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...Like many of the Med's fishermen, life has become far more precarious for them, as they struggle to compete against international companies. As the blistering afternoon sun beats down, the fishermen of Garrucha (pop. 8,000) pull their boats into the harbor with the day's catch, and gather in a café on the dockside. Over coffee they talk for hours. "Fuel prices have risen, and fish prices are really low. We wonder if it is worth it anymore," says Juan Cervantes, 55, who began fishing on his father's boat at age 14, married a local girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mediterranean's Tuna Wars | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

...members of France’s five most elite academies—the first of which was founded in the 17th century by Cardinal Richelieu, and all of which are now grouped under a gilded cupola facing the Seine, ironically just steps away from where noisy tourist masses gather near the Saint Michel fountain.In Paris for the summer just like so many of my American college peers, I found my alibi for being here in a certain senior thesis on French history that remains entirely to be written. Generously funded by Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: Gallic Interiors | 7/13/2006 | See Source »

...then the night letters resumed, warning villagers not to become puppets of the American "infidels." Two weeks later, the Taliban seized two local police officers accused of collaborating with the government. Within two hours, they were publicly tried, sentenced and beheaded. It took more than 48 hours to gather enough men to retrieve the bodies. It was a sobering rebuke to local leaders who had decided to put their faith in the state. "The Taliban says it is heaven, and so does the government," says Mir Hamza, one of Panjwai's tribal elders. "But I think they are both hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Notes In The Night | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

...test shocked Japan, and prompted Tokyo to increase its intelligence efforts, missile defenses and military cooperation with the U.S. In March 2003, Japan launched two satellites to gather intelligence on North Korea. And in late June, Japan's Yomuiri newspaper reported that Japan had agreed in May to the deployment of advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on U.S. bases in Japan by the end of the year. Japan okayed the Patriot deployment, the paper said, largely due to the increasing threat of North Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Missile Test Leaves Japan in a Quandary | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

...Japan prefers to decide in consultation with the other key players in the crisis - the U.S., South Korea and China - in the days ahead. At a Wednesday press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said the missile test was "a serious problem," but that Japan would explore its options, gather more information and confer with other affected nations before it took further action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Missile Test Leaves Japan in a Quandary | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

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