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...group EADS that it was pulling out of the bidding process for a $35 billion contract to supply midair refueling planes to the Pentagon sent shock waves across Europe this week. EADS, which was partnering in the bid with the U.S. company Northrop Grumman, based its decision on its claim that the competition had been rigged in favor of archrival Boeing - an accusation that spurred charges of unabashed American protectionism in Europe. Now, with both sides digging in their heels, what began as a transatlantic flap over the refueling-aircraft business is starting to sound like a full-blown trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europeans Cry Foul Over a Defense Contract | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...just as spiritual, just as likely to believe in miracles and hell and angels as earlier generations were. They pray about as much as their elders did when they were young--all of which suggests that they have not lost faith in God, only in the institutions that claim to speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Generation Next | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...unified on non-racism, in concert with Harvard University’s own commitment to non-discriminatory practices and diversity of viewpoints. We are concerned that the defense of Mr. Kramer’s statement reflects a violation of basic principles to which the Weatherhead Center and Harvard University claim to adhere. The above measures are an effective way for the center and the University to make amends...

Author: By John F. Bowman, Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, and Abdelnasser A. Rashid | Title: On Kramer’s Statements | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...party ultimately decided not to light their floating creation on fire due to safety concerns, though they inscribed it with the names of Houses they feared would claim them—Mather, Dunster, Cabot, and Winthrop—and drew flames around them...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshmen Appease River Gods Early | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...machete killings of hundreds of villagers near the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday have thrown the sectarian problems of Africa's most populous nation into the spotlight again. Nigerian officials claim the latest bloodshed - most victims were Christians, many of them women and children - was retaliation for clashes in the same city in January. In that massacre, Christian attackers killed 300 Muslims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Violence in Nigeria: What's Behind the Conflict? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

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