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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It may have been a much shorter growth opportunity than Pandit and Citi thought. A few months ago, Verme was reassigned to London (though he has been promoted to ceo of all Citi's business lines across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Citi stresses he is "one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citi's Dubai Mistake: A Sign of More Bad Things to Come? | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

The social status of such suspects makes them harder to spot for law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and also for the Muslim community as a whole. "Within the community, there's a tendency to think, Oh, this guy's from a good family; he won't go down that path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most Domestic 'Jihadists' Are Educated, Well-Off | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Hoffman, who has studied terrorism of all stripes, say it's not just Islamic extremism that attracts middle-class adherents. "You look at every kind of terrorism over the past century, and you'll find that the majority of the people who participated were not poor or ignorant but well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most Domestic 'Jihadists' Are Educated, Well-Off | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Camara hardly inspired much hope. In a documentary on news network France24, the 35-year-old soldier was keen to show off his bedside literature: a copy of the self-help book The Power of Positive Thinking. The hallway of his barracks is hung with a clumsy oil painting of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Leader Is Shot, and Guinea Again Faces Chaos | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

In addition, the Islamic month of Muharram begins on Dec. 18 this year, kicking off 10 days of ceremonies in Shi'ite Islam that culminate on the holy day of Ashura, when the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is mourned. Public events occur in every city, town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ayatullah Khomeini Returns to Haunt Iranian Politics | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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