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...firing range outside Narathiwat town, where he and other local Buddhists practice how to shoot. While a bank manager and a bookshop owner blast away with sleek Italian-made shotguns, the businessman?who doesn't want to be named?takes out a Walther PPK pistol and deftly peppers a target with bullets. "Want to try?" he asks through wisps of choking cordite. "We are being victimized and killed every day. The government has no power to stop this, which is why we must protect ourselves." Demand for firearms in Narathiwat has pushed prices up 30%. "These days we carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buddhists Under Siege | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...More alarmingly, in a post-9/11 world, the Strait of Malacca is a tempting target for terrorists. "A terrorist attack [here] would have the kind of high-profile impact on the world economy which terrorists want to achieve," Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and national security czar Tony Tan told TIME. The case of the Dewi Madrim, Tan says, is particularly worrying: "The Dewi Madrim pirates had fast boats, vhf radios, machine guns. They disabled the ship's radio, took over the helm, and steered the ship for an hour before their escape." All of which, Tan concludes, point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dire Straits | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

Senior Andrew Lederman slapped the puck wide of the target from the point, but a favorable carom off the boards allowed freshman Jon Pelle to pounce on the rebound at the doorstep. The rookie chipped the equalizer past Terriers netminder John Curry for his fourth goal of the season at 3:20, compensating for a similar opportunity he’d failed to capitalize on just seconds earlier...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Half-Minute Men | 11/24/2004 | See Source »

...patients - there are eight such places in Britain, where authorities say it's too early to speculate on their impact on cure rates. To improve adolescents' chances, says Cole, "We need to understand what stops them participating in trials, help teenagers stick to treatment and develop more trials which target specific tumors in this age group. From doctors, hospitals and government ministers, we need a new philosophy of thinking." Then, perhaps, success stories like Supple's will be the rule, not the exception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cancer Kids' Catch-17 | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

...months, with plans to use the model elsewhere in the state. One of the first patients through was Turkey Tolson's widow, Mary, who was well enough to join in women's business at Kintore this month, dancing at ceremony and collecting bush tomatoes. Next, Toyne wants to target the younger generation of Pintupi people with preventive measures, looking at better immunization, hygiene and diet. In the meantime, says Tim Kingender, "at least the dialysis center will give a window of time in which these problems can be addressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting for Their Lives | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

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