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...Moments later, the older barmaid slaps green paper napkins on the bar in front of her customers. "You're gonna get fed," she announces. In the corner of the service area, the blonde seems to be having some trouble with her upper clothing, and a barman is gallantly helping her. Out of the kitchen comes a giant silver tray of chicken wings, and the young lady emerges from behind the bar to offer around the tasty appetizers. Except now she's topless. Ah, so that's what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiritual Refreshment | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...sometimes puts up a barrier of water sprinklers to deter the mob from fighting near-or collapsing in-her property. "We know nothing gets done, so what can we do?" It's a frustration expressed in equal measure by victims and legal authorities. Some locals call the drinking epidemic "green-can Dreaming," a reference to the packaging of the popular Victoria Bitter beer and the paralytic state many indigenous drinkers attain. But this Dreaming long ago became a nightmare. Under its influence, many drinkers spend their entire welfare checks in the pub. And the damage they do-to property...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Demon Drink | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...Borroloola's problems due to alcohol continue. Just last month an Aboriginal woman stabbed her elderly partner in the stomach with a bread knife during a drinking session at their home. Such incidents are as common in the Top End as the crunch of green aluminum cans underfoot, and the slowly decaying human beings who have discarded them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Demon Drink | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...tree at the end of a track of churned earth, its barrel pointing menacingly at the border road. But this tank is harmless, a burnt-out and abandoned victim of Hizballah's deadly anti-armor missiles. The detritus of a hasty departure lies around the fire blackened tank - a green canvas army sack covered in dried blood, discarded food wrappers with Hebrew inscriptions and several broken stretchers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewing the War from a U.N. Relief Convoy | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...fence. No Israeli soldiers were to be seen even though the border road technically lies behind the Israeli army's frontline in some places. Still, the Israeli military activity was manifest in the numerous tank tracks that criss-cross the border road and run through fields of bright green tobacco plants. The border road, a potholed single-lane route even in normal times, is pockmarked from exploding artillery rounds, the asphalt churned by caterpillar tracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewing the War from a U.N. Relief Convoy | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

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