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Residents in Bissau said on Monday that they had hidden inside their houses overnight, listening to gunshots resound across the city for hours, until they subsided at about 5 a.m. "Everyone is shocked," the former Minister of Finance Isifou Sanha said by phone from Bissau. "There must be a call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Double Murder Jolts Africa's Cocaine Hub | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Shortly after their rescue, Stansell, Gonsalves and Howes met their hero, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who has led the offensive against the FARC and pledged to crush the rebel organization. Uribe is now considering a controversial move to change the Constitution and run for a third-consecutive term, a move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betancourt No Hero, Say Fellow Former Hostages | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

In Eleganza 2008, student models crawled down the runway striking animalistic poses in what organizers described as the hottest, most notorious show on campus. A group of mostly black males with toned bodies followed. They battled it out for king of the land, clad in loincloths that left little to...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Posing a Problem | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

In 1971 Congress allowed D.C. to send a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (a position currently filled by the fiery advocate Eleanor Holmes Norton), and continued pressure led to a 1978 constitutional amendment that would have given the District a full vote in Congress. But the amendment fizzled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington, D.C. | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

The main argument against granting D.C. a congressional vote is a simple one: it's not a state. Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution says Representatives are to be chosen "by the people of the several states." "The Constitution of the United States could not be clearer," Arizona Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington, D.C. | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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