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Terror Tactics THE NETHERLANDS In a procedural hearing in the case against Mohammed Bouyeri, the alleged killer of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh, judges were told that Bouyeri twice ignored Van Gogh's pleas for mercy. Prosecutors said that Bouyeri first shot Van Gogh dead, then slit his throat, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

The Skeptics A number of Sunni organizations, most importantly the popular Iraqi Islamic Party which actually participated in Allawi's government, have pulled out of the election on the grounds that the security situation precludes a credible vote in Sunni areas. These groups joined others, such as former foreign minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Opponents: Insurgents, Boycotters, and Skeptics | 1/25/2005 | See Source »

The Bush administration has moved from strong words to pleas in attempts to make the Chinese revalue the Yuan as the U.S. dollar’s value has slid, and the only substantial victory seems to be a free trade deal with Australia to which the agricultural lobby of the...

Author: By Alex B. Turnbull, | Title: If You Can't Play Nice... | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

Visions of Tomorrow The figure on your cover must not be able to see any real "Visions of Tomorrow" through his blue-lensed glasses [Oct. 25]. The attention given to sports, cars, gadgets and the like in your reporting on the future caters to the affluent, self-centered and ignorant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

Though the political parties have collected vast amounts of voter information in their secret databases, as your article pointed out, sometimes they don't realize that a person has died. My mother continues to receive her Republican Party membership card and pleas for donations, even though she died almost two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 8, 2004 | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

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