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...first official visit to Zimbabwe since it imposed sanctions on Mugabe and his lieutenants in 2002. Mugabe welcomed them "with open arms" before the talks began in Harare on Saturday. But E.U. development commissioner Karel De Gucht, who is leading the two-day mission with Swedish development minister Gunilla Carlsson, was careful not to name names before he set off. "There is an urgent need for all parties to fulfill their obligations," he said. "By doing this, the E.U. can once again fully re-engage with Zimbabwe and help the country on its return to normality and prosperity." (Read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe: Still Slow in Coming | 9/12/2009 | See Source »

...blowout that was so evidently seen and heard . . . gave off three muffled cannon rounds like a bombardment, so loud that they could be heard for more than 30 leagues around the base. In the region there were two rivers, the Guali and the La-gunilla . . . both were flooded with melted snow. It didn't really seem like water, but masses of ash and soil, with such a pestilent odor of sulfur that it couldn't be tolerated even from afar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volcano: In the Belly of the Beast: Scientists know what makes a volcano blow but still cannot say when | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...perfectionism stems from her hypercompetitive childhood in the small Swedish town of Bro. Her parents Tom and Gunilla were avid athletes. Though they never pushed Annika, who wanted to be a fighter pilot, or her sister Charlotta, "we were the little boys they never got," says Charlotta, also a pro golfer. The girls played soccer, tennis, badminton and random games that the family invented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Annika's Driving Ambition | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...went to court to save ancient trees along the route. "It's our way of democracy," says Panos K. Protopsaltis, ATHOC's general manager for transportation. "We let everybody appeal. Most of the court cases and the protests have now been resolved. "It's quite amazing and encouraging," says Gunilla Lindberg, an I.O.C. member who recently visited Athens. "Six months ago, the Olympic Village was just a blank hillside. Now the buildings are up." But much remains to be done. ATHOC has yet to put out tenders for a new boxing facility, much less break ground. A site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad Dash To the Start | 9/29/2002 | See Source »

...China's case has support from influential I.O.C. members, including Samaranch, who believe that bringing the Games to China will foster the Olympic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play in the most populous country. "If the eyes of the world are focused on China because of the Olympics," asks Gunilla Lindberg, an I.O.C. member from Sweden, "don't you think it will become a more open society?" She clearly does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgment Day for the Olympic Cities | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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