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...before parliament, the President's backers are rallying support for another term. Only Obasanjo, they argue, has the backbone to consolidate economic reforms that include paying off the country's debt and tackling corruption. To Obasanjo's fans, a change of leadership - particularly to Vice President Atiku Abubakar - would threaten any progress. But many of the President's former supporters now accuse him of mismanagement and dictatorial tendencies - charges his allies reject. Changing the constitution will only fuel instability, say critics. Most Nigerians seem to agree: a recent poll by independent researcher Afrobarometer found that 8 out of 10 Nigerians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Welcome Outstayed | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...about eight, I thought about the threat implied by my grandmother's exclamation, "Oh, I just want to eat you up!" The commentators of Cuteoverload.com rescue themselves from such twee clich?s with fine-tuned irony: "He looks so edible - I mean adorable" says one of a bunny. And they threaten to turn the violence on themselves. To judge by the comments alone, Cuteoverload.com is a factor in the demise of dozens of netizens. Heads explode at the mere exposure to lethal levels of cuddliness. Or, as one contributor wrote about his reaction to a school of ducklings following their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Isn't That Cute? | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...cannot be trusted to respond that way. But Iranians are not suicidal. They know that they could be wiped out in a retaliatory attack. And Krauthammer neglected to mention that only the U.S. has used the Bomb. The real problem is the tyranny of the established nuclear powers that threaten, bully and invade nonnuclear nations. Reem Nasr South Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Blood Sport Re "The talented Torero" [March 27], on matador Mehdi Savalli, the up-and-coming star of Spanish bullfighting: How can Time, a respected magazine, publish a story on such a despicably brutal pastime? Its fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Italy's Under-40s a Chance | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...have been mapping a plan to hit the defiant regime. But the attacks will be financial, not military. The U.S. and its European allies will ask the council next month for a resolution that would pave the way for political and economic sanctions. If, as expected, Russia and China threaten a veto or stall, the U.S. intends to work outside the U.N. to isolate Tehran "diplomatically and economically," Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said last week. "Countries that trade with Iran ... ought to begin to rethink those commercial trade relationships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Financial Hit on Iran? | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

...cannot be trusted to respond that way. But Iranians are not suicidal. They know that they could be wiped out in a retaliatory attack. And Krauthammer neglected to mention that only the U.S. has used the Bomb. The real problem is the tyranny of the established nuclear powers that threaten, bully and invade nonnuclear nations. Reem Nasr South Brunswick, New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 4/22/2006 | See Source »

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