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...diarrhea, which continued for days, draining him of energy. On the third day, Suleiman's mother Aiseta Traoré carried his listless body to the road outside their village in southern Mali and hitchhiked to the nearest hospital, about 9 miles away. There, she says, a doctor gave her a pack of vitamins and advised her to take the boy home to recover. Hours after Traoré and Suleiman reached their village, though, the boy died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Mineral | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...P.N.G., for instance, the local press has widely covered a government investigation into claims that corrupt local officials allowed Chinese immigrants to buy passports. In May Prime Minister Somare went so far as to implicate the immigration department, commenting, "We know some are saying, 'You give me a six-pack [of beer], and I'll give you a passport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of China Inc. | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...even a smash like New Moon. In 17 days, the interspecies love story sold more than 35 million tickets in North America alone, and it was bound to exhaust its fan base at some point. Meanwhile, The Blind Side's constituency, skewing older than New Moon's teen-vixen pack, took its time catching up with the movie's eloquent word of mouth. But no one need feel sorry for New Moon. Its domestic gross, $255.6 million, is nearly double that of The Blind Side's $129.3 million. And with a modest budget of $50 million, a worldwide cumulative gross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Blind Side Sacks New Moon | 12/6/2009 | See Source »

Jeff Goodman, senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com, believes the Crimson’s best shot is to pack a zone in an attempt to force the Huskies to take shots from outside...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big East Contest Awaits | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...they were threatened with arrest if they refused to leave, the students decided to peacefully pack up their tent...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fight the Power... | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

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