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...sure bet that won't happen. The two rival Palestinian factions-Abbas's Fatah movement and the Islamic militants Hamas, which run the government-are now shooting at each other, and it is doubtful that they could agree on Israel's terms before the summit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mideast Summit Nobody Much Wants | 1/15/2007 | See Source »

...brothers. When they're 10, they're separated for pursue their different and colliding destinies. In maturity, the warlord (played with a bull-headed majesty by Jiang Wen, China's leading movie actor) hears than Jianli (Ge You, a stalwart of several Zhang Yimou films) is enslaved by a rival clan; he sends one of his lieutenants to defeat the clan and return with Jianli. He needs a theme song, and desperately wants the musician to compose an anthem for him. But Jianli is a stubborn sort, not easily bossed by his childhood friend; and he complicates things by having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chinese Movie at the Met | 1/13/2007 | See Source »

...ever seen in a MMOG. A guild decided to hold an online memorial service for a player who'd died in real life. In a macabre but heart-felt gesture, the player's character was accessed and brought out to a lake in an area known as Winterspring. A rival guild caught word of the event and ambushed the other players, killing the deceased person's character first and then killing everyone else in the guild. The rival guild then posted a video of the entire event online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Gamer | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...accurate, the women in question are more than prima donnas. They are the rival former Prime Ministers of the country, who despise each other and whose political organizations - complete with congenital corruption and violent tendencies - have been getting in the way of Bangladesh's progress for a decade and a half. Khaleda Zia, 61, heads the Bangladesh National Party and is the widow of assassinated President Ziaur Rahman; and Sheik Hasina, 59, leads the Awami League and is the daughter of Bangladesh's first President, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Zia blames Hasina's Awami League for her husband's killing, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving Toward Chaos in Bangladesh | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

...This time, the Awami League accused the BNP of stacking the caretaker government and the electoral commission with partisans. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced earlier this month that her coalition would boycott the poll and called for her supporters to "resist" the "one-sided" elections. Bitter rival Khaleda Zia, who was prime minister until last October when she and her government stood down for the agreed-upon caretaker body to take over ahead of the election, insisted the poll should take place no matter what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving Toward Chaos in Bangladesh | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

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