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...best estimates point to a world population of more than 9 billion," Hayden said in a speech at Kansas State University. "Most of that growth will occur in countries least able to sustain it." The sheer increase in population, Hayden argued, could fuel instability and extremism, not to mention worsening climate change and making food and fuel all the more scarce. Population is the essential multiplier for any number of human ills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Condoms Have to Do with Climate Change | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

...Picasso. "I had some images of them in my mind," Htein Lin says, laughing. "Of course, it was nothing like the reality." After murderous factional violence broke out among the rebels, he returned to Rangoon, where he continued performing and drawing. In 1998, a fellow former dissident happened to mention his name in a letter intercepted by authorities, and Htein Lin was hauled off by the secret police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Survival | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...agrees to] stay away from politics. They hate each other. Right or not, I cannot [say.] If world [leaders] want me to talk to the Burmese and ask them to release Aung San Suu Kyi, I will do it. But as Prime Minister of Thailand, I cannot mention that [I want her released.] Because the [Thai] Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said one, two, three four, which I must do. But I believe the military is ready to release her. It's so easy, it doesn't harm anything. No torture, just [the condition] that she must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Prime Minister Speaks | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

TIME: You campaigned as Thaksin's nominee, and... Samak: I did not mention that. Someone asked me: "Are you the nominee of Thaksin?" I said what's wrong with this word, "nominee?" What's wrong with this word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Prime Minister Speaks | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

...that I'm in my twenties (percents), the familiar errand-boy tone of the GTA formula is settling in. Follow this stoolie. Steal that car full of drugs. Blow up that factory. Kill those bikers. (Not to mention plenty of non-murderous The Sims-type drudgery: eating, dating, shopping, and bowling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Theft Auto IV: The 20.06% Review | 5/3/2008 | See Source »

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