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...complain that "In Pakistan's case, sections of the media are reinforcing the nation's paranoia," [June 1]. But you don't need to go to Pakistan. There was another example in the same edition, in "Postcard: Ramallah." Israel was forced to build the wall to try and prevent what is happening in Pakistan and Iraq, where almost daily innocent people are killed. Walls in other countries are also ugly - but they protect people. Carlos Blatt, TEL AVIV...
...barrier is indeed "ugly." it is not built as an ornament but to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers killing and crippling Israeli citizens. It has cost Israeli taxpayers hundreds of millions but it is effective: the bombings have been stopped. When the Palestinians - and TIME - criticize the wall, they should think about who is to blame for its origin. Leo Kramár, STAFFANSTORP, SWEDEN
...cliffs two or three times a day since 2004, wearing white gloves and a floppy sun hat, carrying binoculars to focus on three spots on the cliffs where suicides are most common. He has set up a nonprofit foundation to aid the work and says he has helped prevent 188 potential suicides. After he's talked them off the cliffs, Shige--a trained counselor--takes them to his small office, where two gas heaters keep a kettle boiling, ready to make the tea that accompanies his counseling sessions. For men, Shige says, the biggest problems are debt and unemployment; most...
...Formula One's governing body plans to take legal action to prevent the teams from forming their own series. "The actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious violations of law, including willful interference with contractual relations, direct breaches of Ferrari's legal obligations and a grave violation of competition law," an FIA statement read. As the two sides dig in, the biggest loser is the sport. If Formula One does end up splitting, says Aylett, "people might go watch rugby...
...dissolution of the Soviet Union itself. No one knows, of course, whether a leader such as Mousavi, who indeed has shared the mullahs hostility toward the U.S., would follow such a pattern. But the record shows that revolutionary change can come through leaders who come to power seeking to prevent...