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...other a kitchen. Trainees live and sleep in the open, whether in the sweltering summer or the depth of winter. The field is dotted with installations used to teach the fervent young?some no older than 14?how to cross a river, climb a mountain or ambush a military convoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...Kolubara diggers held firm on the strike, Milosevic was forced to test his control over the security forces by dispatching them to reopen the mine. At dawn on Tuesday, he sent his military chief, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, in a convoy of troops to talk to the miners "for the good of the nation." Pavkovic failed, only increasing their stubbornness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of Milosevic | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...three weeks, the torch was upstaged by a horse-drawn chariot that had sneaked into the convoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flaming Out | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...gathered at City Hall for a trek to the RNC site at the First Union Center in South Philadelphia. Thousands of single-file protesters started down four miles of Broad Street. Placards and banners alternated with chanters ("Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Poverty has got to go!"); a 13-wheelchair convoy of accessible housing advocates; and a giant elephant head with a cleverly hinged trunk. One protesting canine had "LOVE" shaved into his flank (missed, it seems, by the PETA contingent in giant pig costumes who cruised through the throng in a red Mustang convertible). Tuesday's demonstrators primarily targeted homelessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Commish — Love the Shorts! | 8/1/2000 | See Source »

...Security Zone in Hizballah's hands, it became dangerous for Israel to keep troops in the pockets they still held. Late Tuesday night the order was given for the last of Israel's soldiers to leave. Members of one unit had to run six miles to reach the convoy sent to evacuate them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courage Under Fire | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

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