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President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to close down the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, which has long been a stain on America's global image in respect to human rights and the rule of law. But closing Guantánamo is more easily said than done, so the incoming Administration will be grateful for last week's offer of help from Europe. Portugal has written to the U.S. offering to resettle up to 60 Guantánamo inmates who are not considered security risks, and Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado wrote to his European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal's Offer to Help the US Close Guantánamo | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...These bad guys don't respect anything today," says medic Carlos Tiznado, 22. "Some years ago, the gangsters would say, 'It's the Red Cross, leave them alone,' but now they're like, 'We'll hurt you too.'" It can be particularly unnerving treating wounded criminals with their friends and relatives standing by. "I have had these guys threatening to kill me unless I save the man's life," he says. "It's sad to think we could lose our lives at the hand of these narcos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Culiacán | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...time the violence expressed onscreen is a metaphor for what's going on inside. I take it seriously, and I respect directors who depict it responsibly. There are a lot of directors who make too much of a joke about it. That lets the audience off the hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Viggo Mortensen | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Viggo Mortensen | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...inspire students whose parents do not instill in them the importance of education. Parents need to take responsibility by reading to children when they are very young, turning off the television and video games when they are older, making sure they are completing their homework and demanding that they respect not only their teachers but the concept of education as well. Cara A. Tonn, Roseville, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

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