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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mufti's fatwa - on issues ranging from marriage to health to women's rights - can carry considerable influence. India's Muslim leaders announced that they will soon create a new body that will monitor the passing of fatwas in the country, in a bid to preserve that influence, and nip the popular anger swirling around this scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Cash-for-Fatwa Scandal | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...credit. "We've finally cut the knot," enthused Michael Glos, the German Economics Minister. "Solid growth has returned," crowed Thierry Breton, his French counterpart, predicting that 2007 will be "a good to very good year." Many economists are more skeptical, pointing out a slew of significant risks that could nip the Euro-recovery in the bud, including the prospect of interest-rate hikes and the introduction of a higher vat rate - up to 19% - in Germany next year. One of the biggest risks is what happens in the U.S., whose economy is just starting to cool as the Europeans heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Just Got Hotter | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...nip-and-tuck Senate races this year is in Missouri, and backers of Sen. Jim Talent are preparing an attack on his opponent, State Auditor Claire McCaskill, that is emblematic of the sort that will be seen all over the country within 24 hours. "Does Claire McCaskill support the wishes of the angry left by endorsing Ned Lamont's candidacy or will she support the man who was chosen by Al Gore as the Democrat's 2000 nominee for Vice President?" the National Republican Senatorial Committee asks in a statement that will force McCaskill to talk about messy party business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Republicans Are Loving the Lieberman Loss | 8/9/2006 | See Source »

...Navy second varsity overcame a six-seat deficit after the halfway mark to nip Harvard’s second varsity by a seat in Annapolis—a loss that forced the Crimson to reexamine its race plan and stroke rating after the midway point...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Much to Prove for Crews at Eastern Sprints | 5/19/2006 | See Source »

...when Mobil Travel Guide subtracted one of the five stars from the Bel-Air's rating in 1999, Lopes knew a face-lift to the "dated and tired" design was imperative. He would have to nip and tuck carefully to avoid rankling the hotel's faithful. "I had to update every facet, while preserving the classical elegance that is the Bel-Air's signature," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Face-Lift | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

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