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...They haven't hit the shelves of American stores yet, but Japanese-made Super Dollfies are becoming an online-driven hit in the U.S. With trendily refined makeup, exaggerated features inspired by Japanese animation, and unusual pliability, they are big sellers on websites like doll-hobby.com and have fetched as much as $1,000 on eBay. Last week they starred in their first U.S. convention, in Austin, Texas. Created by Tokyo-based Volks Inc., Super Dollfies (available in miniature form or as large as 2 ft. tall) resemble popular anime characters and can be arranged in various poses, thanks...
Women are at the greatest risk. Many have become virtual prisoners inside their houses, seeking a safe haven amid rising rates of rape, kidnapping and carjacking. At the same time, as the power of Iraq's Muslim clerics has grown, the everyday freedoms that Iraqi women enjoyed under Saddam's secular Baathist regime have eroded. Women who once felt free to dress in Western clothing and shop alone now must wear a hijab, the traditional Muslim head scarf, when venturing outside. Many government offices require female employees to wear a veil at work. "Since the war, women feel they cannot...
...TIME investigation reveals how insurgents in Iraq aim to create an Islamic state and turn the country into a terrorist haven"? Congratulations. You have discovered the status quo. MICHAEL TOMLIN Boise, Idaho...
...primaries rarely attacked his opponents and then almost never by name, ripped the White House for ducking responsibility for the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The next day he said Kerry's health-care plan was "dramatically different from whatever health-care plan George Bush has; I haven't seen one yet." And Edwards insisted that while he and Kerry were meeting with average voters, "the President has been going to ticketed events, where they control who goes...
...sick relative. As the train lurches forward, one pulls out her rosary and whispers a prayer. I turn away, but am thankful that I've seen her, and that I've seen Lourdes. Even though I've had no vision, and drawn no conclusion, I know I haven't passed through this holy ground unchanged...