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...Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a comprehensive plan that would have compensated Greek Cypriots for land lost to Turks and ensured the security of Turkish Cypriots, reunifying the island under a single government. In separate referendums, 76% of Greek Cypriots rejected the plan; Turkish Cypriots voted overwhelmingly in favor. Cyprus was admitted to the European Union in 2004 as a divided island - a complicated arrangement that means while the E.U. considers all Cypriots its citizens, it only recognizes the government in the south, so its laws do not apply in the north. Efforts since then by the E.U. to ease...
...India last week, the high-tech boomtown of Bangalore was wiped from the map. No, it wasn't hit by a nuclear attack or a natural disaster. Instead, the city simply ditched its British colonial--era moniker in favor of Bengalooru, which, in the local Kannada language, means "town of boiled beans." Other big Indian cities have already taken new names--Bombay is now Mumbai and Madras became Chennai. According to Kannada writer and Bengalooru advocate U.R. Ananthamurthy, such moves are a long-overdue reassertion of local identity. "It was the colonizer who changed the name first," he says...
TIME: Dr. Collins, I know you favor the opening of new stem-cell lines for experimentation. But doesn't the fact that faith has caused some people to rule this out risk creating a perception that religion is preventing science from saving lives...
...Connecticut native, made her varsity debut in the third period of the Union game on Oct. 29, preserving Martin’s shutout and making two saves in her 20 minutes of work. “Kristin Toretta has come back and is doing us a tremendous service and favor playing for us as our back-up now,” Harvard head coach Katey Stone says. “She is doing great and has already improved so much.” The entire group faces the task of filling Boe’s skates. Boe, a three-year...
...Another challenge facing the G.O.P. is a stark drop-off in support among what is usually a core constituency: white evangelical Christians. According to TIME's poll, only 54% of people in this group favor Republican candidates, with 5% undecided. Thirty-eight percent of white evangelicals polled say they'll support Democrats. In 2004, exit polls indicated that 78% of this constituency voted for Bush. While the G.O.P. won out in the poll by seven points (42-35) as the party perceived as best equipped to protect moral values, a matter especially important to this group, the party's standing...