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...outlines Australia's military aims for the next two decades and specifically mentions China's ascendancy as a reason for an arms buildup. In all, $72 billion will be dedicated to bulking up the nation's armed forces, doubling the submarine fleet and adding up to 100 joint-strike fighter jets to its air force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. World: Kevin Rudd | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...Gymboree; they're doing it because they want to start their own business, make their own rules, be their own boss - and this seems more Sarah's tune. Palin's brand is maverick, and her mode is moxie. "I'm not a quitter," she said. "I'm a fighter." (See pictures of Sarah Palin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palin Resignation: A Family Choice? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...worker or a journalist - or you are someone who chooses to enter the Gaza Strip by a smugglers' tunnel from Egypt. I don't recommend the tunnel route; these snake holes deep in the sand tend to cave in and are frequently bombed by Israeli fighter jets. (See the best new travel products, gadgets and trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...familiar as Federer was to tennis fans at that point, he had never displayed a component of his character: It was the first time we had seen his "back-alley" side, as a fighter. And that's a quality he's called on repeatedly in the past year. After that loss, Federer got off the canvas. He pushed Nadal again in a great Australian Open final this year. He won the French Open. And while [last year's] Wimbledon final may prove to be the high point of the rivalry with Nadal, the rivalry didn't die that day. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis Writer L. Jon Wertheim | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

...Oval Office the role will include. The government's past efforts to protect computer systems have been bogged down in bureaucratic turf battles, but analysts hope the President's attention will mark a new era in digital security - before it's too late. As former Air Force computer-crime fighter John Wheeler told the Los Angeles Times, "We want to avoid a cyber-Pearl Harbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cybercrime | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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