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...more than an hour. No one offered them water. "It's [the Muslim fasting month of] Ramadan," says Vuttichai. "They wouldn't have accepted it anyway." The TV coverage did not show what happened next. Soldiers began loading the men into trucks. Many of the men could not climb up themselves, so they were tossed in, and instructed to lie flat. Then soldiers started stacking the mostly inert bodies one on top of the other, four and five deep. Those who lifted their heads were hit with rifle butts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Bloody Monday | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...early and take them out of the game,” Crimson coach John Kerr said. “They don’t have a great record, and we knew that if we get on top of them early, they’d have a tough time to climb back...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Offensive Streak Continues for M. Soccer | 10/27/2004 | See Source »

...lightening flashes intermittently in an otherwise clear sky, a group of more than 200 Marines begins to gear up on a dusty plain outside the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Officers bark orders, directing grunts into their vehicles. Tank drivers climb into turrets and crank up heavy-metal tunes. Infantrymen who moments earlier had been asking about baseball scores exhort one another to move forward. "This is what you trained for, Marine!" "You're the hunter! You're the predator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Battle to the Enemy | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...that credibility was already taking a beating. Every time Bush tried to regain his footing, he tripped over more bad news and more second guesses, including those from his own team. The military and civilian death toll in Iraq continued to climb, so that the recently optimistic Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi sounded darker about the prospects for stability any time soon. British hostage Kenneth Bigley was beheaded. It emerged that U.S. forces had found floor plans of schools in six American states on a computer disc in Iraq, which launched a round of newscasters interviewing school superintendents from Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: CRUNCHTIME | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...secret agent on a mission that begins in the East Timor jungle. As you run through swamps, dodge land mines and avoid surveillance spotlights, you must elude--or kill--terrorist guards to stay alive. You can jump, crouch, climb and shoot your pistol. Stay in the shadows to avoid detection. Elegant graphics and exciting game play make it a winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Games To Go | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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