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Dates: during 2000-2009
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In the face-off between retailers and tight-fisted shoppers this holiday season, the last two shopping days before Christmas will be even more crucial than usual. Retailing experts expect to see deep discounts to woo the last-minute crowds, but not the complete capitulation that some shoppers had been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas Shopping: For Retailers, Down to Two Crucial Days | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

After posing for the picture, Victor shrugs the clunky SAM-7 off his shoulder with the help of a Nicaraguan soldier, before scampering off to check out some other anti-aircraft artillery on display at the Sandinista government's recently inaugurated "Happy Children Amusement Park." At a nearby military tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have Yourself a Sandinista Christmas... | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

Nigeria matters. As oil-rich nations from Russia to Venezuela to Iran become ever more nationalistic and tighten their supplies of fuel, more high-quality oil discoveries are being made off West Africa's coast, giving the world a (usually) reliable new source of oil. The U.S. already imports 16...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, an Ailing President and Peace Process | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

As the New Year approaches, however, hopes for peace are evaporating fast, largely because of two factors. First, the main drivers in the government toward negotiating a truce with the rebels have been out of action for weeks. Yar'Adua, a chain smoker with chronic health problems, has been in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, an Ailing President and Peace Process | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

For his bluntness, Montazeri has lived under virtual house arrest since 1997, when his religious school was alsoclosed down. His office has occasionally been attacked; religious vigilantes once smeared "Heretic of the Age" across his wall, and guards were often posted outside to cut off contacts. But in 2000, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a Martyr | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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