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...tons Amount of cocaine Costa Rican authorities seized last week from smugglers in a 49-ft. low-riding speedboat--originally reported to be a submarine--covered in lead laminate to avoid radar detection and camouflaged in ocean-colored fiber glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Dec. 4, 2006 | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...foyer's slanted mosaic pillars and silver leaflike lights are a metaphor for the trees under which Africans traditionally resolve legal disputes. In the sunken courtroom, a ribbon of glass at street level ensures that justice is always visible to those it should protect. And dividing this potent symbol of equality from the relics of apartheid are the Great African Steps, built with 150,000 bricks from the demolished cellblock. Rarely does the phrase "out of darkness comes light" have so much resonance. constitutionhill.org.za

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Long Walk To Justice | 11/23/2006 | See Source »

...anti-Syrian legislator Pierre Gemayel is a stark reminder that Lebanon's politicians remain as vulnerable as ever despite an array of security precautions. Some spend most of their time in well-protected homes surrounded by sealed-off streets; others rely on armed bodyguards or have switched smoked-glass limousines for nondescript vehicles or armor-plated SUVs. Mosbah Ahdab, a Sunni legislator from Tripoli and a member of the anti-Syrian parliamentary bloc, has lived under the threat of assassination for more than two years. "I take precautions," he says in an interview with TIME. "We have so many people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon's Cabinet Ministers Wonder Who Could Be Next | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

...driving; if no one can drink one beer, no one can drink 12. Progressive Puritanism—the endeavor to eliminate all risky behaviors—might eventually succeed in creating a safe, well-organized society, but we’ll have to forget about having that innocent glass of wine at a restaurant...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Drunk Until Proven Innocent | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

Thursday, November 16, 2:41 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to Lowell House E entryway to a report of glass breaking in the area. The officers spoke with the individual who stated that they had thrown something and it accidentally hit the window, causing two small window panes to break. The glass in the area was cleaned...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman and Anna L. Tong, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Police Log | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

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