his cohorts smashed in the windows of the bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dire Straits | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

North Korea's isolation certainly makes it seem as if anything is possible?the country remains a black box to the outside world. But informed Western diplomats and North Korean refugees who maintain contacts with relatives back home say it does not seem as if Kim's collapse is imminent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Still There | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

If the U.S. pushes at all, it will push the Palestinians, not Sharon--if the cadre of top advisers who have prevailed on most Arab-Israeli issues during Bush's first term has its way. Led by Vice President Dick Cheney, the advisers argue that Sharon is the man with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Lead Them Now? | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

It was a sign of things to come. Two days later, the platoon took up a position in a three-story house, overlooking the platoon's new domain. In the side street below, twin bombs erupted. A detonator cord led to the adjoining home, and someone thought he saw movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Hot Zone | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

The insurgents had studied the Americans' methods well. To negate the U.S.'s preference to fight in the dark using night-vision equipment, the insurgents focused their attacks in the dim light of dawn and dusk. As the sun set, a decrepit warehouse suddenly sparkled with at least a dozen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Hot Zone | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

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