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...mates back in newcastle, where he was born, and at Eton, where he was schooled, knew him as Mark, a soccer fanatic who later scored first-class honors at Oxford. Today, Thailand's urbane Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he dreamed of leading his Southeast Asian nation ever since he was a little boy, but he still seems more comfortable roaming the corridors of international diplomacy than engaging in the rough-and-tumble politics of his homeland. Just days ago, the 45-year-old economist headed to New York City to hobnob with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man in the Middle | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Everyone in Kibwezi, a village in southeastern Kenya parched by four years of drought, remembers the promises. It all started in 2000, when the government started preaching the word about a plant called jatropha curcas. That surprised people in Kibwezi because everyone already knew about Jatropha - it's a weed. Sometimes people planted it to fence off their farms, but usually they just ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How a Biofuel 'Miracle' Ruined Kenyan Farmers | 10/4/2009 | See Source »

...attorney in Los Angeles County. Braun, who worked in Rittenband's court as a young attorney, says the judge routinely held ex parte communications with state prosecutors. "He would talk to people without the other side there, which is completely illegal. Now I didn't do it because I knew someday the proverbial thing was going to hit the fan and that it was unethical." As for Wells' recantation, Braun says, "It does surprise me now that he's said he lied. So I tend to believe his first version." Why would Wells change his story? "I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Polanski's Own Appeal Lead to His Arrest? | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...last word perhaps belongs to former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, who knew Halderman from his time at the network. "This is obviously a tragedy," Rather told the website the Daily Beast. "Frankly, I couldn't be more astonished ... than if you came riding through my apartment on a hippopotamus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CBS Insiders Baffled by Alleged Extortionist | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...knew napkins could inflame such passion? And it doesn't stop there...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Wipe That Off Your Face | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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