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...been saying to their allies that the war against terrorism will not be won unless and until we go to the sanctuaries, to the training grounds, to the financiers, to the motivators of hatred that come across the border to kill us all. [And yet] the allies have not heard us. If we see [the fight against terrorism] as an effort aimed at the right target, spoken about with us, with a proper identification of the problem areas, then we can go along, and in that situation if we suffer civilian casualties, all right, we will accept...
...grudges and global grievances that draw protesters from across India. A bureaucratic spelling error has brought a group of Dhangars, dressed in the red and yellow colors of their tribe, here for the fourth time from the western state of Maharashtra. "We hope this time our voice will be heard," says the group's leader, Gunderao Bansode. Under Indian law, certain castes and tribes are guaranteed places in educational institutes and legislatures, as well as government jobs. The Dhangars are supposed to share these advantages. But they accuse officials in their home state of deliberately using a transliteration error...
...Mantar crowd are not so sanguine. Dhingra, the Bhopal protester, says that having this space is better than nothing, but sees Jantar Mantar as a symptom of flawed democracy. "You must scream within these 500 meters," she says. "And even then, you can't be sure you'll be heard...
...surprises no one more than Gunn, a man who, when he first heard the name "Barack Obama" from some community-organizer friends in 2002, promptly forgot it. "I didn't even think he was African American," says Gunn. "The name sounded foreign to me." Two years later, he connected the name with the face when Obama came to his church to campaign for Inez Tenenbaum, then Democratic candidate for Senate...
...Some runners are not as smitten as the spectators. "I guess there's mixed feelings among athletes," says Crawford. "Because I've walked by, and I've heard guys who are a little disappointed in the way he acts in front of the camera." The American is not one of them. "This guy has worked his tail off, everyday, on his knees, throwing up in practice," says Crawford. "He deserves to dance . . . If you think it's disrespectful, work harder, so you can be the one dancing...