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...park in the Ashrafieh district of east Beirut, killing one woman and wounding 12 other people. The next day, another bomb rocked an affluent shopping district in a Sunni Muslim part of Beirut. The fighting quickly became the worst incident of internal violence in Lebanon since its long and bitter civil war ended in 1990. A cease-fire was arranged on Tuesday, allowing a convoy of six U.N. trucks to enter the camp to deliver food, water and medical supplies. But the convoy was struck by several mortar rounds while unloading its emergency provisions; although none of the crew were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up in Smoke | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...create an estimated 1,000 new affordable housing units each year, critics say it isn't nearly enough to help Daley fulfill his ambitious promise made more than four years ago. Why not set aside 15% and lower the income threshold to $60,000, opponents urged in a fight bitter enough to force a special City Council meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Chicago End Homelessness? | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...economic reality made the results of the Royal Plowing Ceremony even more bitter for Cambodia's deeply superstitious farmers. A member of parliament watching the recalcitrant cows said he thought it was the most pathetic display of bovine appetite in more than a decade. (Making the sting more painful: royal cows at a similar ceremony in neighboring Thailand a few days later ate grass, corn and rice with gusto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Cows Foretell | 5/22/2007 | See Source »

...Parents' Pain As a mother, I grieve for those Virginia Tech kids whose lives ended abruptly [April 30]. Bitter memories will haunt their families for a long time. The healing process will take many years. Prayers are the greatest tools to help them go on and pick up the pieces. I sympathize not only with the victims' parents but also with the parents of Cho Seung-Hui. They didn't want the shootings to happen either. Their pain is the worst kind that parents can experience. There is no end to their misery. They too need our prayers. Myrna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...John Bitter, Ed.D., MONTGOMERY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: May 28, 2007 | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

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