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While he may be brushing shoulders with the big leaguers by day, Birtwell lives a true rookie’s life by night, staying in a dorm room with an 11:30 curfew...
...TIME: And if this does not happen? Togadiya: The mood today is to punish militant Islam. Muslims are not in the mood for compromise. Until they do something to calm Hindu sentiment, things will get more and more violent. You can impose a curfew in one place, but there will be an incident somewhere else. When you control that, there will be a third place. The VHP only wants to protect Hindu society. But I fear a new path may be adopted by Hindu youths. The Hindu mood has changed...
...powder keg. Kabul, on the other hand, is clearly a war zone. Reaching the city after a trip over the mountains, we went through numerous strict security checks; 50 miles from the city, I saw warplanes and Apache attack helicopters in the air. There is a curfew in town, and tales of kidnappings abound. The capital's new rulers--the Panjshiri Northern Alliance--are determined to edge the Pashtun out of government. But the tension is high because the east is the Pashtun heartland. The ethnic card is being played on both sides of the country...
...military moved in late Thursday and imposed a curfew in 26 cities around Gujarat, but more trouble is on the way - Thursday's violence came during a state-wide general strike called by local Hindu nationalists; the strike call has been extended nationwide for Friday. Observers believe the only way for the authorities to avoid further bloodletting will be via firm action to prevent the organization of mobs...
...With the government maintaining control of key aspects of the game, internal league relationships are as contentious as a bench-clearing brawl. Players, many of whom make less than $10,000 a year while living in shoddy dormitories under a strict curfew, are very nearly indentured servants. And the servants are getting restless. Ma Jian, a 32-year-old forward, has taken the unprecedented step of suing his former team, the Beijing Olympians, in a highly publicized contract dispute. A few of the most talented players would like to move to the greener pastures of the NBA (center Wang Zhizhi...