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...canopy. Shots sounded among the thick undergrowth throughout the day as insurgents fired on U.S. troops combing the thickets, but there were no casualties on either side. U.S. forces say they found two large arms caches in the palm groves outside the village, however, as well as signs of crude guerilla training facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Assault on an Iraqi Village | 3/26/2007 | See Source »

...Binh orphanage go straight into the workforce after leaving school, a fact of life the orphanage recognizes. Tam Binh has 10 sewing machines to train teenagers in job skills (garment and shoe factories abound in Vietnam and garments are the country's second-largest-earning export behind crude oil). "Some of them go to work in factories. But some of them have even become teachers." And then Trung says, "Those who are not as clever, they can be street vendors - it's like all others in a society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Visit to Pax's Orphanage | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

Webcomics have been around since the late 1990s, and today there are thousands of them. The diversity of artistic styles is astonishing: anime, clip art, crude scribbles, beautiful finished drawings and everything in between. The Web also frees comics from the iron cage of the traditional strip format. "Being online, there's no reason our strip has to be three panels right next to each other," says Mike Krahulik, half of the team that produces the webcomic Penny Arcade. "It often is. But there's nothing keeping us from making full-page comic-book-style layouts. There's nothing stopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Zip for the Old Strip | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

BELARUS In early '07, Russia shuts off crude oil supplies, alleging siphoning of oil meant for other nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia in Conflict | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...work with economic uncertainty, and in a very crude way, [bridge] compliments my economic skills,” Zeckhauser said, proudly adding that “Warren Buffett says that bridge is the best preparation for business...

Author: By Sophie M. Alexander, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Prof Plays His Cards Right | 3/19/2007 | See Source »

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