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...Sacred Games Vikram Chandra Sartaj Singh, the hero of Vikram Chandra's 900-page novel, is a different kind of Bombay policeman. Not so different that he won't take a bribe-an entirely honest cop in Chandra's Bombay would be a freak of nature-but different enough to feel uneasy when doing so. Good things happen in Bombay to those who are different, and one day Singh gets the break of a lifetime: a tip-off about the location of Ganesh Gaitonde, India's most-wanted gangster. By the time Singh gets to him, though, Gaitonde is dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Asian Books of 2006 | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

...Walker's complaint, Muncie's top cop has very little sympathy. "The fact that there was a celebrity with the other officers and cameras rolling doesn't change anything," he says. "If you don't want to do the time - or be on TV - don't commit the crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smile! You're Being Arrested by a Celebrity! | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

John Stevens is a cop's cop. He's faced down a succession of tough and tricky customers, including organized crime gangs, corrupt police and murderous intelligence agents working for the British government, with his reputation for no-nonsense sobriety always enhanced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debunking the Conspiracy Theories | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...GOOD SHEPHERD Stars MATT DAMON as a CIA agent of questionable loyalty THE DEPARTED Stars MATT DAMON as a Massachusetts cop of questionable loyalty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 18, 2006 | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...night of November 23, shortly after PSG suffered a resounding 4-2 defeat to Israel's Tel Aviv Hapoel in a pan-European competition, seething PSG fans were allowed - despite the presence of hundreds of police and riot cops - to assemble outside the stadium and stew in their notoriously dangerous juices. Along came Yanniv Hazout, 25, a Paris supporter who had come to the game sporting the colors of his favorite club, Hapoel. With shouts of "kill the Jews", and "the dirty Jew must die," the mob set after the fleeing Hazout. Spotting a lynching in the making, plain-clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Confronts Soccer's Vicious Underside | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

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