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...where he was born, and at Eton, where he was schooled, knew him as Mark, a soccer fanatic who later scored first-class honors at Oxford. Today, Thailand's urbane Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he dreamed of leading his Southeast Asian nation ever since he was a little boy, but he still seems more comfortable roaming the corridors of international diplomacy than engaging in the rough-and-tumble politics of his homeland. Just days ago, the 45-year-old economist headed to New York City to hobnob with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. In his inaugural speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man in the Middle | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Amin Dullah, 40, a fishmonger, crouched in a tent with around 40 other survivors. His five-year-old daughter Tia Leni Augustina sat in his lap, but his son wasn't there. When the quake struck, Amin ran from his house with his boy named Fajar. Almost immediately, he was inundated by a wave of earth from the landslide. Amin kept hold of his son and clawed his way out, thinking he was safe. After running around 200 m (about 600 feet), he was knocked back by another torrent of soil and lost his grip on Fajar. On Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Earthquake: A Visit to Vanished Villages | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...only person who knows what Bliss is up to is her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat), who doesn't mind covering some of her shifts at the Oink Joint, either for the sake of the derby or Bliss's budding romance with a hipster boy from a band, Oliver (played by musician Landon Pigg). "It's a great name," Bliss sighs, her usual reserve shattered by Oliver's protruding hip bones and fervent attentions. "Yeah, if you like wayfaring Dickensian orphans," Pash says wryly. Her cynicism sets the tone for how we feel about the romance, and Barrymore's sweetly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whip It: Drew Barrymore, Director and Roller Derby Girl | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...easy to imagine that a little boy growing up in Paktia province might have heard heroic tales of the Battle of Jaji and its hero, bin Laden. When Zazi was about 7 years old, his father moved the family across the border into Pakistan, near Peshawar, another zone of bin Laden influence and a hotbed of jihadist activity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Enemy Within: The Making of Najibullah Zazi | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...born slightly premature when Julia first goes into labor. Since the difference between the babies is only two weeks, the second baby will be nearly at full term anyway. Indeed, the last known case of superfetation had a happy ending. In 2007, a British woman gave birth to a boy and girl who were conceived three weeks apart, with no undue complications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Can a Pregnant Woman Get Pregnant Again? | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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