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...city - probably at the United Nations in New York - shortly after the Nov. 4 U.S. presidential election. Following their huddle at Camp David Saturday, the trio issued a statement saying the extraordinary international congress would "review progress being made to address the current crisis and to seek agreement on principles of reform needed to avoid a repetition and assure global prosperity in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Markets Cheer Calls to Overhaul Global Finance | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...long as there are mountains and skyscrapers, there will be people who want to jump off of them. The adrenaline rush, that first step off the ledge and into emptiness, the feel of the air as it whips across your face - these are the thrills that jumpers seek, and they are willing to risk their lives to find them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASE Jumping | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

Like any other Holy Land story, it's a potent mix of religion and politics. As Burleigh writes, "Where historians seek clues to the puzzle of the ancient worlds, evangelical Christians seek proof of the literal interpretation of the Bible and nationalist Israelis want evidence of ancient Jewish inhabitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraudulent Relics and the Brother of Jesus | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...planning to create a joint Southeast Asian Peace lab with Paramadina University in Indonesia with the aid of the Harvard School of Public Health, according to officials at the universities. The Peace Lab—sponsored by the International Association for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research—will seek to educate individuals involved in conflict management by studying Indonesia’s history of conflict resolution, according to Claude Bruderlein, who directs the School of Public Health’s Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research. Though Harvard has been intimately involved in the establishment...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Helps New Peace Lab | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...solution will not come from solely increasing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Rashid said. The remedy should be a major diplomatic initiative, involving countries such as Iran and India. These countries are crucial because each has an interest in Afghanistan’s future and many of them seek to control the country now, Rashid said. “Kabul has become the new Kashmir,” Rashid said, referring to the growing rivalry between Indian and Pakistani intelligence services in Afghanistan’s capital. Some audience members, including Kurt L. Sonntag, a Kennedy School national security fellow...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taliban Reemerges, Journalist Warns | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

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