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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bombing of Yugoslavia. President Vojislav Kostunica, for example, makes no secret of the fact that he believes the tribunal is biased against Serbs, and had insisted that Milosevic be first processed by the Yugoslav judiciary before being extradited. It is these sentiments that the former strongman was trying to tap when he appeared in court Tuesday, suggesting that the trial may yet become a rallying point for nationalist Serbs and cause political problems at home for the post-Milosevic leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milosevic Throws Down the Gauntlet | 7/3/2001 | See Source »

Erik first went hiking with his father when he was 13, trying to tap his way into the wild with a white cane and quickly becoming frustrated stubbing his toes on rocks and roots and bumping into branches and trunks. But when he tried rock climbing, at 16 while at a camp for the disabled in New Hampshire, he was hooked. Like wrestling, it was a sport in which being blind didn't have to work against him. He took to it quickly, and through climbing gradually found his way to formal mountaineering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: Blind To Failure | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...Erik first went hiking with his father when he was 13, trying to tap his way into the wild with a white cane and quickly becoming frustrated stubbing his toes on rocks and roots and bumping into branches and trunks. But when he tried rock climbing, at 16 while at a camp for the disabled in New Hampshire, he was hooked. Like wrestling, it was a sport in which being blind didn't have to work against him. He took to it quickly, and through climbing gradually found his way to formal mountaineering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blind To Failure | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...federal governments--to increase the amount of treated wastewater that Juarez can channel to agriculture. That will eventually free up river water for colonias like Anapra--and lessen the chances of El Paso's drying up along with Juarez. And there's an $833 million, 20-year plan to tap new aquifers for both cities. Says Maria Elena Giner, of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission: "I don't think anyone has ever confronted the scope of what we're racing against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: Two Countries, One City | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...domain, first wed the celestial and the virtual about a year ago, catering primarily to the 80% of Filipinos who are Catholic. the CBCP's website offers church teachings and directives. E-mail is also "filtered." And just to make sure no one gives in to temptation, If you tap into one of the forbidden destinations, up pops a message to steel your resolve: "thank god you're not able to access that bad site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Once Was Lost, but Now I'm Wired | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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