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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...survey, 12% of locals could not tell their flag from Australia's. Some would prefer the banner above, depicting the silver fern, a Kiwi icon

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bagging Their Flags | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...situation and appointing commissions to "investigate" this atrocity. The world is a despicable place. The U.S. has illegally marched into Iraq while defenseless human beings are being slaughtered in Sudan. I don't care if you call it genocide, slaughter or a disaster?the Darfurian people need assistance. Fern Smith Johannesburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/4/2004 | See Source »

...technical term to use to describe the situation and appointing commissions to "investigate" this atrocity. The U.S. has illegally marched into Iraq, while defenseless human beings are being slaughtered in Sudan. I don't care if you call it genocide, slaughter or a disaster - the Darfurian people need assistance. Fern Smith Johannesburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...prepare us for this kind of situation, the real heroes were the citizens who helped in the first moments, the millions who went to the demonstrations that evening, and the people who faced down the fear of getting on the train in the days that followed. Emilio Prada Fernández Manchón Madrid In "{A Brief} History Of Heroes," author Tristram Hunt asked how our current crop of heroes measures up to the legends of the past. That's like asking whether we moderns are genuine humans compared to the superhumans of yore. One unchanging aspect of heroism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...After the initial climatic shock-it helps to remove as much clothing as you decently can-you find yourself surrounded by giant trees with twisted roots, rubber plants sprouting bell-shaped flowers, raffia palms, orchids and periwinkles. As you pass a large tortoise hovering under a fern and shriek at a fruit bat flying over your head, you may wonder whether you are still in Zurich. And that's how the zoo's director, Alex R?bel, intended it. Opened in June 2003, after a decade of planning and construction, the j33.5 million project boasts such high-tech features as light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Fever | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

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