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...results released in mid-September, incumbent Hamid Karzai won 54.6 percent of the vote, enough to win re-election. But extensive reports of fraud mean that the final results will depend upon investigations and recounts already underway...

Author: By Leeann Saw, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.N. Removes Peter Galbraith | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...willing to compromise on matters of both policy and principle. His Achilles heel is that he wants everyone to like him. Indeed, so far, Obama has failed to make the transition from the consensus politics of campaigning to the contentious politics of governing. Ultimately, his success in office will depend...

Author: By Timothy P. McCarthy | Title: The Man and the Movement | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Life or death can depend on the blink of an eye or the fraction of an inch. A split-second difference at the intersection that night and the racing minivan driven by Andrew Thomas Gallo would have hit Stewart's sports coupe only with a glancing blow. Instead, running a red light, Gallo slammed into the Mitsubishi Eclipse at over 65 m.p.h. "right between the wheels - direct dead center," says Wilhite's father. Meanwhile, a slight quarter-inch movement of Wilhite's vulnerable spinal cord during his rescue by paramedics or at the hospital and he would be paralyzed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Adenhart Tragedy, an Angels Miracle | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...improvised family of four drives cross-country to find refuge in a reputedly zombie-free California amusement park. Then the filmmakers bend this into a coming-of-age love-story road-movie quest epic. With many sharp laughs. And characters rich enough to occupy any movie that doesn't depend on head-bashing and entrails-feeding. And a deft directorial touch that rarely pushes the humor in your face. (See TIME's photo essay "Rise of the Zombies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zombieland: The Year's Coolest Creature Feature | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Still, in the end, Obama's decision will probably depend as much on politics in Afghanistan as on politics in Washington, especially given the disputed Afghan election. As President Bill Clinton said on Meet the Press: "I think that what the President has done here is not to dis [General McChrystal], but he's saying, 'Look, my responsibility is not just to win military battles, but to see that at least it's something bigger ... for ourselves and our security and for the people of Afghanistan. And I got to decide whether we got a partner there,' which means there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Tackles Afghanistan Strategy | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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