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...violence and poverty. Now, at 60, Gusm?o is the subject of a documentary about his struggles to make East Timor independent and viable. Directed by Singaporean broadcast journalist Grace Phan, A Hero's Journey is a tale of forgiveness and reconciliation, and recently won Amnesty International's Movies that Matter Award. TIME's Jason Tedjasukmana talked with Gusm?o about both the real and reel worlds...
...Pakistan The U.S. has said that Pakistan will not be offered a deal similar to India's. No matter. Islamabad is already finalizing a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with China that would provide Pakistan with two 300-MW reactors by the end of the year, while President Pervez Musharraf boasted on Dec. 24 that his country would continue to increase its already-strong nuclear defensive capabilities...
Ford claims there are no production plans for this four-door concept car, based on the rear-wheel architecture of the company's popular Mustang. Industry insiders believe it's only a matter of time...
...Google so that I could participate in the user-powered revolution, and I can't believe how lucky I am to be alive at this time in history. Your story said Web 2.0 is "a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter" and about people "helping one another for nothing." I just want to emphasize this point. People will help one another if they believe it matters. People will vote, for crying out loud, if they think it matters. This is truly a revolution for democracy and human rights...
...distribute bed nets and to offer village-based training for tens of thousands of villages across Africa. In a brilliant demonstration of people power and modern logistics, Red Cross volunteers distributed nets to more than half the households of Togo in 2004 and Niger in 2005 in a matter of a few days in each country. That successful delivery model should be replicated across Africa, by 2010 if not earlier, but this will depend on mobilizing the needed resources...