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To fill the vacuum and assuage dissatisfaction, each boxer decided to take on formidable interim opponents. Pacquiao will fight Clottey, and Mayweather will battle "Sugar" Shane Mosley on May 1. The hope is that if Pacquiao and Mayweather both win their respective fights, they will work out their differences and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pacquiao and Mayweather: One More Until the Big One? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Improving ties with Taiwan have also lessened some of the military tension along China's periphery. Beijing considers the self-ruled island a breakaway province that should ultimately be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. A more China-friendly leadership in Taipei has helped eased some of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is China Slowing its Military Spending? | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

On Tuesday, March 9, the Northern Ireland Assembly will vote on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to the local government at Stormont, as the neoclassical building where the province's parliament meets is known. If the measure is passed, as is expected, a new post of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Divisions in Northern Ireland Are Reopening | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

The most troublesome opposition for the DUP comes in the form of the anti-power-sharing Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). The party has no seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly but has growing support among conservative, Evangelical Protestants, in part because a scandal involving Robinson's wife Iris (who obtained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Divisions in Northern Ireland Are Reopening | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

It would help if the mainstream parties were working together more closely. During recent talks on policing, Protestant and Catholic parties stayed in separate rooms, with messengers shuttling between the rival camps. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams recently wrote on his blog that some unionist politicians refuse to share an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Divisions in Northern Ireland Are Reopening | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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