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...biggest drama still to come will be from the official British inquest, which could not start until the French criminal investigation was concluded. "It is still unclear whether there will be two separate inquests for Diana and Dodi or a joint inquest," notes TIME Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton. The royal family is pushing for two cases, while Mohammed al-Fayed is pushing for one so that he will have a larger forum to push his theories about a conspiracy. Of course, despite al-Fayed's protestations about "getting to the truth," this ? and his potential appeal in France...
...Thomas Sancton. With reporting by Victoria Murphy/Paris
...seeking to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. After all, many societies face problems of youth violence; while it doesn't address the root causes of that violence, making weapons inaccessible effectively contains the damage. "Youth violence is on the rise across Europe," says TIME Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton. "But you don't have this kind of mass killing because it's hard for even the most sociopathic teenagers to get their hands on guns. The easy availability of guns is a problem that America hasn't found the means, or even the will, to contain." Adds TIME...
...teenage years, gun crime is almost negligible. A second common explanation for alienated teenagers' venting their anger in shooting sprees is the glamorization of violence in American popular culture. "Hollywood, TV and and videogames have spearheaded a cult of violence in pop culture that is typically American," says Sancton, "although it's rapidly spreading around the world." But while violence in pop culture may also contribute to the school shooting phenomenon, it's an insufficient explanation. "Japanese kids are raised on a diet of enormous violence in everything from TV cartoons to video games, and yet a school shooting...
...THOMAS SANCTON, our Paris bureau chief, assembled and led a team of reporters from around the world to bring us the fascinating tale of Turkey's manhunt for Kurdish militant Abdullah Ocalan. The team followed the circuitous path of the "globe-trotting guerrilla" from Syria to Kenya, the site of his capture. Correspondents reported on protests in more than 20 cities, interviewed intelligence sources in four countries and even managed to contact several aides who were with Ocalan during his final hours of freedom. "Our efforts fell under TIME's grand tradition of group journalism," says Sancton, who knows...