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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some had said that a contingent of Iran's Basij paramilitaries had taken over the mosque on the inside long before Khatami's speech was due to begin. Walking up the hill to the mosque, we had seen the now familiar buses which bring in government militias from other areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Preparing for a Bloody Confrontation | 12/27/2009 | See Source »

...Yemen connection: For several years, counterterrorism officials have said that al-Qaeda has been looking to consolidate and expand its base in the country of Osama bin Laden's ancestors. Yemeni authorities, prodded by Washington, have recently mounted an operation to wipe out the terrorist havens - including a missile strike this week that, officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa say, killed 30 top al-Qaeda operatives. But if Abdulmutallab's plot did indeed originate in Yemen, then it would suggest that much more remains to be done. (See how al-Qaeda is creating a crisis in Yemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism on Flight 253: Does It Fit al-Qaeda's Pattern? | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...Aniseya hides behind the front door, peeping out occasionally as her father speaks, her face covered with a head scarf. "Our tradition is that girls have to get married when they are 21, 22. Time is running out for her," the nervous father said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Sri Lanka, Tsunami Anniversary Inspires Mixed Reactions | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict cannot carry out his mission if he is shielded from his faithful in a "zero risk" protection scheme. Still, even in praising the quick reaction of the pontiff's personal security detail, Lombardi told The Associated Press officials will nonetheless review the episode and "try to learn from experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the Pope: Keeping Him Safe But Open | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...shepherd, of a flock of 1.1 billion who are called on to see in him the supreme Vicar of Christ who brings to them the definitive word of salvation. He is meant, in other words, to evoke strong feelings of personal attachment. "You can't shield him 100%," said spokesman Lombardi. "Doing so would create a dividing wall between the pontiff and his faithful, something that is unthinkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the Pope: Keeping Him Safe But Open | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

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