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...replace. "To al-Qaeda, any means of bringing that about is fair game," the French counter-terrorism official notes, saying the group's active involvement or connivance in Bhutto's murder may be a mere detail compared to the result. "If its leaders thought political assassination of Musharraf's main rival would create real trouble for Musharraf himself, why would they hesitate? They're willing to do anything, and with anyone's help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda's New Terror Tactic? | 12/28/2007 | See Source »

...alike have begun to blame him for the increasing chaos in their country - and to trace every incident directly to his rule and his high-profile allies. "This assassination was fabricated by the present government," says Liaqat Baloch, a senior official in Jamaat-e-Islami, one of Pakistan's main Islamic parties. "It is part of the American strategy to scare people that Pakistan is falling apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto Conspiracy Theories Fill the Air | 12/28/2007 | See Source »

...hard-liners' main frustrations is the fact that Hinduism is inherently tolerant of other religions and allows that they too could be valid alternative paths to enlightenment. Proselytizing as Christians and Muslims do is, by its nature, un-Hindu, which makes a looming battle for Indians' souls look "very asymmetrical," says Nandy. For Hindu nationalists, the fear of Hindu conversions to Christianity "is a kind of humiliation that is being rubbed in," he says. Ironically, of course, Hinduism's acceptance of other religions is used by extremists as an excuse for hostility towards other religions. "The source of tolerance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christian-Hindu Clash in India | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

With four Best Actor Academy Awards between them, the two stars are the main reason for sticking around. Freeman, perhaps the movies' only current embodiment of gentle strength and emotional maturity, may be sick of playing Nature's Nobleman, but it doesn't show here. As Carter gives life lessons to Edward, Freeman gives tips in underacting to Nicholson. But the course doesn't take. Jack - editorializing with every inflection, his eyebrows now permanently arched, his face bloated so that he now resembles the eternal supporting player Elisha Cook Jr. - doesn't bother to occupy a role anymore. Instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Myths: The Bucket List and The Savages | 12/26/2007 | See Source »

...party, who might try to blunt the sharper edges of her predecessor's hard-line policies rather than toe the official stance, the SVP has threatened to leave the government and form an opposition party. The move would undermine Switzerland's 50-year-old "magic formula" under which four main political parties share seven Cabinet seats, balancing different cultural and linguistic regions that make up Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blocher's Fall From Swiss Grace | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

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