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...what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had urged last June - and the state-financed media's overwhelming focus on Mubarak during a campaign period that was too brief for opposition candidates to promote their messages. "But we do see the election as a crucial step," says the official, a sentiment shared by icem coordinator Sherif Mansour. He told Time that last week's ballot was "a public show that won't change anything," but thinks the government has set a precedent by allowing any monitoring at all. "Next time," Mansour said, referring to the November elections, "we'll be able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby Step for Democracy | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

...Baghdad's supercharged political atmosphere, it was inevitable that reaction to Wednesday's tragedy on the Bridge of the Imams would be colored by sectarian sentiment. Within a couple of hours the city was already rife with wild rumors of an impending backlash by Shia pilgrims incensed by the death of nearly 800 of their fellows. Many streets were empty, and security forces were out in strength...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death on the Bridge | 8/31/2005 | See Source »

Expectations were that Altman would take Companion's mixture of sentiment and gentle satire and make it moodier and darker. Not so, says Keillor. "I made it darker, by introducing the conceit of the last show." In the movie, the show has been sold to a conglomerate, whose axman (Tommy Lee Jones) arrives at the end of the broadcast to shut it down. No wonder the Angel of Death (Virginia Madsen) is gliding through the theater's wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: A Prairie Film Companion | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

...gunmen pulled up in a car while he was painting and shot him in front of his child. Not long before that, Jeri had told his brother Ibrahim, "If I am killed because I am known as a religious man and a friend to many, so be it." That sentiment didn't resonate for long. In retaliation, seven Sunnis were murdered. Washash residents assume that Shi'ite militiamen did the killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Killers in the Neighborhood | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

...Gaza's residents, the Hilburgs thrived by growing organic crops, notably cherry tomatoes for export to Europe. The Hilburgs say it breaks their hearts to dismantle the hothouses they worked so hard to build, but in the nearby enclave of Gadid, another U.S.-born settler, Lynn Bentolila, expresses a sentiment widely shared in the Gush: "I don't want to see [the Palestinians] using my land or living in my house." The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have been wrangling over the issue: both agree the Israeli houses should be destroyed but dispute who would pay to clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Settlers' Lament | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

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