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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...some U.S. soldiers in Iraq, however, the prospect of leaving sooner rather than later within the established withdrawal timeline is welcome. "Good," said Army Captain Matt van Stavern, whose unit is serving in Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi security forces continue to battle insurgents who've remained active in the city for the past year despite an overall drop in violence across the country. "My boys are ready to go home. And the Iraqi people will be ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Most Iraqis Welcome Obama's Pullout Plan | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...good reason to do so. Tibet is a fresh market for China’s rapidly growing economy, and its relative lack of indigenous capital makes it an easy target for predatory Chinese corporations. If that weren’t incentive enough, rampant housing discrimination makes Tibet a nice prospect for any Chinese entrepreneur. Most of the new subsidized housing—which the Chinese government made room for by razing thousands of Tibetan monuments—are given to new “Chinese settlers” to provide these new-age colonizers with the most comfortable facilities available...

Author: By Joe O. Masterman | Title: Imperialism in the Holy Land | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...Party posters. The two main shopping areas, Liberty and Anarkali, were shut down, as were a number of roads and bridges. Gunfire has been heard in parts of Rawalpindi, where some Sharif supporters have trashed posters commemorating Bhutto. Meanwhile, the country's stock exchange dipped 5% at the prospect of deepening political instability. More demonstrations are planned for Thursday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ruling Throws Pakistan into New Political Turmoil | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...reaction, however, was much more muted. Since Sunstein is expected to be easily confirmed by the Senate, few people are willing to go public with criticisms. But "extremely disappointed" is how one person describes the general reaction among liberal advocacy groups at the prospect of Sunstein becoming what many call the "regulatory czar." (See who's who in Obama's White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama's Regulatory Czar Makes Liberals Nervous | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

When he was the king of cocaine, the prospect of doing hard time in an American penitentiary was about the only thing that made Pablo Escobar's blood run cold. Living by the motto "Better a tomb in Colombia than a prison cell in the United States," Escobar unleashed a wave of car bombings and assassinations that forced the Colombian government to water down extradition laws. Cowed officials even built Escobar a five-star jailhouse, with a Jacuzzi, discotheque and fake waterfall, for a brief stint behind bars before the drug lord was gunned down by police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia's Drug Extraditions: Are They Worth It? | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

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