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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...blood test request, Roach claims, is as an excuse to scuttle the fight. "Mayweather doesn't dictate the rules, boxing commissions do; this is not something required in boxing," says Roach. "We're gonna knock this bum out, he knows it, and he is scared." (See pictures of the rise of Manny Pacquiao...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bad Blood Scuttle the Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight? | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...Vegas against Miguel Cotto brought worldwide, and more importantly American, attention back to the fight game. After Pacquiao defeated Cotto there was immediate talk of a bout with Mayweather. The crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas chanted, "We want Floyd! We want Floyd!" (See the rise of mixed martial arts: the new rules of fight club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bad Blood Scuttle the Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight? | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...Though shocking in its brutality, the attack was not an anomaly in Germany. Authorities say the country has experienced a disturbing rise in extreme-right-wing violence in recent years. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said in a report released last week that politically and racially motivated crimes by the far right hit a record high of more than 20,000 in 2008. Figures for 2009 won't be released until early next year, but the BKA expects them also to be above normal. (See pictures of the rise of Adolf Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, a Disturbing Rise in Right-Wing Violence | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...Some experts believe that organizations like the NPD may be a driving force behind the rise in violence. A study published recently by the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism, in Dresden, found close links between the NPD and far-right radicals in the eastern state of Saxony, where the NPD entered the regional parliament after winning 9.2% of the vote in a 2004 election. Researchers said there was a steep rise in the number of clashes between far-right groups and left-wing activists after the vote. "The NPD has successfully recruited young people from the violent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, a Disturbing Rise in Right-Wing Violence | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

Then there are the financial forecasts. No one loves a look at the year ahead more than the folks who manage money for a living (or who sell advice about how to manage it). That makes perfect sense. Unlike the people predicting, say, the rise of homemade beer, the professionals who get paid to grow portfolios really ought to have a handle on the future. What's the best way to make money? Figure out what's about to go up in value and buy a lot of it before anyone else catches on. (See the best business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2010 Financial Forecasts: A 50% Chance of Being Right | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

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