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The White House has signaled its interest in plans that could add as many as 30,000 more troops to the country. About 17,000 troops are currently in Baghdad trying to rein in sectarian violence that seems to widen every day, despite a major push by U.S. forces starting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would a Troop Surge in Iraq Work? | 12/20/2006 | See Source »

The rest of baseball shouldn’t think that it can escape from the blame. Many other teams were ready to shell out tens of millions for Matsuzaka. He is just the latest and most desperate example of baseball’s free market run amok. Teams are all...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: The $103.1-Million Ticket | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

Litvinenko claimed to have saved Berezovsky's life a second time. In 1998 he said he had refused an order "to kill the Jew who has stolen half of this country"--by which his superiors meant Berezovsky. As a result, Litvinenko believed, an unsuccessful attempt was made on his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Spy Who Knew Too Much | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

Steve approaches an unmarked door and begins typing his secret code on the keypad. He enters the lobby and is greeted by an older woman seated behind a desk. She silently motions for Steve to put his hands inside a biometric scanner. From that point on, she will only refer...

Author: By John F. Pararas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All in a Day’s Work | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

"There is a different set of expectations now," says Vijay Chandru, an academic-turned-businessman. "People have a better idea of what they want and that can create problems if they don't get it." Chandru, who heads Strand Life Sciences, a six-year old company that consults to big...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spreading the Wealth in India | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

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