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...Thank you very much for your wellresearched and glowing report on India, spanning its history from before European discovery, through the bloody massacre that broke the country in two, to India's current rise in the space age. The special issue of TIME was a fitting tribute to a nation that is recapturing its long-ago glory. The biggest asset of India has always been its people. Even the emigrants scattered around the world share Indian citizens' patriotism and passion for their country. To live up to the world's expectations and confidence, India must now turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...Australian special-forces troops on his former hideout at Same, 110 km south of Dili. Reinado, who escaped the raid along with most of his men, claims the troops shot one of his armed supporters dead while he was asking for a parley, killed two unarmed civilians, and broke the necks of two wounded men. "The way they do operation is like we are animals or enemy," he says. "They come to teach us about the Geneva Convention. They are the ones that don't respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man on the Run | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...survive without a space truck capable of delivering heavy construction loads. The investigation's thoroughness is also a direct result of an overhaul of NASA policies following the 2003 Columbia disaster. Asked whether the agency may have gone too far this time in information overload, Shannon, who never broke a sweat making his announcement in a press briefing, said no: "I love it. It's outstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why NASA Won't Repair Endeavour | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...their sufferings. Gandhi sought to deter further killings by living among Muslims himself, and he embarked on a hunger strike against communal violence that generated such public shame and outrage that sectarian tensions in the city gave way to universal concern for the aging man of principle. Gandhi broke his fast as weeping rioters laid their machetes at his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Why Gandhi Starved Himself | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

Fifty-eight seconds after launch, a fragment of ice or insulating foam once again broke away from the shuttle's external fuel tank and - once again - left a deep divot in the ship's insulating tiles. It was foam damage that killed the shuttle Columbia in February 2003, when superheated gases generated during reentry entered the ship through a breach in the insulation. Ever since then, astronauts have given their spacecraft a close visual inspection upon reaching orbit to look for any troublesome chips. On Sunday, a 3D laser imager attached to Endeavour's robotic arm revealed what could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Now, Endeavour? | 8/13/2007 | See Source »

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