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...bodies began to show up early last week. On Monday, 34 corpses were found. In the darkness of Tuesday morning, 15 more men, between the ages of 22 and 40 were found in the back of a pickup truck in the al-Khadra district of western Baghdad. They had been hanged. By daybreak, 40 more bodies were found around the city, most bearing signs of torture before the men were killed execution-style. The most gruesome discovery was an 18-by-24-foot mass grave in the Shi'ite slum of Kamaliyah in east Baghdad containing the bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Iraq's Police Are a Menace | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

...ones that come on the softest. Dress Up in You is built on the same blueprint--sad piano, whispered Stuart Murdoch vocals and a gradual revelation that the song is sung from a female perspective--as many of B&S's earlier hits, while Another Sunny Day takes a pickup soccer game ("I saw you in the corner of my eye on the sidelines/ Your dark mascara bids me to historical deeds") and elevates it into a love story of epic proportions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: 5 Great New Albums | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...Mahmad, an officer in the Afghan national police, was on his way to Sangin, in southwestern Afghanistan, last month when he found himself fighting for his life. He was traveling in a police convoy of five dilapidated pickup trucks armed with a modest arsenal of rocket launchers and AK-47s. As the patrol neared Sangin, Mahmad, 22, heard gunshots. He looked up to see that the man riding next to him was dead. Soon they were surrounded by Taliban guerrillas who had charged from the hilltops shouting "Allahu akbar." Five policemen were killed before commanders called in air support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dangers Up Ahead | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...which as of last night could still be found cached as a Google search result and excerpted on such sites as theasianplayboy.blogspot.com, described “Lucien” as playing the “Reverse Game.” Knowing that more women are becoming aware of the pickup ploys men use from Strauss’ book, the TV writer attempted to counter the counter-seduction, according to Sylvester. “Lucien” initiated conversations with women by warning them about men versed in “The Game,” Sylvester wrote.And then...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ex-’Poon Editor Caught in Scandal | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...Eric Hometown: Dallas, Texas Favorite ice cream flavor: Boston Cream Pie at Baskin Robbins Favorite book: Crime and Punishment Concentration: Anthropology Ideal date: Dinner and dance on a cruise ship Best pickup line: Don’t need one Horoscope sign: Pisces Christina Hometown: Baltimore, MD Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate peanutbutter cup Favorite book: Great Expectations Concentration: Linguistics Ideal date: A picnic on the beach Best pickup line: I just moved you to the top of my to-do list Horoscope sign: Virgo

Author: By Shannon E. Flynn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Match Made in Nerd Heaven | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

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