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...couldn't the July 2005 bombings have been stopped? MI5 has broken its tradition of secrecy to explain the reasons on its website. The detailed exposition boils down to one issue: resources. In Britain today, the security services suspect 1,600 people of involvement in terrorism. They cannot all be kept under watch, all the time. And so the London trial exposed a calculation that nations all over the world fear. Jihadists are able to recruit new members to their ranks faster than security services can keep track of them. As London basked in spring sunshine, its peace depended...
Back in 1927, the People section of TIME began with the rubric "Names make news." From the beginning, Henry Luce's idea for TIME was to explain the news through the people who make it. Luce would have loved the TIME 100, our fourth annual issue in which we name the 100 most influential people on the planet. At the core of the TIME 100 is the idea that individuals--by virtue of their character, their drives and their dreams--change the world and make history. We divide our choices into five categories: Leaders & Revolutionaries, Builders & Titans, Artists & Entertainers, Scientists...
...studies go, Wang hardly sees any conflicts, because to him science cannot explain his faith...
...other social networking Web sites. The innovation comes, the founders say, in the form of “radar” and a list of “confidants.”The radar displays possible romantic interests the user has tagged on the Web site, the creators explain. Friends given special access by users become confidants—people able to peruse that user’s radar list and leave comments and suggestions meant to help chart the course of love.At last week’s award ceremony, Galkowski demonstrated what he projects to be the standard operating...
...Senator Hillary Clinton's hand shot up. After hesitating noticeably, Senator Barack Obama joined her. Edwards did not, even though he has used the phrase himself and a policy paper on his Web site refers to "winning the war on terror." And now, in his first interview to explain his turnabout, Edwards tells TIME that he will no longer use what he views as "a Bush-created political phrase...