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...friends as a "gentle giant," dressed that morning like the universal teenager, in denims and a sloppy jacket; a 22-year-old cricket fan who worked in his family's fish-and-chip shop in Leeds. The fourth was a 19-year-old Jamaican who had become a British citizen, married a British woman and had a young son, a man who seemed just an "ordinary Joe Bloggs to me," in the words of a neighbor. All four were carrying military-style backpacks, but even a vigilant passerby might have found that coincidence unremarkable. After several minutes of calm conversation...
...China's relations with Taiwan resemble those between North and South Korea. The West, however, gives in to Communist China for economic benefits at the expense of supporting Taiwan's democracy and de facto independence. Taiwan, a democratic nation whose future rests on each citizen's constitutional right to vote, should not be confused with its one-party neighbor on any level. TIME's inclusion of Taiwan on the map of China was very misleading. Thomas Lin North York, Canada...
...friends as a "gentle giant," dressed that morning like the universal teenager, in denims and a sloppy jacket; a 22-year-old cricket fan who worked in his family's fish-and-chip shop in Leeds. The fourth was a 19-year-old Jamaican who had become a British citizen, married a British woman and had a young son, a man who seemed just "an ordinary Joe Bloggs to me," in the words of a neighbor. All four were carrying military-style backpacks, but even a vigilant passerby might have found that coincidence unremarkable. After several minutes of calm conversation...
...trial for shooting, stabbing and almost beheading Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh seemed a mere formality. The prosecutor's case was watertight and Bouyeri had instructed his lawyer not to act in his defense at last week's trial. These expectations were overturned when Bouyeri, 27, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin, made a surprise statement at the close of the trial. Clad in a black jellaba and Palestinian-style black-and-white kaffiyeh head scarf, Bouyeri aimed his words mainly at Van Gogh's mother, Anneke, who had expressed her anger and contempt for the defendant a day earlier...
...heard too many stories recently about dying languages, cultures and traditions. Don’t get me wrong- I like globalization as much as the next world citizen. I understand the many benefits that come from living in a giant melting pot. That said, there is something exciting about the unlikely survival of one ancient language that has managed to outlive centuries of bloody battle, hundreds of years of oppression, and even 15 years of the Internet...