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Russia's two gravest ills, according to the celebrated 19th century writer Nikolai Gogol, were its fools and its roads. And even though the overall population of contemporary Russia continues to shrink by more than half a million people a year, fools appear to multiply as profusely as ever. Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Only Fools Would Fix a Broken Road | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

Were they alive? No proof of life was ever given by Hizballah. And a medical report carried out a week after the ambush stated that in all likelihood, the two soldiers probably died of wounds soon after they were captured. Even with that grim knowledge, Israeli pressed ahead with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Makes Deal for Prisoners | 6/29/2008 | See Source »

Certainly, Turkey gave Germany a lot to think about going into Sunday's match. The Turks launched themselves against Germany from the opening whistle - take note, Spain - and Kazim Kazim's smash off the crossbar in the 7th minute served notice that even this makeshift team was going to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: The Final Countdown | 6/28/2008 | See Source »

The Supreme Court ended its 2007-2008 term by handing down a flurry of big decisions the last few days, most notably granting a constitutional protection for individuals to own guns (District of Columbia v. Heller) and banning the death penalty as punishment for the rape of a child (Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Supremes Get Along | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

Still, in the ideologically charged cases that ended the term, Justice Kennedy's influence seemed to persist. Says Lee Epstein, constitutional law professor at Northwestern School of Law: "If you look at the cases he was always there." First, Kennedy penned the opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, which many believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Supremes Get Along | 6/27/2008 | See Source »

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