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For many Pakistanis, Chaudhry's suspension is a stark reminder of the venal, institution-destroying politics that Musharraf claimed his 1999 coup was meant to correct. Small protests in support of Chaudhry, initially by the Bar Association, were brutally suppressed by the security forces, provoking even wider outrage. News coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Moment of Truth | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

But the government doesn't appear to have an answer. Since Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005, the territory has teetered on the brink of civil war between Palestinian factions. Fatah, which oversaw the creation of the Palestinian Authority in negotiation with Israel and the United States, lost its monopoly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Gaza Front Line Under Fire | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

Just as schools were beginning to solve the gang problem, a scarier threat emerged: mass killings like the April 1999 massacre at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colo. Some teachers and principals began to see potential threats behind all kinds of behavior, provoking free-speech disputes that often landed in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for Free Speech in Schools | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

It is one thing to conquer a country. It is quite another to stay there and try to force-feed your ideas onto a part of the world that has its own traditions. It is when empires strive to impose their ideals onto the conquered at bayonet point that even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When East Fought West | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

It is one thing to conquer a country. It is quite another to stay there and try to force-feed your ideas to a part of the world that has its own traditions. It is when empires strive to impose their ideals onto the conquered at bayonet point that even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When East Fought West | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

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