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...Still, pressure for reductions in regional trade barriers is building, partly due to frustration over the failure of the World Trade Organization to complete the Doha Development Round, which is supposed to lower trade barriers globally. Leaders at the upcoming APEC summit are expected to commit to the completion of a basic framework for an Asia-Pacific zone by the end of 2010. While the details have yet to be hammered out, such an agreement would be an unprecedented step forward. One thing is for certain: this year's APEC must generate more than an amusing photo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: APEC's Bonding Experience | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...Keep It Real, Karl Karl Lagerfeld's rejection of the "round woman" in Verbatim reflects his strange bent toward ultra-gaunt models [Oct. 26]. But then one look at Lagerfeld is an experience in weirdness. Kudos to the German magazine Brigitte for featuring real women and recognizing female beauty as something other than a skeleton. Louis C. Kleber, Las Vegas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...ridden bikes since I was 18 or 19. It's my main passion. I'd read a book by Ted Simon called Jupiter's Travels about his round-the-world trip in the 1970s, and I was so moved by his experience I set about organizing a trip with my friend Charley Boorman. We made a series called Long Way Round, one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ewan McGregor | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...carried increased poundage through his past two jaw-droppingly awesome victories: demolishing Oscar De La Hoya in December 2008 and knocking out Ricky Hatton in two rounds in May. This is how Pacquiao's coach Freddie Roach describes his skill: "He'll throw a combination at you. You'll think he's done, but then he'll keep pounding you. And there's not a dense hardness to his punch. It just jumps on you. It explodes." Roach, who has worked with boxing luminaries such as De La Hoya and Mike Tyson, offers a little poetry when he recalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning and Mythos of Manny Pacquiao | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Nevertheless, the ferocity of most of the fight lived up to its promise, with Cotto valiantly persevering into the final round even though his corner had advised him to throw in the towel at the end of the 11th. And it was a celebration for Vegas, which saw its large community of immigrant Filipinos buoyed by hundreds of others who flew in from the Philippines to cheer on their champ. The city had been abuzz with Pacquiao's presence the week before the fight. Pacman, as he is called by his fans, is a crossover hit. In the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good and Bad News for Boxing: Only One Pacquiao | 11/15/2009 | See Source »

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