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...Nepal's powerful neighbor, India, quickly welcomed the King's announcement, although many of the protestors dismissed Gyanendra's announcement as too little, too late. While welcoming the monarch's decision to hand over power to the political parties, Minendra Rijal, a spokesman for the Nepali Congress (Democratic), was angered by the King's failure to express any remorse over the killing and injuring of protestors over the past two weeks. The King has been accused by his detractors of being remote and cut off from everyday reality in Nepal - an impression reinforced for many by his failure to appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the King's Retreat End Nepal's Turmoil? | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...scent of ylang-ylang floats on the breeze, Worcester points out a dark swath of forest where he once lived on the banks of a tributary in a shack with no walls and, until a neighbor ran an extension cord to his place to power a lamp, no electricity. "I used to fish from my lounge room," he says wistfully. Such accommodation might sound sweet to some, but if taking eco-holidays is about being immersed in natural beauty with some indulgence along the way, the Daintree lodge hideaway is a happy choice. Green ants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eco-Friendly Resorts: Into the Woods | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...without appeal.“Truthfully, I don’t mind it. I hope it’s going to be better,” she says. The seven clusters of gray concrete that compose Charlesview Apartments contrast sharply with the white finish of its neo-Georgian neighbor, Harvard Business School (HBS). The stairwells smell like rotting metal and the concrete steps are worn. American flags and Easter baskets adorn the scratched red and blue doors. Bicycles and television buzz overflow into the landings. Inside the apartments there is wall-to-wall carpeting, a couch, a television. Some contain...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Growing Pains | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...fight against terrorism, which tends to be a far more important source of information than anything gained from interrogation. Regardless of the perennial debate about whether torture can secure information of any value, most security and law enforcement officials agree that tips from the public—a neighbor reporting suspicious activity, a young man reporting an approach by a terrorist recruiter—are more often the key to cracking a secretive terrorist conspiracy. By discouraging cooperation from people who don’t want anything to do with such abuse, coercive interrogation may be penny wise but pound...

Author: By Kenneth Roth | Title: Torture Policy Raises Terror Risk | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

...sends up the foibles of Americans in broken English. ("America has two kinds of politicians--one has sex, the other has war--which do you like?") They become fast friends. When a sinkhole opens up near Richard's house, a quirky surveyor comes to survey it. A quirky neighbor girl's horse falls into it. A quirky, Brad Pitt-- like movie star who lives next door rescues the horse. And so on. When Richard moves to a new house (because of the sinkhole), the man next door just happens to be a reclusive, fantastically famous writer--quirky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Story Will Save You... Money | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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