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...noticed me, she smiled disarmingly, introduced herself, shook my hand, and moved right on. She can be cloying when she wants but appears to have no problem being snippy. It is unclear how well-liked she is by those around her, but it seems that N.W. gets the job done, and that is what matters more...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: Five People I Met in New York | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...offload the problem on poor nations than it is to take care of the waste at home. "This is effectively long-distance dumping," said Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations Environment Programme. One solution is to promote recycling programs for old PCs and phones, as Dell has done recently, or try to reduce the amount of toxic metals used in those products, as Apple has done. The answer will almost certainly have to come from rich importers - for poor nations, the money that can be made off the e-waste trade is simply too good to abandon, despite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Laptop's Dirty Little Secret | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

Accusations of sodomy, potential DNA tests of semen, a pre-dawn run to the Turkish embassy. Hollywood, even in its most fanciful moments, couldn't have done it better. On June 28, a police report was filed against Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim by a 23-year-old male political volunteer, who accused the opposition leader of sodomizing him. Sodomy is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia punishable by up to 20 years in jail. Anwar, a married father of six, denies the charges, and sought sanctuary for more than 36 hours at the Turkish embassy. He released a statement calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Malaysian Politician | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

...Sadr City resident, Najim Kitam Kadem, head of a nine-person household that suffered two injuries during the fighting, says he is uneasy with the Iraqi troops now patrolling his streets. "The Iraqi army has done nothing good. They call you in the street, and if you don't hear them, they start jumping on you and they slap you in the face," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rehabilitating Sadr City | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

...Saadi moves through the neighborhood, men and women approach him, pleading with him to bring help, and to take their cases before parliament. "People expect a lot from me because I'm from this area," says Saadi. "What is the fault of all these people? What have they done to warrant this bombing? Of course I'm under pressure to do something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rehabilitating Sadr City | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

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