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...drawing to a close. At 3:15 p.m. local time on Friday, a massive blast went off inside the hotel, loud enough to startle the hundreds of journalists gathered at the security cordon hundreds of yards behind the hotel. An officer who ran out of the hotel, carrying a pistol, said, "Now everything is burned. The stairs are burned. The woodwork is all spoiled." What did this blast mean? "They are getting desperate," he said. "You can tell by their actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Taj: Tracking Down the Terrorists | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

...historic and ornate structure. At 3:15 p.m. local time on Friday, a massive blast went off inside the hotel, loud enough to startle the hundreds of journalists gathered at the security cordon hundreds of yards behind the hotel. The officer who ran out of the Taj, carrying a pistol, said, "Now everything is burned. The stairs are burned. The woodwork is all spoiled." What did this blast mean? "They are getting desperate," the officer said. "You can tell by their actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: "Sanitizing" Mumbai, Floor by Floor | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

Last month a baby was shot dead in an inner suburb of East Timor's capital, Dili. His father, a policeman, had returned home from his shift and put his pistol atop a cupboard before lying down for a nap. A short time later, his frantic wife burst into the room, saying their six-year-old son had hold of the gun. Then a shot rang out. Rushing outside, the couple found their youngest child, a six-months-old boy, dead from a bullet wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing the Beat | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...problem: bombings, thieves. Pakistan is falling." Quereshi was robbed at gunpoint on his way to work recently. The three men took 70 rupees in cash (just under $1) as well as his beloved Nokia cell phone "with camera." Grimacing as he talks, he forms his hand into a pistol and then says: "Just like in California, who's poor, who's hungry they come and take what they want now. It's becoming wild." His nephew Tariq Aziz, who helps out in the shop. says the government needs to improve security. "They should check every car coming through," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Islamabad After the Marriott Bombing: The Baghdad Effect | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...point guard phenom, 17-year old Ricky Rubio, dazzled the crowd with a no-look pass for a Pau Gasol lay-up, and a behind-the-back shake of Jason Kidd. The youngest player to ever win an Olympics hoops medal, Rubio looks, and plays, like the legendary "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He's got the think dark eyebrows, floppy hair, and flair. NBA scouts are already salivating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Delivering on LeBron's Guarantee | 8/24/2008 | See Source »

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