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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Europe's biggest carmaker in the driver's seat for a planned merger with the much smaller and sportier firm. And while colleagues at rivals like Daimler, Fiat, General Motors and Peugeot are busy trying to survive the current economic storm, Winterkorn seems poised to throw VW into high gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Volkswagen Is Powering Through the Recession | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...sharp contrast to recent cat-and-mouse street clashes that protesters stood their ground, using vinegar-soaked rags and surgical masks to deal with tear gas and quickly re-emerging from alleyways during charges by Revolutionary Guards dressed in black riot gear and wielding batons. Several of the protesters interviewed said they had read lengthy handbooks distributed via e-mail on how to act in street protests. (Read: "Crackdown Helps Sustain Iran's Protest Movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief Euphoria in Tehran: 'We Can Win This' | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

...security officers in riot gear forced Mousavi to leave before he could begin the prayer service at Agha-Soltan's grave. The Basij and Revolutionary Guards then shot off tear gas and began beating protesters with batons, witnesses said. The cemetery grounds were sealed off shortly thereafter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tehran Dispatch: A Crackdown to Forbid Mourning | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...They’re not necessarily the best team ever,” said Stephen Moulton, a fan decked out in Padres gear, sitting in the upper deck. “But yeah definitely San Diego pride...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips | Title: A FAN FOR SALE PART 1: Yo Soy Tu Padre | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

Soldiers in riot gear shot tear gas at the demonstrators and attempted to quell the crowds by storming entire blocks with squads of 25 to 50 men each. But shopkeepers along the streets provided refuge for the protesters behind metal doors, allowing the demonstrators to reappear on the same streets to the cheers and honks from people in cars who had jammed the streets. Those unable to find safety, however, were beaten mercilessly with wooden batons by the attack squads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Tehran's Streets: Defiance and a Crushing Response | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

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