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CAIRO, Egypt — Being roused from your bed by the Egyptian Ministry of Health at 2 a.m. can never portend good things. I had my temperature and throat cultures taken before I drowsily fell back asleep. But unfortunately for me, the masked officials took more than that: They...

Author: By Anna E. Boch | Title: Under Quarantine | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

2.On identifying victims: "The nationalities of trafficked people are as diverse as the world's cultures. Some leave developing countries seeking to improve their lives through low-skilled jobs in more-prosperous countries. Others fall victim to forced or bonded labor in their own countries. Women, eager for a better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Trafficking Rises in Recession | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

"We live in a world of competing beliefs and claims about what is true," the President continued, standing before dozens of octogenarian veterans of the invasion, many of them in wheelchairs. "It's a world of varied religions and cultures and forms of government. In such a world, it's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day Tributes and Reflection Conclude Obama's Tour | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

For the Arab world, this is - or rather should be - a profoundly important point. Not a single Arab state has been able to build a sustained economic success in the aftermath of colonialism. (And I include in this indictment mini-states such as Dubai, impressive though they may be, whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Subtle Message: Why Can't the Arabs Be More Like Asia? | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

Analyses of President Barack Obama's Cairo speech have focused on his moving recognition of Islam's contributions to global civilization and his comments on the most contentious issues, from terrorism to the Israel-Palestine conflict, from Afghanistan to the case for democracy in the Muslim world. But for me...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Subtle Message: Why Can't the Arabs Be More Like Asia? | 6/4/2009 | See Source »

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