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...Battle of Algiers grabbed audiences in 1965 with its stark depiction of Algerian rebels' bloody, victorious war against French colonial authorities. Now Criterion is releasing the DVD with many extra features, including commentary by Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism czar. Clarke spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda...
...week, people across Russia were left worrying where Basayev will strike next. Basayev, a short, wiry 39-year-old, comes from a land famed for its anti-Russian insurgents. In the 19th century Imam Shamil, with whom Basayev shares a first name, led a decades-long revolt against the Czar. Russian forces finally captured his base in Dargo in 1845, but only after a disastrous campaign in which they lost 3,900 men, three generals and all of their supplies. Today, Vedeno is once again famous for a rebel named Shamil. No one expected the young Basayev to follow...
...another year to be Mather HoCo co-czar, what more would you have done...
...Yudhoyono's supporters insist the President-elect can be firm when necessary, citing the government's swift arrest and prosecution of the Bali-bombing gang, which happened on Yudhoyono's watch as security czar. "He is persuasive, not authoritative," says Sudi Silalahi, a retired three-star general and one of Yudhoyono's key advisers. Silalahi points to the success Yudhoyono had in stopping religious fighting in areas such as Poso and Maluku through lengthy negotiations and peace agreements. "He can use both methods," concurs adviser Rachmat, who is widely tipped for a senior Cabinet position. "If the road is straight...
NEELIE KROES, incoming E.U. antitrust czar, defending the honorary degree Nyenrode University gave Bill Gates in 1996, when she was its head. Brussels is currently fighting an antitrust case with Microsoft