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After several days of small earthquakes, MOUNT ST. HELENS erupted late last week. When the mountain in Washington State exploded back in 1980, TIME recounted the devastation in a cover story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MILESTONES: 24 YEARS AGO IN TIME | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...shifted its search strategy. Out of an estimated 18,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, some 5,000 are scrambling through the impossible terrain in places where bin Laden might be hiding. That area is a saw-bladed mountain range 1,500 miles long. But most troops aren't just looking for him specifically. Instead, they are patrolling the border against incursions by Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. Rather than trek through the vast mountainous region hoping for a chance encounter, the U.S. command is now engaged in a slow but probably more effective tactic of trying to win over Pashtun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HUNT FOR OSAMA: How Hard Are We Looking? | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...crackling sat phone, Taliban spokesman Hakimi was heard ordering his men to turn off their motorcycle engines. He could have been speaking from a mountain road or a town in neighboring Pakistan, where many of the Taliban gather in the fundamentalist religious schools called madrasahs before crossing the border to try to kill U.S. soldiers. "Elections aren't part of Afghan culture. Anyway, it is fixed so the American puppet Karzai will win," he says. Afghan intelligence officials in the southern city of Kandahar say more than 2,000 Taliban fighters are roaming the desert outskirts of the city. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSIDE KARZAI'S CAMPAIGN | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

APPLICATIONS: For snowboarders and mountain bikers who want to tune out the great outdoors, the glasses mean one less gizmo in the fanny pack. Plus, they come with a rechargeable battery that lasts up to six hours, with either 128 MB or 256 MB of storage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gadgets: THERE'S MUSIC IN MY GLASSES | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...firewood and the need for food were women. HOW WILL YOU SPEND THE MONEY? I want to use some of it to support this work. I also want to promote culture. There is a very strong link between culture and conservation. If our people had a reverence for the mountains that our forefathers had, they would not be raping that mountain. Instead, we view that mountain as a resource to exploit rather than as something to appreciate because it gave us water and wood. YOU'VE SAID AIDS IS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON MANUFACTURED BY THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO WIPE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions: Wangari Maathai | 10/10/2004 | See Source »

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