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...activism is rallying around secularist, pro-Islamic or nationalist flags in unprecedented numbers - a political awakening attributed by some to the ideological currents of the present campaign. Their convictions and involvement are key in a nation where nearly 70% of the population is now under 35, the highest proportion among industrialized economies. And political parties are making tremendous efforts to woo the young. An attempt by the AKP to lower the age of eligibility for a seat in parliament from 30 to 25 just narrowly missed being implemented. "We are forcing them to get involved," Gul told TIME. "They...
...rabbi's son, Mazuz, 52, has long had a reputation for being a fearless and impartial enforcer of the law. It was an attitude that Israelis treasured, since they are convinced - not without reason - that the highest ranks of government are infested with sleaze and corruption. Mazuz won respect for indicting ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son for corruption in 2005, and for urging the resignation of Israel's Justice Minister in 2006 for forcefully kissing a young female soldier. Mazuz has also been investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for allegedly suspect property deals; Olmert strenuously denies the allegations...
...actors and technicians into the artistic unknown, often shooting in faraway locations. But no filmmaker can match Werner Herzog for inspiring recklessness. The German director's movie sojourns take him not just to remote corners of Peru, Alaska and Thailand but also to the uncharted interior of man's highest, most lunatic dreams. In a 46-year career of great fiction films (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Heart of Glass; Nosferatu; Fitzcarraldo) and in a string of amazing, hallucinatory documentaries (The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The White Diamond, Grizzly Man), Herzog, 64, has trekked into the emotional wilderness...
RISING RICH Singapore, India and Indonesia had the highest growth in the population of millionaires. Russia, the U.A.E. and South Korea also saw increases...
ULTRA-AFFLUENT Latin America has the highest level of the superrich (at least $30 million), when defined as a percentage of the total number of rich individuals living in a region...