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Most criticism centers on the relentless gang-related violence, which has only worsened, even as thousands of traffickers are jailed or extradited to the U.S. In total, there have been more than 16,000 murders that appear to be drug related since Calderón kicked off the crackdown, with this January being the bloodiest month yet. Doubters now say soldiers may be inflaming the gang killings rather than diminishing them. "Security is not directly or principally related to the ability to use force, the number of police officers, the degree of militarization or the purchasing of weapons," the Mexican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Mexico's Drug War May Become Its Iraq | 2/21/2010 | See Source »

...films generating the most buzz this year is The Oath, a hard-hitting documentary about two former jihadists who once worked for Osama bin Laden - his bodyguard and driver. The lives of the two men, related through marriage, go in vastly different directions in the post-Sept. 11 crackdown on terrorism by the U.S. and its allies. (See pictures of movie costumes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oath: A Tale of Two Al-Qaeda Operatives | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

Even so, ElBaradei's potential political campaign will face an intimidating stack of obstacles. The next election is unlikely to be any less controversial than the last; the regime has already launched a crackdown on Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, and two ElBaradei supporters were arrested and then released earlier in the week for spray-painting anti-Mubarak graffiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will ElBaradei Run for President of Egypt? | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

Mass. General’s chief surgeon Andrew L. Warshaw acknowledges the necessity of Partners’ policy overhaul but says he is concerned that certain initiatives such as surgical fellowships, which are generally dependent on industry funding, may suffer from the crackdown on outside funding...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena and Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Partners' Conflict of Interest Policy's Reach Concerns Docs | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

...recent months, Kutu Palong has become a refuge from a brutal crackdown on the Rohingya, according to a report issued Thursday by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). More than 6000 people have arrived in the camp since October as police and border authorities have launched an unprecedented crackdown in Bangladesh, pushing over 2,000 Rohingya back across the border into Burma. More than 500 were arrested around the country in January alone. MSF doctors working in Kutu Palong say they have been treating Rohingya who have been beaten and raped. "[Border guards] broke my fingers and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Rohingya in Bangladesh, No Place is Home | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

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