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...when their country's election crisis continued to unfold, a clique well to do Afghans flew kites on dusty Nadir Shah Hill in Kabul. The hill is famous for this - sometimes it is simply called Kite Hill. It is a dusty, rutted place, overlooking the city. "This isn't proper," says Mohammed Ushan, 54, who works at the ministry of construction. "The Municipality of Kabul ought to take better care of this hill." His friend, Aziz Ullah Kukchar, 37, adds that the whole place ought to be developed. "If there was a proper park, and restaurants, and billiards tables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On a Kabul Hill, the Dogs and Kites of War | 10/25/2009 | See Source »

...will come down to the judge's discretion. While Carter says he feels the student work qualifies under the spirit of the law, the judge may not decide to apply the Illinois shield law at all. General legal protections already exist to quash subpoenas if they're beyond the proper scope of an investigation, something Carter believes may apply in this case. "This looks like one of the great fishing expeditions of all time," Carter tells TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medill Case: Are Student Journalists Protected? | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...stakes battle in Washington. What it means for consumers is somewhat murkier: Will a miracle cure be there when you need one? And if it is, will you be able to afford it? Those are questions that hinge on whether the rest of us can trust Congress to find proper balance between competition and innovation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Won on Health-Care | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...about 60 percent of the people who have RSVP’d for the event so far are newbies, Wang told us, and free coaching will be provided. “Guns can, of course, be very dangerous, but part of the sport is learning proper safety techniques, so being afraid of the equipment shouldn't be a reason for missing out on this wonderful sport,” he said...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: What Happens When You Give a Harvard Student a Gun? | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...local chamber of commerce (some of whom snoozed in the tropical heat), there was no doubting the commander's sincere belief that the project would promote the Thai nation's cause in the south. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the complex, young Buddhist army officers earnestly gave lessons on proper fertilizer use to groups of veiled Muslim women, some of whom were completely covered but for their eyes. (The area of Malaysia bordering Thailand's Yala province is among the most conservative in that Southeast Asian nation, and the local Kelantan state government draws inspiration from Islamic Shari'a law.) In another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Promoting Peace Through Organic Farming in Thailand | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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