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Yet his protest went unheeded for weeks by New Delhi and, 58 days after it began, Sriramulu died, a sacrifice that triggered widespread rioting and eventually forced the government into forming the Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh in 1953, as well as other new states organized on linguistic lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Rule India: Break It Into More Pieces? | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

Laghmani started his career in the dreaded secret police of the former pro-Soviet regime. Then he switched sides, grew a beard and joined the Islamic warriors of the mujahedin. When the Americans chased out the Taliban, the ever adaptable Laghmani volunteered his unique set of skills to the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Assassination: The Taliban's Big Get | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

In 2004, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia joined NATO as a guarantee against encroachment by Moscow, which had dominated them from 1945 until the end of the Cold War. Back at the close of the Cold War in the early 1990s, NATO had promised Moscow that once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Still a Sore Point With Putin | 4/1/2008 | See Source »

Money can enable satisfying acts of revenge. The wronged board member returns to acquire and dismember the company; the lottery winner leaves scheming relatives out of a will. Or how about the once trampled nation that can now afford to buy back looted artifacts in a display of economic might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bidding for Pride | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

You have stated that you believe that the U.S. is "currently in a world war." Can you say explicitly whom we're fighting against? -Mike Murphy Mount Holly, N.J. We are fighting against a perversion of the Muslim faith led by radical clerics who have convinced a growing number of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Mike Huckabee | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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