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...goes the narrative that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. officials are trying to sell both sides in order to avoid an escalation of tensions that would threaten regional stability and undermine U.S. goals in Afghanistan. But while Pakistan's civilian government enthusiastically echoes that perspective, it's a tough sell with the players that count most in this instance: India's government, and Pakistan's military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Mumbai, Can the US Cool India-Pakistan Tension? | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...matter of weeks or months. Our industry is an interdependent one. We have 80 percent overlap in supplier networks. Nearly 25 percent of Ford's top dealers also own GM and Chrysler franchises. That is why the collapse of one or both of our domestic competitors would also threaten Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM, Ford and Chrysler's Bailout Plans | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...specter of nuclear war at large. But Reagan’s refusal to surrender his “Star Wars” missile defense shield scuttled the agreement. More recently, the Bush administration’s decision to place missile interceptors in Poland led a Russian general to threaten a nuclear strike on that country and the general provocation of that country’s political leadership. These diplomatic losses surely outweigh any potential security advantage afforded by ballistic missile defense...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: The First Cut is the Deepest | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...acrimonious exchanges between Maliki and the Kurds are rooted in the economic and territorial ambitions of both parties, and they threaten to widen the broadening Arab-Kurd schism. Maliki's recent call to amend the constitution to beef up the central government's powers at the expense of Iraq's 18 provinces did not spare the semiautonomous three-province Kurdish region in the north. It has not only stoked tensions with the independence-minded Kurds but has also drawn fire from his Shi'ite coalition allies in the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, who want to set up a similar semiautonomous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's al-Maliki Faces Challenge Over Power Grab | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...sees the folly of racism, and people are judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Stories like Obama's make people see the greatness of America. America's greatness is not projected when she attacks pariah states which do not threaten her and I am confident that President-elect Obama holds this view. Kodwo Amissah Benyi, LOUIS TRICHARDT, SOUTH AFRICA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capturing the Moment | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

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