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...plated car to a navy firing range outside Narathiwat town, where he and other local Buddhists practice how to shoot. While a bank manager and a bookshop owner blast away with sleek Italian-made shotguns, the businessman?who doesn't want to be named?takes out a Walther PPK pistol and deftly peppers a target with bullets. "Want to try?" he asks through wisps of choking cordite. "We are being victimized and killed every day. The government has no power to stop this, which is why we must protect ourselves." Demand for firearms in Narathiwat has pushed prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buddhists Under Siege | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...hooks up onto the decks of the Dewi Madrim and swarming up the ship's sides. As his cohorts smashed in the windows of the bridge with their automatic rifles, one of the men pinned the sole officer on duty in a corner and pressed the barrel of a pistol to his head. "They asked him to tell them where the rest of the crew were," recounts the chemical tanker's captain at the time, Surahmat Johar. "I was sleeping in my cabin. All of us were then gathered in one room. They tied our hands tight behind our backs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dire Straits | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...awkwardness and self-conscious anxiety, Encore is the dirtied summary of an existential crisis—a tumultuous internal battle that Eminem will undoubtedly resolve on his next, most likely classic, and most likely final album. In the meantime, he shoots his entire audience with a pistol at the end of the record and laughs hysterically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...dusty sofa beside the shipping container where one of their number lives, the young men pass the wine and play with the red-laser sight of a Glock pistol. Yehoshafat lights another cheap cigarette, combing his long, square beard with dirty fingers and pulling his big, knitted yarmulke down to his eyes. Yair eats a slice of barbecued lamb with his hands. Elisha points through the silent darkness to the lights of nearby Israeli settlements and tells the story of King David's meeting with his wife Avigail in the valley below. The hilltop, settled by a few youngsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the New Extremists | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...secret agent on a mission that begins in the East Timor jungle. As you run through swamps, dodge land mines and avoid surveillance spotlights, you must elude--or kill--terrorist guards to stay alive. You can jump, crouch, climb and shoot your pistol. Stay in the shadows to avoid detection. Elegant graphics and exciting game play make it a winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Games To Go | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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