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...have been laid. And blackened divots are visible where suicide bombers - or 'human IEDs,' in colloquial parlance - blew themselves up. The streets of Kandahar, once a thriving business hub, go empty at sundown as shops selling Persian carpets and gold signet rings pull down their shutters. Thin slivers of smoke are seen rising from the roadside iftar stalls selling kebabs, the only visible sign of life after dark. Those, too, fade away after a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Bombing: Feeling Vulnerable in Kandahar | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...Smoke and Mirrors In your article "Big Tobacco's War for Africa" you underestimated smoking rates by ignoring the amount of cheap pipe tobacco that is sold and hand-rolled into cigarettes [Aug. 10]. Most of the countries in Africa have a lot of so-called "grey" (that is, unofficial) cigarette imports. Clive Varejes JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Right to Worry? | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...started this spring. First there was the friend with the uncharacteristic dirty fingernails. Then that confident co-worker swept off the elevator, tossed her tresses and suddenly there was a faint whiff of wood smoke in the air. Something's happening here, and as foodie bloggers know, it's all about bacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Makin' Bacon: Foodies Are Going Hog Wild Over Pig | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...once you've got your hunk of hog, it's a few simple steps to that sublime summer treat, the BLT. Just add sugar and spice, smoke, an heirloom tomato, fresh lettuce and homemade bread slathered with Farr's bacon mayonnaise - made not with olive oil but bacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Makin' Bacon: Foodies Are Going Hog Wild Over Pig | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...other places to plot strikes. "They tried Portugal, they even tested Morocco, but authorities in those countries saw the results of our cooperation and slammed the door on ETA before it could set up shop," the French official says. "We're all sharing information on ETA and moving to smoke it out. Times are very hard for the organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basque Terror Group Weaker But Still a Threat | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

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