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...Kandahar, is famous for its lush vineyards and pomegranate orchards. It is also a key symbol for the insurgency. Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979, but were never fully able to conquer the Arghandab district, which remained an outpost of mujahedin defiance. Its shady groves, raisin-drying barns and deep irrigation canals provide excellent cover for fighters. Kandahar residents worry that the militants could use the Arghandab district as a base for an attack on the city itself, in an attempt to regain their former power base. "Arghandab is a strategic district, which the Taliban can use to threaten Kandahar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Taliban Making a Comeback? | 6/17/2008 | See Source »

...England didn't make it to this Euro, since its team is so awful. That didn't prevent the English from sending an awful referee, so here was Howard Webb handing Austria an unwarranted lifeline via a ridiculous penalty call deep into injury time in its game against Poland. Webb whistled Mariusz Lewandowski for a shirt pull in the box as players jostled each other before a free kick, and Ivica Vastic dispatched the spot kick to make it 1-1. Lewandowski was doing what he and every other defender had been doing their whole professional lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: the Hosts' Fates Diverge | 6/14/2008 | See Source »

...01p.m., a sheriff's deputy walked from the judge's chambers and commanded the court, "All rise." Kelly, dressed in a dark blue suit, white shirt and shimmering yellow tie, took a deep breath. He bowed his head, with freshly tightened cornrows, and looked at the ground. There was silence in the courtroom. He reached for the hands of his two defense attorneys. He looked straight ahead. At 2:04p.m., the judge began reading off each count. Finally, Kelly looked to the stand. "Not guilty," the judge's assistant began, reading each count. Kelly looked down, closed his eyes. "Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Acquittal of R. Kelly | 6/13/2008 | See Source »

...Barack Obama gets a pass for his association with radicals Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn because others associate with them [June 9]? I am from the Deep South, where a lot of folks associated with KKK members and said "everybody else does." That was wrong, and this is wrong. We should expect better judgment from someone vying for the presidency. Chuck Rainey, AUSTIN, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...honorable members were squeezed into their seats like tinned anchovies with the remainder standing 10 deep by the doors as Brown and Conservative Party leader David Cameron squared off at high noon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gordon Brown Barely Prevails | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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