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...former government official even insisted to Time that Djindjic ordered a fake hit on himself, so that in the aftermath he could impose a state of emergency and cement his hold on power. According to this theory, he died when the original plot to kill only his bodyguard was hijacked by foreign agents. For six months, the trial of 13 alleged conspirators accused of killing the pro-reform Prime Minister has served mainly to stoke the rumor mill. The testimony last week of the infamous ex-paramilitary boss Milorad Lukovic - the man police say orchestrated the hit - seemed calculated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disorder in the Court | 6/20/2004 | See Source »

...crooning and caressing in Ruth and Eileen's plaintive duet "Ohio." The plaintivenss of Ruth's can't-get-a-date plight is underlined by her kid sister's attractiveness to every member of the opposite sex. (When Eileen is briefly imprisoned, she gets fawning butler and bodyguard service from the cops who have fallen for her.) It doesn't make Ruth envious, just depressed and - it's her nature - sarcastic. "Well, you must admit," she expectorates, when half of the Village shows up for one of Eileen's pot-luck dinners, "for bad location and no neon sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Bravo! Encores! | 6/12/2004 | See Source »

...rocked by literal and metaphorical explosions last week. On Saturday night an Israeli missile struck a car carrying Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the vitriolic leader in Gaza of the militant Palestinian group Hamas. Rantisi, a pediatrician who helped found the group in the 1980s, was killed along with a bodyguard and one other companion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza: A Deal, A Hit | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...couples as the tension mounts. Mama Marinara and the rest of the cast circulate the room, energetically chatting with the audience and using eyeliner to draw unibrows, goatees, and eyeglasses on the most unsuspecting spectators. “Fusilli the Enforcer,” Don Carbonara’s bodyguard, serenades us with “Amore” and other North End favorites on his accordion. Then, in the midst of enjoying our cheese ravioli, the lights dim and the star-crossed lovers Toni Marinara and Ditalina Carbonara enter. The couple dances palmer-kiss style until, gasp! Toni mysteriously...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, | Title: Typecasts and Tortellini | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

...place that for Americans is perhaps the most dangerous in the world. Zovko joined the Army in 1992, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division and qualifying for the Ranger corps. After tours of duty in Bosnia and Kuwait, he left the Army in 2001 and worked as a bodyguard for executives in Dubai. But Zovko, friends say, still yearned for adventure and the chance to make a difference in the world. As an employee of Blackwater USA, a private company hired by the Pentagon to provide security for nonmilitary personnel in Iraq, Zovko recently returned to a war zone: Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Cauldron | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

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